Posts by Beneva Group
The Strategic HR Department
I have been in business, running a consultancy (XONITEK) since 1985. Besides it making me uniquely unemployable, I have had the opportunity to observe and interact with the many incarnations and varieties of Human Resource (HR) Departments at countless clients over the course of years. Marking our calendars, today is April 10th, 2023. And to…
Read MoreIs Your Lean Office at Risk?
As I engage with both executive teams and board members around the country, I’ve come to gain a depth of understanding of the challenges faced within the machinery of healthcare organizations operating system. Exacerbated by the great resignation and silent quitting of staff, all time high physician suicide, burnout, moral injury to do right with…
Read MoreCulture Change; What is it and Why Change It?
The COVID years of 2020 and 2021 notwithstanding, the subject of “culture change” has been a topic at many (if not all) conferences on Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement that I have attended over the past several years. But the conversation always seems to gravitate towards the “how”whenever the subject comes up, with little attention…
Read MoreThe 5 Essentials of Operational Excellence
A Confusing Start to My Own Operational Excellence Pursuit Officially, I began my operational excellence pursuit almost 45 years ago. However, I did not know it at the time. Between 1985 and 1990, I was at work in my first true operational excellence workplace. My first two employers were traditional manufacturers. This third site was…
Read MoreBuild a Chain for Learning
How do you create a continuous improvement learning culture? You build a Chain of Learning with the 7 Cs of leading and learning! Many business leaders are focused on what we need to break down to achieve success and innovation — breaking the invisible chains that constrain us, busting through glass ceilings, shattering limiting beliefs,…
Read MoreWhy Do Projects Succeed?
Now that we know Why Projects Fail, let’s talk about the practical steps and behaviors Project Manager must adopt in order to deliver a project successfully. The three root causes of project success are: LEAN CEO mindset Project Purpose and Dominant Strategy Aligned Team LEAN CEO In the knowledge economy, with continuously growing competition, accelerating product lifecycles,…
Read MoreWhy is Culture So Important?
Vince Lombardi was a famous American professional football coach, whose team won five National Football League (NFL) Championships in seven years in addition to winning the first two Super Bowls. One of my favorite Lombardi quotes is: “Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing…
Read MoreWhy Transformation Projects Fail
“Why do projects fail?” Whether you are a certified professional or just an accidental project manager – you’ve heard and answered this question before. Indeed, for as long as I remember myself, this subject has been so dear to the public at large that every business magazine and website would offer their recommendations. Google for…
Read MoreLiving Lean
Lean is probably one of the most misunderstood leadership concepts in business, and many people would even question why I would refer to it as a leadership concept. Surely it’s a manufacturing methodology, hence why it’s often referred to as Lean Manufacturing and is the descendent of the Toyota Production System (TPS)? Somehow, and despite…
Read MoreThe Adaptive Entrepreneurial Method
Effective entrepreneurs recognize and, indeed, embrace continuous change: customer preferences change, competitors’ actions change, markets change, technology changes, prices change, business methods change. New knowledge is continuously created and accumulated. Effective entrepreneurs equally recognize that their businesses must change in response: capital combinations change, supplier and customer relationships change, organization structure changes, business portfolios and…
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