Commitment is the eleventh C in the twelve part series of the C’s of Success.

Commitment is the one factor or element that truly separates individuals and organizations. The individuals who understand the value of commitment will flourish with purpose and positive outcomes – the ones who hold back on commitment will seldom reach their full potential. And if there is one thing I hear more often from leaders – I wish we had more commitment. Interesting the impact of commitment.

What is Commitment?

The dictionary defines commitment as… Continue reading ‘Success and Commitment’ »

Courage is the tenth C in the twelve part series of the C’s of Success.

Courage can be considered the catalyst for getting higher levels of performance. It really is about the willingness to take a calculated risk to get the higher returns. Without courage, individuals and organizations would be under performing on a regular basis.

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Consistency is the ninth C in the twelve part series of the C’s of Success.

Consistency can be considered the catalyst for getting things done at both the individual and organizational levels of performance. Many people have the misconception that flash is more effective, yet, those who are consistent in their work seem to always get things done – completely and on time. There is merit to the ones who appear to plug away working on projects until it is completed.

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Creativity is the eighth C in the twelve part series of the C’s of Success.

Creativity can be considered the catalyst for competitive advantage at both the individual and organizational levels of performance. Creativity can separate individuals and make one unique or seen to be unique in the eyes of others. This perception is sometimes the only thing that separates the individual from others in the eyes of customers, managers and peers.

What is Creativity?

Wikipedia defines Creativity as…

Creativity is a mental and social process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts, or new associations of the creative mind between existing ideas or concepts. Creativity is fueled by the process of either conscious or unconscious insight. An alternative conception of creativeness is that it is simply the act of making something new.

This is about as accurate as I’ve seen regarding the pure definition of creativity. While this definition is universal in nature, and research studies have shown that all individuals possessed high levels of creativity during their youth – yet, only a small percentage of people consider themselves as creative or possessing creative skills. Continue reading ‘Success and Creativity’ »

Continuous Development is the seventh C in the twelve part series of the C’s of Success. Today will review the core from Part One and then discuss Continuous Development at the Organizational level.

Continuous Development can be considered the catalyst for all current and future growth and improvement. Without it, the status quo would rule the day and very little improvement or growth could occur in both individuals and organizations. There is a strong need for purposeful continuous development at all levels of organizations. Individuals who get ahead in life do so by improving themselves either by improving skills or their wisdom.

What is Continuous Development? Continue reading ‘Success and Continuous Development – Part Two’ »

Continuous Development is the seventh C in the twelve part series of the C’s of Success. In part one, we will cover the importance of individual continuous development.

Continuous Development can be considered the catalyst for all current and future growth and improvement. Without it, the status quo would rule the day and very little improvement or growth could occur in both individuals and organizations. There is a strong need for purposeful continuous development at all levels of organizations. Individuals who get ahead in life do so by improving themselves either by improving skills or their wisdom.

What is Continuous Development?

When we first started our company we choose the name “Kaizen Performance Group, Inc.” because of the term Kaizen. Kaizen means to continuously improve in a holistic way. We believed then as we believe today that all improvement begins with continuously developing and improving what and how you do things.We also found the fastest method of gaining experience was to learn from experts, thus shortening the learning curves in life and business.

The Japan adopted the term “Kaizen” to their total quality efforts because they recognized the need for continuous improvement in their organizational work flows and processes. Using Kaizen as the focal point, they looked to improve every process and individual skill within their organizations. Kaizen principles led to their leading the world in total quality of product and services. A simple method leading to major results.

What is Individual Continuous Development? Continue reading ‘Success and Continuous Development – Part One’ »

The sixth C in the twelve part series on success is Consideration.

Consideration is a very unique trait of the most successful people and organizations and probably the least understood. The unsuccessful have no understanding of the importance of this characteristic and have little understanding of its true value to success. If consideration is missing or limited, then you will find unhappy and unresponsive people working with you or around you. The true indicator of the degree of consideration being used is the number of people who actually WANT to work or be with you.

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The fifth C in the twelve part series on success is Concentration.

Concentration is a unique trait of the most successful people and organizations. The unsuccessful usually have no understanding of the importance of this characteristic. If the ability to concentrate is missing or limited, then you will find people working on mostly low priority items or activities. The outcomes and results are also limited, therefore, high performance is not possible.

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It’s time for another of Voss Graham’s Rants or as I like to think about them – Doing Things Right Rants. This time it is focused upon Customer Service or the lack of it from people and companies. While over the past couple of weeks since my last rant, I have witnessed several customer service or just customer related neglect that I want to use to as examples of customer abuse. Continue reading ‘What has happened to Customer Service?’ »

The fourth C in the twelve part series on success is Career Paths.

Career Path is a hot topic, yet for some of the wrong reasons these days – the recession and the loss of so many jobs. Yet, read on since if you are in this group – career path becomes more important than before. Career Paths truly have an impact upon both you – the individual – and organizational success. It is important to understand this importance.

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