Effectiveness of Leadership
I have owned my own business since 1985, so I have been a leader far longer than I have been led. In fact, I have owned my own businesses for so long (thirty-years this year) that I have often been referred to as “uniquely unemployable”. I am not certain I would agree though, because I truly…
The Challenge of Measuring Change Agent Performance (Survey Analysis)
Survey Analysis: What Makes a Change Agent Great? Toward the end of 2014, XONITEK and Smart Work | Network, Inc. (SW|NW) initiated a joint research project. This research will ultimately produce a psychometric profile that can be used to predict which potential Change Agents are statistically likely to be successful in that role. As the first…
Welcome to the NEW Operational Excellence Society
Welcome to the official “coming-out party” of the new Operational Excellence Society. The past few years have been an interesting and exciting journey worthy of any adventure novel, except this one has been very real. As with every adventure, the path has been full of twists and turns. There have been many false starts and trials…
Holiday Wishes from Joseph Paris and the Operational Excellence by Design Team
As we come to the end of another year, we find ourselves reflective of the year’s hard fought battles won and lost, of loves arrived and departed, and of successes and disappointments. With rebuilding spirit, we look with great anticipation to what lay before us in the coming year. And, most importantly, we look to reconnect…
What Profile Predicts the Best Change Agents?
Smart Work Network has teamed up with XONITEK to create a statistically predictive psychometric “model” of successful corporate change agents using our ManagementPro normative assessment. Want to participate? Take the Survey here (You will also receive a copy of the final results)
Taking Business Performance to the Next Level
Dear Readers: I am deep in the throes of finishing my first book and am working diligently on completing the first draft before I send it to the butcher (ie. Editor). My target date is end-of-December (which is reasonably attainable). As such, I find that I am not really able to parse my attention and energy between…