by Patrick Adams | Mar 8, 2024 | Articles, Culture & Engagement, Strategy & Innovation
A toxic work environment can have profound and detrimental effects on employees’ well-being and overall organizational performance. Recognizing and addressing the challenges posed by toxicity is crucial for fostering a healthy and productive workplace. For the...
by Patrick Adams | Feb 3, 2023 | Articles, Lean Leadership, Strategy & Innovation
Can we all agree the ’80’s created some great music? I still remember walking down the street with a huge boom box on my shoulder. I even had the dual cassette tape set-up so we could record our own mix tapes. Ah, life was good! Or was it? The...
by Patrick Adams | Jan 16, 2023 | Articles, Operational Excellence, Strategy & Innovation
Your overall business strategy should be made up of short-term and long-term goals. If we fail to set and align long-term and short-term goals, we are setting our businesses up to fail. For example, a business may be laser focused on just this quarter’s profits...
by Patrick Adams | Dec 17, 2022 | Articles, Lean Leadership, Learning, Strategy & Innovation
Wanting to succeed is a natural and worthy desire; but success does not always require struggle and suffering. It can be relatively painless, and done in such a way that you are having fun even when you’re working extremely hard. The key to unlocking effortless...
by Patrick Adams | Nov 22, 2022 | Articles, Lean Leadership, Operational Excellence, Strategy & Innovation
“A goal without a plan is just a wish” Antoine de Saint Exupéry If you have ever attended a personal growth seminar, chances are you’ve heard this quote, and for good reason. But what does it mean? Why is this quote so powerful? It’s simple really. It means without...