E.A. Lewis - Continuous Improvement Process

Many organizations tend to operate with a traditional management style. This is a top down style where information flows from top to bottom. This management style becomes problematic because it can lead to “one dimensional” management, inefficient use of organizational resources, and overall poor performance.

Ernest's Continuous Improvement Process (CIP) effectively opens the lines of communication and gets employees involved in building and strengthening the organization. One of the roadblocks to getting employees to open up is fear. Fear of stepping on toes, retaliation, and even ridicule keeps employees from giving their best. CIP helps to remove this and other roadblocks to organizational success.

Benefits of CIP

Enhances communication by providing a safe environment where employees can be open and honest about the organization and its needs.
Involves employees in creating improvements in the organization that builds commitment and loyalty.
Identifies roadblocks to performance before they grow and become more serious.
Provides more and better solutions to solve true workplace problems.

How CIP Works

Monthly management team meetings
Monthly employee team meetings consisting of employee representatives from each department (number depending on the size of the organization)
Together we identify problems and opportunities
We prioritize the issues and evaluate our resources
We create task forces to develop Action Plans and Implement
On a regular basis we follow-up and record progress
Along the way we educate, moderate, and keep the process Energized and Active!

CIP helps to Create a Better WorkPlace while instilling and internalizing the, knowledge, systems, and tools that allow the organization to grow and prosper.

Steps to CIP for High Performance

Seeking to Understand

We begin by learning about the following:

Rules

Roles

Interests

Growing Pains

Effective Leadership through quality decisions and successful implementation.

Learning Environment & Respect

Win-Win & Trust

Identification

We begin to uproot problems and generate the energy to resolve them.

Success is a function of {External Marketing/Internal Marketing}

Establish Priorities

We focus on the high priority problems and opportunities to optimize our resources.

80/20 Rule

Implementation

Situation Analysis & Decision Analysis

Action Teams

Bringing the Organization to Prime

A Culture of Mutual Trust and Mutual Respect

An organization in Prime is one that has a balance between Control and Creativity. These two elements normally conflict leaving organizations with either too much control and bureaucracy or too much creativity and chaos. Through CIP, management can create a place where employees want to work, customers are delighted, profits are increasing, and the competition is scrambling to keep up.

*Adizes, Ichak, Corporate Lifecycles, Adizes Institute Inc., 1988. Learn more about Prime and the Adizes Methodology at: www.adizes.com

Testimonials

“E.A. Lewis Consulting was hired to assist in efforts to improve morale in a warehouse environment. Ernie achieved such positive results that we expanded his project to include our sales and management teams. Ernie was also instrumental in our efforts to implement cost saving procedures. I would highly recommend E.A. Lewis Consulting.”

- George Evanoff

General Manager

"I have hired Ernie for eight years as a trainer for my Leadership Toledo classes and will continue to do so. He does a terrific job as an individual and team developer. He is bright, active, fun and creative. Ernie is also a wonderful volunteer to many organizations and causes. He is an all around class act! Contact Ernie. You will be glad you did.”

- Dave Schlaudecker

Executive Director

Leadership Toledo

“I have known Ernie for over ten years and have always been impressed by his professionalism, knowledge and experience. He truly cares for his clients and helps them to reach peak performance.”

Jan Weakland

Sales and Marketing Capabilities Project Manager, BP

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