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Six Sigma is a collection of ideas and tools that many organizations are using as part of their efforts to improve the quality of their products and services. Six Sigma for Project Managers explores the concepts that project managers need to know to make six sigma work for their organizations.
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Is your organization's level of innovation where you think it should be today?
Now is the time to shape your future through innovation management. This book provides a wealth of information, tools, techniques, models, approaches, and methodologies that are all specifically designed for excellence in innovation, solution generation, and execution.
Within these pages you will find innovation concepts, methods, and case studies that build upon the...
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"Bestselling author, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and life and business coach Romi Neustadt has a message for women: You CAN have it all--just not at the same damn time. Romi Neustadt is a mom of two, a wife, a daughter, bestselling author, speaker, entrepreneur, and coach. What's more, she's achieved these things without a staff of 10, the ability to sleep two hours a night or driving herself batsh*t crazy. She's figured out the key to having...
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Our toxic thoughts, depression and anxiety are frequently aggravated by our chaotic world, and they are sustained by an inability to manage our thought life. The author provides a 5-step, 63-day plan, the Neurocycle, to find and eliminate the root of anxiety, depression, and intrusive thoughts in your life so you can experience dramatically improved mental and physical health.
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This insightful book by a leading expert on the subject explores the ways in which luck-encouraging and misfortune-repelling rituals - long woven into the fabric of Japanese life--are used in tandem with diligence and a positive attitude to engender a healthy optimism that helps people survive all of life's many twists, turns and bad patches. It explores how customs and beliefs play a vital role in creating positive personal expectations - not only...
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Encroaching work demands-coupled with domestic chores, overbooked schedules, and the incessant pinging of our devices-have taken a toll on what used to be our free time: the weekend. With no space to tune out and recharge, every aspect of our lives is suffering: our health is deteriorating, our social networks (the face-to-face kind) are dissolving, and our productivity is down. The notion of working less and living more, once considered an American...
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Brian Tracy y Margarita Pasos combinan su experiencia para acortar tu camino al éxito y darte los principios que les han permitido a ambos ser conferencistas internacionales, tener negocios exitosos y superar toda clase de obstáculos en el camino.
Pasos de gigante es la guía que necesitas para actualizar tu mentalidad y tener la actitud que hace que cualquier persona se convierta, rápidamente, en un ganador. En este libro, Brian y Margarita ayudan...
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While the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence are one of the most widely known assessment frameworks in the world, interest in the Criteria has ebbed and flowed over the years. In part this may be due to the fact that applicants are often on their own when it comes to determining how to use the Criteria and award programs in an efficient and effective manner. This difficulty is somewhat by design, since the Criteria are non-prescriptive....
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The recognition that all well-managed companies are interested in preventing or at least minimizing risk in their operations is the concept of risk management analysis. This pocket guide explores the process of evaluation of risk by utilizing one of the core methodologies available: the failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA).
The intent in this "Pocket FMEA" is to provide the reader with a booklet that makes the FMEA concept easy to understand and...
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Understanding the concept of Correlation and Regression for Six Sigma, knowing how to perform Correlation and Regression, understanding the various types of Correlation and Regression and the differences between them has never been easier!
Have you ever wanted to perform association and causation analysis on your company's processes using Correlation and Regression?
Have you ever wanted to perform association and causation analysis on your customer's...
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The true qualities of leadership
In many leadership books, the lessons have come from overseas studies and examples. From a New Zealand point of view it is easy to find concurring examples in our own industry. This has led to an interesting question. Where do we differ? The answer is simple—our culture.
Our culture is influenced by the large number of different races that make up our work force. New Zealand has an abundance of Polynesian employees...
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Understanding the concepts of Probability and Probability Distributions for Six Sigma, knowing how to calculate Probability, understanding the various Probability Distributions and the differences between them has never been easier!
Have you ever wanted to calculate Probability for events of your company's processes?
Have you ever wanted to calculate Probability for events of your customer's processes?
Have you ever wanted to identify the right metrics...
115) DMAIC
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Executing a Lean Six Sigma DMAIC project has never been easier!
DMAIC: Project Execution Essentials Handbook is finally here.
Have you ever wanted to add value to your customer, or company, or workplace by executing a Lean Six Sigma DMAIC Project? But could never get started? or could never complete? or could complete, yet after much frustration?
Maybe due to your tight deadlines? or workload? or maybe because no one ever told you what exactly...
116) Introducing Agile Project Management With Scrum: Why You Need to Use Scrum and How to Make It Wor
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Does the concept of agile project management leave you confused and lost? Do you want to know how Scrum can help you build an agile, profit-focused business? Are you interested in implementing the key principles of agile project management successfully? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, then this guide to Scrum is the answer to all of your prayers. Scrum focuses on delivering high-quality products at a lower cost within a shorter...
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Most organizations' change efforts focus solely on eliminating waste in specific departments. While this "lean paradigm" is a good place to start, true enterprise transformation goes much further. Based on years of research and implementation, Beyond the Lean Revolution provides a road map for achieving the kind of future-oriented results that enhance value to stakeholders. Authors Deborah Nightingale and Jaykanth help readers achieve this by asking...
118) Hypothesis Testing
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Understanding the concepts of Hypothesis and Hypothesis Testing for Six Sigma, knowing how to perform Hypothesis Tests, understanding the various types of tests and the differences between them has never been easier!
Have you ever wanted to perform Hypothesis Tests for your company's processes?
Have you ever wanted to perform Hypothesis Tests for your customer's processes?
Have you ever wanted to check whether or not your primary hypothesis of your...
119) Control Charts
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Understanding the concept of Control Charts for Six Sigma, knowing how to create Control Charts, understanding the various types of Control Charts and the differences between them has never been easier!
Have you ever wanted to monitor your company's processes using Control Charts?
Have you ever wanted to monitor your customer's processes using Control Charts?
Have you ever wanted assurance whether your processes are in control based on the most reliable...
120) Extreme Teams: Why Pixar, Netflix, Airbnb, and Other Cutting-Edge Companies Succeed Where Most Fail
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Every manager desires to have great teams around them collaborating together and running with the mission. Unfortunately, most of these teams have been built around decades-old ideas and practices made popular by companies that either no longer exist or haven't been relevant in years. But a new generation of teams has learned to do things differently--things like hiring the right person instead of the best person; focusing on one priority while leaving...
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