Business TV

The Belfast Telegraph have launched BT Business TV on their Business Website.  Bob Barbour, Director of the Centre for Competitiveness was interviewed on many topics by Gary Grattan.    Click on the link below for Bob’s interview on how the focus must be on Leadership Skills. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/bt-business-tv/bob-barbour-the-focus-must-be-on-leadership-skills-14395916.html Many other business leaders were also interviewed and all [...]

EFQM Forum 2009 – The Power of a Connected World

EFQM Forum Brussels, 28th & 29th September

Best Practice – Learning

The Centre for Competitiveness is working with a number of member companies in N. Ireland at their request to initiate a “School for Manufacturing Excellence”.   The school will involve a structured curriculum where each company “Specialist” will contribute a number of days to teach Best Practices to participants from the other companies.  This will be [...]

A Strategic Review of Excellence

In response to current and evolving global market conditions, the EFQM membership and national partner engagement, the current Excellence model is being updated in two phases to reflect new market conditions. The first phase of the revised model will be to upgrade the generic framework while phase 2 will involve adaptations for the public sector. [...]

Lessons in Leadership

I came across this blog on a Six Sigma website and it has some interesting information on it.  Lee Cockerell, former Vice President of Walt Disney World, offers lessons in leadership in his blog and I think that many of you could find the articles useful… http://www.leecockerell.com/blog/ Kerry Farrell

Don’t Hurry, Be Happy!

Slow is the name of some new inspiration! It’s the rhythm of life our ancestors have followed for centuries, and we’ve made it unusual by worshipping at the altar of speed and efficiency. Fast and Slow do more than just describe a rate of change. They are shorthand for ways of being or philosophies of [...]

Process Innovation – Reduce your Cycle Time

Cycle Time can mean the difference between Success or Failure!