Rath & Strong's Six Sigma Team Pocket Guide (Spiral-bound)

~ Rath & Strong (Author) "The team leader (who may be a Black Belt, or someone working closely with a BB or MBB) has overall responsibility for making sure the..." (more)
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Product Description

The companion follow-up to one of the bestselling Six Sigma books ever published

An alarming number of Six Sigma projects are failing--not because of misuse of Six Sigma's statistical tools but because of internal politics and poor communication between team members and the rest of the organization.

The Rath & Strong's Six Sigma Team Pocket Guide helps team leaders and members reverse this trend, explaining the interpersonal and political skills needed to make each Six Sigma project a success.

Written in the "pocket guide" format that proved so successful with the first Rath &Strong guide, and based on the firm's popular Six Sigma training workshops, this handy reference will show Six Sigma team leaders and members how to:

• Get buy-in and cooperation from all levels of the organization
• Lead or participate in productive team meetings
• Plan the people/team side just as they would plan the technical side

From the Back Cover

Master the team and influence skills that make Six Sigma really work

Rath & Strong's Six Sigma Team Pocket Guide/Rath & Strong

Why are an alarming number of Six Sigma projects failing? The answer has nothing to do with the technical tools of Six Sigma--the problem is poor teamwork, internal politics, and bad communication. Don't let your organization fall into the same trap. Six Sigma team leaders and team members can reverse the trend with Rath & Strong's Six Sigma Team Pocket Guide.

This follow-up to one of the bestselling Six Sigma books ever published shows every project team leader and team member how to:.

• Get crucial buy-in and cooperation from managers and employees
• Establish clear team goals, roles, and procedures
• Lead or participate in productive team meetings
• Plan the people/team side of a Six Sigma project
• Avoid the leading causes of project failure

Get your Six Sigma initiative off to the right start. Harness all the team, interpersonal and political skills your team needs to complete a successful Six Sigma project with Rath & Strong's Six Sigma Team Pocket Guide.

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Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 200 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (March 4, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071417567
• ISBN-13: 978-0071417563
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 3.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #686,704 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We can accomplish more together than any one of us can, January 24, 2004

By	Robert Morris (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

My comments on this pocket guide are the same as those on the other two created by Rath & Strong, except that this pocket guide is probably the one to purchase in bulk quantity so that copies can be distrbuted among everyone directly involved with process improvement initiatives. Thus far, a substantial majority of Six Six programs either failed or fell far short of expectations. Why? Lots of reasons but one of the major ones is dysfunctional teamwork. Hence the special importance of this pocket guide.

Although Rath and Strong do indeed provide a wealth of information about Six Sigma, their "pocket guide" can be of substantial value to all organizations (regardless of size or nature) which need to simplify, thereby improve the process by which they produce whatever they offer for sale. Products, of course, but also professional services (e.g. legal, accounting, management consulting), memberships (e.g. healthcare providers as well as trade and professional associations such as chambers of commerce), and charitable support (e.g. non profit, tax exempt 501 (c) 3 organizations such as college and universities). Chapter One introduces the book's core concept, DMAIC, an acronym for Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control. A chapter is then devoted to each of the five separate but related process components. Rath and Strong explain how this process will guide and inform efforts to increase the ROI of resources to achieve whatever the desired objectives may be. One of this guide's greatest benefits is its ease of use: It can easily be carried within an attaché case, coat pocket, or purse, always available for direct and immediate access whenever needed. Now more than ever before, decision-makers are under great pressure to produce more and better results in less time, and with fewer resources. Hence the importance of improving first pass yield and cycle time, for example. Hence the importance, also, of enabling everyone within a given organization to understand how and why her or his efforts can -- and should -- contribute to the organization's operational excellence. For most executives, Rath and Strong offer a concise, easy-to-access, and well-written source of guidance to effectively defining, measuring, analyzing, improving, and controlling various stages of production of ideas as well as products and services.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excelent pocket guide for team leaders, October 14, 2003

By	Gcc Van Dorth (Netherlands) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a must have for all team leaders - very useful in any case (not especially Six Sigma related).

4.0 out of 5 stars Six Sigma Team Building, September 30, 2008

By	L. JOHNSON (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A good little refresher of the elements of team building, and not just specific to Six Sigma goals. It is a little palm sized book that is easily carried in a brief case for study on the plane or in a waiting room.