After attending general counsel conferences and reading legal department surveys, one clear message is that the legal department must accomplish more with a smaller budget and fewer resources. This is ...

As businesses try to do more with less and respond to economic pressures, they are naturally interested in reducing costs by improving processes throughout their organizations. A number of ...

Long term success — and in some cases, survival — of many organizations relies on ongoing business process improvement efforts. When managed well, process improvements can fuel efficiency, engagement, ...

Small businesses need to remain continually agile to respond to a changing business climate internally and externally. Demand shifts and technology changes. Competitors enter the market. Businesses ...

This article is based on my observations the last few years when I’ve been invited into factories looking for help to start (or too often restart) a continuous improvement (CI) strategy. The subject ...

Not every business is filled with star employees who consistently meet or exceed the expectations placed on them. For employees who don’t fall into that category, the responsibility of helping them ...

Do you have an underperforming employee who has been falling short of your standards recently? Have they caused a string of performance failures, such as missed deadlines, gotten poor customer ...

A Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) is a tool designed to give an employee with performance deficiencies the opportunity to succeed. It may be used to address issues with meeting specific job goals ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of modern business, the pressure to innovate is relentless. Organizations are constantly pushed to develop state-of-the-art products, services, and business models that ...