Sample Chapters

Look to Chapter Highlights for a few examples...Click on A, F, N or V

        Why this book will help you and your company.

A    Attitude                                                                           1     
   Why is managing your attitude part of your job?

B    Before                                                                            11 
       Why doing "Befores" precedes the harvest. 

C    Customers                                                                       17
        Why internal and external customers are important.

D    Do It Now                                                                        25
        Why "DO IT NOW" is the foundation for tomorrow.

E    Education                                                                         33
        Why educating is more than talking.

F    Facts                                                                                41
        Why aren't people listening to what you have to say?

G    Goals                                                                                49
        How goals can help define your future.

H    Habits                                                                               55
        Why you inevitably are what you repeatedly do.

I    Improve Continuously                                                          61
        Why "good enough" isn't.

J    Join In                                                                                67
        How much of the load are you carrying?

K    Keep                                                                                   73
        How consistent note taking can improve your future.

L    Listen                                                                                  77
        Is listening more important than speaking?

M    Measure                                                                              84
        If you don't measure, you are only guessing.

   Next                                                                                    91
        Why some people need to be supervised.

O    Obstacles                                                                             97
        Are obstacles and problems the same thing?

P    Processes                                                                           103
        How to manage quality through process improvement.

Q    Quality                                                                                111
        Is it a good part or isn't it?  Don't guess!

R    Root Cause                                                                          117
        What is a symptom?  What is a root cause?

S     Speak Up                                                                             123
        Why speaking should be part of your job description.

T    Teams                                                                                  129
        What type of decisions should be assigned to a team?

U    Undercapitalize                                                                    135
        What are you investing in your future?

   Values                                                                                   139
        What are your values?  Are you sure?

W    WIIFM                                                                                   147
        What's in it for me?  -or-  What's in it for us?

X    X or Cross It Out                                                                    153
        How do you eat an elephant?

Y    You                                                                                       161
        Is there an "I" in the word "team"?

Z    Zero Defects                                                                          167
        Is 99% good enough?

Closing Thoughts                                                                          173