Are you a team leader? Or are you a member of a team? Is there a difference, really? At some point in time there may have to be a difference but 90% of the time there shouln't be.
You are a dreamer! Says you! Part of being a team member is to work to solve solutions as a unified body. Solutions that work to improve the team as a whole. So I ask, is there such a thing as a "bad" idea? I say no. There are just some ideas that may not work as well as others. THose ideas may pertain to measures that need to be taken for the sake of quality, or processes that may need to be changed in order to improve quality or reduce cycle time.
When these suggestions are made by team members do we pass them off as "stupid" because it is someone who has never run a machine? Or maybe it is because the teammamber is not an MBA. Whatever the case these bias can not exist if your facility is to be trully world class. Quite honestly in order to compete on a global scale every avenue must be explored in order to hold down cost and improve products. But remember this one point. Find out what good enough is and be alittle better. Not alot just alittle. We need to realize our customers may not find value in what we perceive valuable.
My company:
www.theromgroup.com
My linkedin profile:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/autenjim
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
How Are You Feeling?
How are you feeling about the all of the hcanges that have taken place in the past few months? Can we talk? I mean really talk.
Somedays when you come in to work you feel like you are going for a rodeo ride on a bull and you just pray you don't fall off and he doesn't turn and try to finish the job. Other days, everything kind of makes sense. I am not sure which scares me the most.
As business owners our respnsibility to those who work for us is to make sense of everything that is going on. At least as best we can. Why? You ask? It goes back to what I wrote about yesterday. Treating others the way you want to be treated. If you had the ability to have a trusted resource you would use it. For those that are a part of your team you are that resource. If your coworkers can come to you and get thier fears calmed then they become more efficient at what they are doing because they spend less time worrying about things they probably can't control anyway.
The key here is to be HONEST! If you have the answer and can share it then you should. If you really don't know then you need to be HONEST enough to admit that as well. People respect honest answers and most crave stability. We can be the source for both. It's your choice.
My company:
http://www.theromgroup.com/
My Linkedin profile:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/autenjim
Somedays when you come in to work you feel like you are going for a rodeo ride on a bull and you just pray you don't fall off and he doesn't turn and try to finish the job. Other days, everything kind of makes sense. I am not sure which scares me the most.
As business owners our respnsibility to those who work for us is to make sense of everything that is going on. At least as best we can. Why? You ask? It goes back to what I wrote about yesterday. Treating others the way you want to be treated. If you had the ability to have a trusted resource you would use it. For those that are a part of your team you are that resource. If your coworkers can come to you and get thier fears calmed then they become more efficient at what they are doing because they spend less time worrying about things they probably can't control anyway.
The key here is to be HONEST! If you have the answer and can share it then you should. If you really don't know then you need to be HONEST enough to admit that as well. People respect honest answers and most crave stability. We can be the source for both. It's your choice.
My company:
http://www.theromgroup.com/
My Linkedin profile:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/autenjim
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Business as Usual?
So, tell me. With all of the change that has taken place in the past few months is it business as usual? Can it be? I think in part we all have to do the things that need to be done. Such as, buy, sell, and produce.
As business people we will have to adjust to the changes in the financial markets and how the banks will be handling monies with regard to loan rates, or whether they loan money at all. Business is not rocket science. Business involves a lot of common sense. Some people have it and others do not. Those that do not are not always successful.
I believe moving forward businesses will have to reduce thier debt load. We can't cotinue to run a deficit either as a nation or as a business. We can not continually run our households on more money than we have. At some point it catches up to us. So as businesses we should learn to "live within our means".
We also need to treat others the way we want to be treated. We need to treat fellow workers or employees like we want them to treat us. If you always have a poor attitude about things life will come back at you on of two ways. People will quit coming around or you will get the same attitude back. It's common sense! how come we don't get it? I found this in an ancient text called "The Bible". Matthew 7:12 to be exact. Read it. It will do you good.
The bottom line is we need to use the stuff between our ears for something more than a hat rack.
My company:
www.theromgroup.com
My linkedin profile:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/autenjim
As business people we will have to adjust to the changes in the financial markets and how the banks will be handling monies with regard to loan rates, or whether they loan money at all. Business is not rocket science. Business involves a lot of common sense. Some people have it and others do not. Those that do not are not always successful.
I believe moving forward businesses will have to reduce thier debt load. We can't cotinue to run a deficit either as a nation or as a business. We can not continually run our households on more money than we have. At some point it catches up to us. So as businesses we should learn to "live within our means".
We also need to treat others the way we want to be treated. We need to treat fellow workers or employees like we want them to treat us. If you always have a poor attitude about things life will come back at you on of two ways. People will quit coming around or you will get the same attitude back. It's common sense! how come we don't get it? I found this in an ancient text called "The Bible". Matthew 7:12 to be exact. Read it. It will do you good.
The bottom line is we need to use the stuff between our ears for something more than a hat rack.
My company:
www.theromgroup.com
My linkedin profile:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/autenjim
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