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Business Problem Solving

Why Problem Solving in Business Usually Fails

January 4, 2017Lee Candy

Problem solving in business sounds simple, but it’s hard to do correctly. There’s normally lots of variables that demand attention of resources across any business: Customer complaints Quality problems On time delivery issues Staff issues Cashflow problems Profitability issues Things not going to plan Sales not hitting objectives Equipment failures Overheads to pay Not enough…

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A3 Problem Solving: A Simple Tool to Report Problems

January 4, 2017Lee Candy

A3 problem solving is a standard way of presenting problems and resolutions. It has the name A3, as it’s simply an A3 size piece of paper (international 11”x17” / 29.7cm x 42cm). Its inception was part of the Toyota Production System. And is a means of providing a standard framework to present problem solving, projects,…

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Non Monetary Ways to Reward Employees

November 24, 2016Lee Candy

I regularly get asked, what are the Non Monetary ways to reward employees. It’s a daunting subject, one that’s often overlooked by many managers and leaders. In fact, in my experience, how to incentivise employees and reward them is the crux of good change management, and leadership. And it provides the difference between a highly…

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Professional Presentation Tips: 6 Tips to Instantly Improve Your Public Speaking

October 19, 2016Lee Candy

Here’s 6 professional presentation tips that you can take away today and use instantly to help improve your public speaking skills. But first, I’ll let you in on a story. I attended a business exhibition, many years ago and one chap presented on the concept of leadership. He was the skipper of an around the…

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Employee Turnover: 3 Steps to Getting it right

September 14, 2016Lee Candy

Employee turnover is an important part of managing business and human resource management. Get it wrong and you can significantly affect the cost of recruiting and retaining your workforce. Various studies suggest that the cost of replacing an employee equates to at least double the salary of the person they are replacing. Think of the…

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Improve Time Management Skills & Double Your Productivity

June 6, 2016Lee Candy

Here’s the big question: How do you improve time management skills? So many people struggle when it comes to time management. For some, just even hearing the words leaves them feeling cold inside. For many, they associate the idea of a schedule or routine with being controlling, restrictive and the never ending feeling of being…

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Increasing Workplace Productivity: 4 Steps to Get it Right

June 6, 2016Lee Candy

Increasing workplace productivity is a hard thing to master. But it can have a massive impact. What would your output and bottom-line look like, if productivity was improved by 10%? What about 20% What about 50% 60%? 100%? The more productivity gained, the more your business and customers benefit. There’s a bit of a science…

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5 Business Process Improvement Steps to MAXIMISE Your Bottom Line

April 13, 2016Lee Candy

Here are 5 business process improvement steps which can change the way you think about selecting process improvements in your business; and how you link them to real financial gains. Now, the hard truth is that most businesses follow process improvement by making many small incremental gains, which often seem quite scatter gun in their…

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What is Business Process Reengineering: A Guide for Any Size Business

April 4, 2016Lee Candy

What is Business Process Reengineering? That’s what a number of  business owners ask me often, so I thought i would create this guide to help you understand what it is and how to use it to benefit your business, whether large or small. So, what is business process reengineering? It’s simply a tool that looks at…

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Smart Goal Setting Examples – 37 Of ‘Em For You To Steal!

April 1, 2016Lee Candy

Here are 37 smart goal setting examples to help you copy, paste and amend to suit your needs. SMART goals are simple to describe, but often, harder to create in practice. For this reason, think of the following SMART goal setting examples in this article, as a swipe file you can use for your needs. I…

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The Histogram Graph – What it is and How to Use it

March 8, 2016Lee Candy

In order to explain what a Histogram graph is, it is worth understanding what a frequency distribution is, as the two are mutually exclusive. A frequency distribution records the number of times each value occurs in a sample being studied. A Histogram is merely a way of showing that frequency on a bar chart format….

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Creating a Lean Culture

Creating a Lean Culture – It’s Not Just the ‘What We Do’, but ‘How’

March 7, 2016Lee Candy

When creating a Lean Culture, most Lean Practitioners often describe it as the use of Lean Tools’. – ‘What you do’. The problem is, that a successful lean implementation, which focuses on a Rapid ‘Kaizen’ can have dramatic improvements at first, but often falls down later. – Picture an implementation of a new Cell: It…

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