Enquiring about any subject matter often arises from curiosity and/or news that "the Jones's" have started something that brings with it certain benefits you'd be foolish to miss, a smoother ride, more economic mileage in the shape of a new motor, or quite simply that it turns heads! Learning of the cost saving benefits of successful Six Sigma deployment, you'd be none too shocked to learn that many firms go weak at the knee's at the news of the millions being saved annually in time and monetary terms and in their misguided giddiness they can easily be taken for a very expensive ride by instigating the help of the wrong consultancy.
With Six Sigma and change management per se it is important a company has an end goal, an aim and clarity in the reason they have initiated a change program in the first place. Keeping up with the Jones's is simply not enough of a reason for kick starting a change program. Change won't necessarily happen overnight, whilst quick fixes in the shape of kaizen blitz events may appear to be of immediate benefit, it is sustainable change that any decent six sigma consultancy should be guiding you towards. If you are left taking your first few steps alone it is all too easy to fall on your face and end up crawling whilst never truly learning to walk or run. Six Sigma Consultancies are often the first port of call for any company thinking of starting it's journey on the road to change.
Impartial help is on hand and speaking to a six sigma recruitment firm with experience of assisting in building an array of highly successful deployments is one port of call we would be happy to assist with. Success built through the application of the right people and personalities.
Thursday 24 April 2008
Six Sigma Fighting For Change....
Six Sigma professionals frequently hear the reverberations of generations of contented and discontented workers: "Nobody likes change", "I've done it this way, my father did it this way and I see know reason to change" Bringing about change is never and easy task and in business you can often be bombarded by objections and reasons for people 'avoiding change'.
Living in an era of unsurpassable levels of change, brought about by the tidal wave of new technology we now live in an age where new ideas constantly shift and reshape the world around us, where things never really remain the same for long. Rewind 100 years and this level of rapid change would have been unthinkable. With change comes stress and inevitably people try to hold onto what they know, after all familiarity appears to hold a little security in an ever changing world. For a successful Six Sigma program to take hold and streamline processes a change culture needs to develop and embed itself in a company.
Looking through the smoke screen however will take you closer to the truth, people fear change as they feel it will inevitably make their lives more difficult, raise issues that may show their function "their reason for being" to be unnecessary or defunct.
Through the application of Lean Six Sigma you have the ability to make people see that change doesn't have to be feared but can instead be embraced. If you can capture the heart and minds of the shopfloor, then you will have one of the most powerful weapons in your fight for change. If you can show the "shopfloor workers" the benefits of change and actually make their lives easier bring about self respect and a perceived shift in power then the shopfloor person will be a key voice in the success of your deployment.
Breaking down the 'them and us' attitude and getting ideas to come forth from the shopfloor will give you the voice of reason to gain buy in from the bottom up and leave common sense and the bottom line to appeal to the top.
We all like a voice of reason and when change is seen as causing no harm, it is easier to digest and embrace. One a momentum gathers amongst the shopfloor and we can open our ears and listen to the workers a fledgling change program is given a great start in life.
The boxing gloves may not be laid down at this point as sure there will be work to be done, obstacles to overcome, but your chances of going all 15 rounds will increase with a key chant of supporters in favour of change.
Living in an era of unsurpassable levels of change, brought about by the tidal wave of new technology we now live in an age where new ideas constantly shift and reshape the world around us, where things never really remain the same for long. Rewind 100 years and this level of rapid change would have been unthinkable. With change comes stress and inevitably people try to hold onto what they know, after all familiarity appears to hold a little security in an ever changing world. For a successful Six Sigma program to take hold and streamline processes a change culture needs to develop and embed itself in a company.
Looking through the smoke screen however will take you closer to the truth, people fear change as they feel it will inevitably make their lives more difficult, raise issues that may show their function "their reason for being" to be unnecessary or defunct.
Through the application of Lean Six Sigma you have the ability to make people see that change doesn't have to be feared but can instead be embraced. If you can capture the heart and minds of the shopfloor, then you will have one of the most powerful weapons in your fight for change. If you can show the "shopfloor workers" the benefits of change and actually make their lives easier bring about self respect and a perceived shift in power then the shopfloor person will be a key voice in the success of your deployment.
Breaking down the 'them and us' attitude and getting ideas to come forth from the shopfloor will give you the voice of reason to gain buy in from the bottom up and leave common sense and the bottom line to appeal to the top.
We all like a voice of reason and when change is seen as causing no harm, it is easier to digest and embrace. One a momentum gathers amongst the shopfloor and we can open our ears and listen to the workers a fledgling change program is given a great start in life.
The boxing gloves may not be laid down at this point as sure there will be work to be done, obstacles to overcome, but your chances of going all 15 rounds will increase with a key chant of supporters in favour of change.
Filling Six Sigma Jobs In Germany
Recruiting Six Sigma professionals in a busy market is never the easiest of tasks, recruiting Six Sigma Master Black Belts and Black Belts when people are loathe to move about is equally as difficult, add an extra twist and a scenario where you aren't blessed with speaking the candidates native language. Luckily for us Brits, most Europeans and to that extent most of the planet are skilled in speaking English which fortunately allows us to apply our recruiting skills and assist in Europe wide aswell as global Six Sigma deployments.
