What are the Qualities of a Six Sigma Black Belt Candidate?
Posted by: meikah | 30 June 2008 | 11:46 pm
If you’re asking the same question, then check out Tony Jacowski’s article on content4reprint.com.
- Appreciates customer promotion - He must know the value of customer in the business equation.
- Has the right personal attributes - He must be the positive influence that motivate others; self-motivated, and I think should also be a self-starter.
- Displays some leadership qualities - He must be the change agent, and thus an initiator.
- Possesses good communication skills - He must be able to convey messages well, and act as an effective mediator between employees and management, a coach and trainor.
- Has the technical aptitude - Though not necessary, he must have some background in engineering, statistics, and computers.
Choosing candidates for Six Sigma Black Belt is crucial in your Six Sigma deployment because from them, a good change agent leader must emerge. It goes without saying that a Six Sigma initiative is nothing without the right people in the team.
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Explaining Six Sigma as a Job
Posted by: meikah | 29 June 2008 | 8:48 pm
When people go up to you and ask what you do as a Six Sigma Black Belt or even a Six Sigma practitioner, what do you tell them?
It’s easier to explain it to fellow Six Sigma practitioners. In fact, you would surely end up with a lively and fruitful discussion. But to the general public, the scenario is different.
Not a lot of people are really familiar with Six Sigma. So when the general public ask what it is, you often find yourself mumble, “it’s a quality methodology.” Because when you explain further, most likely you’d be looking at a person with more questions in his eyes.
So how do you explain Six Sigma as the job you do?
Meanwhile, here’s an interesting video from YouTube (via LearnSigma) about a father trying to explain to his son (played by Ashton Kutcher at that) what he does.
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Six Sigma Movements
Posted by: meikah | 7 May 2008 | 8:21 pm
iSixSigma highlights a few Six Sigma movements in the past couple of weeks.
StreetInsider announces that Russell W. Duke, Ph.D. will join Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., as an executive consultant. Sunquest is a market leader in laboratory information systems, and Duke will fill in the role that will enable him to contribute towards developing and driving the company’s Lean Lab and Outreach strategies.
Over at eMediaWire, Change Management Consulting, Inc. (CMC), a privately-owned management consulting and training firm appoints Brad Thorne as Vice President and Global Lean Six Sigma Practice Head.
The EarthTimes also announces the promotion of Kerry Fordyce to the position of Vice President of Manufacturing at Arrow Industrial Ltd. Arrow Industrial’s President, Bob Geoffroy, said, “Kerry is a strong business manager who can use his experience with lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, statistical process control, finance, leadership and safety to help us continue providing products and services that meet or exceed the expectations of our customers.”
*Photo from Insyte-Consulting
