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PBL Providing Lasting Return at BP Cooper River Mark Fitts, Plant Manager at BP Cooper River, discusses the long-lasting benefits of using Process Based Leadership® to run efficient operations. The Challenge Following a major merger between Amoco and BP, the organization faced several daunting challenges with a mix of backgrounds and cultures coming from BP, Amoco, ARCO and Castrol.  They soon realized the need to transition from self-directed work

Front Line Leadership Do’s and Don’ts Is there any more demanding role in your organization than that of a Front Line Leader? After all, it’s a Front Line Leaders job to understand the strategies formulated by the Senior Leaders, then turn around and carry out the necessary tactics to make it all happen. Yes, the real battle is at the front lines, where operations are conducted in real time, where employees need to produce at

Leading Multi-Generational Teams by Seth Davies run time: approx. 31 minutesIf you have issues playing this webinar via YouTube please click here to try an alternative player.With this alternative player you may need to, download this GoToWebinar Codec.    . 

A Practical Approach to Leading a Multi-Generational Team Today, with the workforce being ever more diverse, leaders face the challenge of building and developing teams made up of members from four distinct and unique generations. Being a relatively new challenge unlike any leaders had faced in the past, it is best to first understand the different characteristics of each generation before adjusting your leadership approach.Questions to consider regarding employees from various generations: What motivates them

Leadership GPS - Goals. People. Systems. by Seth Davies run time: approx. 32 minutesLeadership GPS - Goals. People. Systems. from Competitive Solutions Inc. on Vimeo.If you have issues playing this webinar via Vimeo please click here to try an alternative player.

LEAD Embraces Transformational Activities,Especially Process Based Leadership Competitive Solutions, Inc. partners with Letterkenny Army Depot (LEAD) to implement and sustain Process Based Leadership® (PBL) as a fundamental piece of their operational transformation, designed to help LEAD remain a leading Depot for the long term. The Challenge In 2007, LEAD was seeking to improve overall daily operations efficiencies, to better serve the needs of the warfighters, and to ensure greater

What's a Leadership GPS and How Does it Work?Back before cell phones and the Internet, people used compasses and maps. Pirates made treasure maps. Businessmen and women talked about following “road maps to success.” Nowadays, people do not consult maps as much as they once did, but they still need to know how to get from where they are to where they want to be. This is done with a GPS.Leadership GPS is for leaders

Webinar Archives: "Communication The Good, The Bad and The Future of Effective Meetings"If you have an issue playing the video, please download this GoToWebinar Codec.    .

Help! Rescue me from my own lousy meetings! Year after year organizations conduct employee surveys with the hopes of gaining more insight and understanding into employee issues and concerns.  And, year after year one of the biggest sore spots discovered in the survey results is communication.Improper, or failed, communication can lead to confusion, which leads to stress and anxiety, ultimately leading to de-motivation and disengagement in your workforce.  Conversely, effective

Learjet Reaches New Heights with PBL Foundation Follow Bombardier Learjet’s rapid ascent to “world class” status in the highly competitive business aircraft manufacturing industry. The Challenge Learjet’s vision was to become the industry leader in customer experience, set new standards for health and safety, and reduce waste in every aspect of their operations. The question they faced was “How do we get there?”