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Pursuing Excellence
This book is for the people who lead our companies. Our world suffered a staggering blow. We will recover. Many of our companies are still suffering. Some of them will not recover. We’re in a time of disruption. A company’s culture will play a big part in managing through this disruption. Senior leaders must establish a clear purpose, a strong set of core values, and a plan to translate strategy into action. Companies will be seeking to transform, to become more efficient and resilient. Most attempts to do so fail. They fail because we try to solve the wrong problem with the wrong system. We attempt to change the way people act . But to achieve sustained improvement, we must focus on changing the way they think . Over the last thirty years, we’ve experimented with Lean, Six Sigma, and other improvement initiatives. Each failed to move beyond average performance and sustain transformational improvement. Average then became a learned behavior. To move forward, we must unlearn some things. We must change our problem definition and our defined systems. And we can do this by framing the problem through the lens of Operational Excellence.
192 pages, Hardcover
Published December 7, 2020
About the author
Brian Strobel
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Brian Strobel strives to be a servant leader. As a middle manager, executive and consultant, he’s helped organizations find value in change for the past twenty-five years. He’s done this within the military, the government and across the private sector.
Originally from Pittsburgh, he spent the first part of his career as a Marine Officer before transitioning into corporate management. His next career phase is focused on consulting with organizations to improve the effectiveness of their middle managers.
He has graduate degrees in management and in executive leadership (which includes study under Ken Blanchard). He is a certified professional coach (CPC) and manager of quality/organizational excellence (CMQ/OE) and holds additional certifications in negotiation and internal auditing.
Strobel is committed to helping organizations uncover hidden value by developing middle managers into more effective leaders. He has been able to work with some amazing people over the last quarter of a century. And he looks forward to the journey that allows him to continue to do so.
He enjoys spending time with his wife and his favorite dog at their home by a quiet lake in the forest, just north of Grand Rapids.
Brian Strobel strives to be a servant leader. As a middle manager, executive and consultant, he’s helped organizations find value in change for the past twenty-five years. He’s done this within the military, the government and across the private sector.
Originally from Pittsburgh, he spent the first part of his career as a Marine Officer before transitioning into corporate management. His next career phase is focused on consulting with organizations to improve the effectiveness of their middle managers.
He has graduate degrees in management and in executive leadership (which includes study under Ken Blanchard). He is a certified professional coach (CPC) and manager of quality/organizational excellence (CMQ/OE) and holds additional certifications in negotiation and internal auditing.
Strobel is committed to helping organizations uncover hidden value by developing middle managers into more effective leaders. He has been able to work with some amazing people over the last quarter of a century. And he looks forward to the journey that allows him to continue to do so.
He enjoys spending time with his wife and his favorite dog at their home by a quiet lake in the forest, just north of Grand Rapids.
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