Sara introduces the Johari Window, a model used to help professionals understand their relationship with themselves and others. Using four quadrants, the model helps highlight blind spots and inform what information individuals choose to share. The Johari Window has been widely adopted in organizations for enhancing teamwork and self-awareness. Sara provides a few tips for how to start using the model in your own organization to improve communication.
Read MoreSara explores the concept of Forcefield Analysis, a decision-making technique that helps organizations evaluate driving forces that encourage change and the restraining forces that resist change. Tune in for valuable tips on defining objectives and engaging stakeholders to effectively manage organizational change and leverage growth opportunities.
Read MoreIn this week’s Business Bite, Sara covers the strategy of process mapping and how visualizing your business’ steps through diagrams and flow charts can help you spot inefficiencies and streamline processes! Learn the historical context and get concrete examples of how process mapping is used to improve everything from customer onboarding to manufacturing.
Read MoreThis week’s Business Bite breaks down the PESTLE model – a powerful strategic analysis framework. Sara provides an overview of the six external factors that can impact any organization, and shares why this model is essential for understanding the broader context of your business operations.
Read MoreSara covers the balanced scorecard, a powerful performance measurement and strategic management tool, on this week’s episode of Business Bites! Sara explains how the balanced scorecard can translate an organization’s vision and strategy into a set of measures – making it clear how to align business activities with strategic goals.
Read MoreIn this week’s Business Bite, Sara discusses the PDSA cycle – a powerful method for continuous improvement and problem-solving. Discover how this framework, developed by Dr. Walter Schuhart, can transform your business processes.
Read MoreKaizen is a Japanese word coming back to the meaning of improvement. As a management philosophy, it refers to a set of practices aimed at continuously improving processes, products, and services by making small, incremental changes. Essentially, it's what are the small steps we can take over time instead of large, big sweeping changes all at once.
Read MoreIn this episode we bring on Devon, an Operations Manager at a local contract manufacturer. In his role, he often provides action oriented feedback to achieve production goals. We discuss how giving feedback should be evidence based for greatest impact.
Read MoreThe Eisenhower Matrix, first introduced by President Dwight Eisenhower, was a way to approach how we respond to urgency and importance. This 2x2 matrix is a tool all about prioritizing time and tasks. By segmenting things as important or not important as well as urgent and not urgent, we’re able to see what projects or tasks require our immediate focus now and which ones should be prioritized later. This is a simple yet effective exercise to help better understand how your time and tasks are fitting into your overall goals.
Read MoreStart, Stop, Continue is a simple yet powerful tool for business improvement. This framework is under the Agile system and it’s a type of sprint retrospective. This tool enables us to look back at a specific aspect of the project to identify improvements for individuals and teams to implement moving forward.
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