Having worked on a vast number of Six Sigma, Lean Sigma aka BPR deployments over the past few years it is always good to get your teeth into both established and new Six Sigma deployments. Our experience has shown us however that capturing six sigma candidates from Germany and filling Six Sigma jobs in Germany has in the past been especially tough. Resources that have really helped in recent years have however come forth in the shape of specialist Lean Sigma, Six Sigma job boards and a plethora of contacts we have gathered together over the past decade.
Having worked on a vast number of Six Sigma, Lean Sigma aka BPR deployments over the past few years it is always good to get your teeth into both established and new Six Sigma deployments. Our experience has shown us however that capturing six sigma candidates from Germany and filling Six Sigma jobs in Germany has in the past been especially tough. Resources that have really helped in recent years have however come forth in the shape of specialist Lean Sigma, Six Sigma job boards and a plethora of contacts we have gathered together over the past decade.
Wednesday 23 April 2008
Six Sigma - What's in a name?
Six Sigma nowadays has come to not only mean six sigma but to also encompass all walks of lean - there are still six sigma purists out there who would disagree but the application of both lean and six sigma in both the operational and transactional environments has given way to a new hybrid six sigma and a new hybrid six sigma professional.
It is possible to go a fair way with only one set of tools but why deny yourself the full arsenal of business change weaponry? With Lean one can only real achieve a defect level of 6 or 7 parts per million opportunities however by incorporating six sigma, further defects can be eliminated to a level closer to perfection (3.4 parts per million opportunities) the level known as six sigma.
If you are looking to find the wheat rather than the chaff and want the opportunity of working with the best professionals out there, start by talking to those who understand the six sigma marketplace, like a skilled six sigma consultancy or by finding consulting talent through an accomplished six sigma recruitment agency.
It is possible to go a fair way with only one set of tools but why deny yourself the full arsenal of business change weaponry? With Lean one can only real achieve a defect level of 6 or 7 parts per million opportunities however by incorporating six sigma, further defects can be eliminated to a level closer to perfection (3.4 parts per million opportunities) the level known as six sigma.
If you are looking to find the wheat rather than the chaff and want the opportunity of working with the best professionals out there, start by talking to those who understand the six sigma marketplace, like a skilled six sigma consultancy or by finding consulting talent through an accomplished six sigma recruitment agency.
Uniform Six Sigma Black Belt accreditation on the horizon?
Following recent attandance the Six Sigma Summit Awards in London, Well it is good to hear that the six sigma community at large is thinking of bringing standardisation as to what construes a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, a Green Belt.... Through having clearer guidelines on what it takes to be Six Sigma Black Belt and through ensuring their is uniformity in the skill levels attained by Black Belts whilst still upholding the distinctions between an operational and a transactional Black Belt the lives of both six sigma recruitment consultancies and potential employers will be made a whole lot easier.
Too often in six sigma recruitment we find their is a huge skills divide between candidates calling themselves Black Belts and furthermore Master Black Belts. Digging beneath the surface and asking a few pertinent questions, and utilising inhouse testing relating to DMAIC, Lean and practised methods and tools applied, addressed in a candidates cv or six sigma resume often results in the candidates true ability being highlighted before the six sigma or lean sigma "practitioner" is progressed to a client facing scenario.
In six sigma recruitment it is best to prevent any embarrassing client facing incidents through early application of questioning, testing and character analysis.
Coupled with a uniform and reliable certification also has to be a clear understanding of soft skills, every company requires a different and varied mix of personalities aswell as the technical skills of data analysis and choice application of tools, and it is important to note that people are at the heart of any successful bpr deployment.
Uniformity in the skill level of certified Black Belts and Green Belts per se will ensure that the people practising six sigma will be respected and can be relied upon to have an agreeable level of understanding so as to warrant the title which they uphold in an industry nearing maturity.
Too often in six sigma recruitment we find their is a huge skills divide between candidates calling themselves Black Belts and furthermore Master Black Belts. Digging beneath the surface and asking a few pertinent questions, and utilising inhouse testing relating to DMAIC, Lean and practised methods and tools applied, addressed in a candidates cv or six sigma resume often results in the candidates true ability being highlighted before the six sigma or lean sigma "practitioner" is progressed to a client facing scenario.
In six sigma recruitment it is best to prevent any embarrassing client facing incidents through early application of questioning, testing and character analysis.
Coupled with a uniform and reliable certification also has to be a clear understanding of soft skills, every company requires a different and varied mix of personalities aswell as the technical skills of data analysis and choice application of tools, and it is important to note that people are at the heart of any successful bpr deployment.
Uniformity in the skill level of certified Black Belts and Green Belts per se will ensure that the people practising six sigma will be respected and can be relied upon to have an agreeable level of understanding so as to warrant the title which they uphold in an industry nearing maturity.
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