What does it mean to be indispensable in an organiztion

Indispensable probably can mean different things to different people.

From one employee to another it might mean.
You are:
there when I need you
count on-able
an asset we all count on
a reliable go-to ally
part of the foundation
a spark that lights up others
a leader of leaders
a positive role model
an inspiration to others
a team player
full of practical ideas that you're willing to champion
inventive
one of the reasons the organization is successful

Yes, indispensable people take on a lot of responsibility.
That's why they're "indispensable"

The TEAM at awarenessIDEAS.com creates a lot of awareness products that
can be supportive of your indispensable people's efforts. View our web site:
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We'd love to hear your comments on what your indispensable people look like.


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quality process is a partnership revolving around goals and mutual interests.

Every person in an organization has both one or more customers on their one side, and one or more suppliers on their other side. Everyone is either helping a customer get their needs met or working with a supplier asking for and getting their input to the customers needs. Everyone in that chain gets something out of the relationship. Suppliers get paid and get kudos for a job well done, middle people get paid and get
kudos for a job well done and customers get their product or service and get kudos for a good purchase.

Managements job is to assert that there are these relationships taking place and to set in motion a system that reinforces the chemistry between the parties involved. Creating ongoing awareness that supports these relationships should be a part of the process. When you review our web sites quality process links you will see immediate posters, banners and handouts that will support this concept. We can customize further ideas that further your cause. See: http://www.awarenessideas.com/Quality-Process-s/6.htm

Scrap prices at all time highs, so cash in for your company

The prices of scrap metals are at all time highs. Metals like aluminum and copper that, even a few years ago, were only worth a small amount have now risen to unimaginable prices. There are people that make a living off from just selling scrap!

Knowing that, there are two things you can do to help stamp our scrap in your quality process.

The first thing you can do is minimize scrap. This includes using molds and patterns that make the most efficient use of your raw materials. This means reexamining how machines produce parts and how these processes can be improved to minimize loss.

The second is to gather up all of your remaining scrap and either melt it down for internal recycling or have it processed by a local recycling center. If you have an internal process to recycle materials, you will not only save money from buying new materials but you will be helping the environment. If you don't have an internal process, a local recycling center that specializes in scrap reclamation will pay top dollar for materials these days. Those centers will put money for your scrap back into the coffers of your company, and thus improving the quality of your material handling.

Achieving company goals is more fun then going to work

At FLEXi Display we are all leaders and managers, and we’re always asking; how can we help each other be successful and to feel good about our efforts at being the best we can be, as an organizational team and as individuals.

Success and feeling good are different for everyone and therefore we need to look at each in the context of our working together. FLEXI Display, the organization that brings us together, has a Vision, Mission, Principles and Corporate Strategy revolving around making a difference for our customers, community and our employees. We’re also committed to having a work environment where we can learn to be the best we can be as a team and also as individuals. It’s in this team environment of having organization and personal growth that we can share success and can feel good about ourselves.

Teams are made up of individuals who are committed to goals that accomplish our Corporate Strategy and move our organization toward our Vision and Mission. Goals create the agenda that make our efforts more effective and fulfilling. It’s in the accomplishment of goals that we can tie our successes and good feelings too. A goal with a big improvement is great and any improvement is good. We want to enjoy every improvement, and set the stage for a lot of them. At FLEXi we have big goals in our near future and we have to actively work on them. After all, what we do has a positive effect on a lot of people and their goals, and we can affect just how much they do count on us by the services and products we’re providing them.

Goals are always something that is out there, not yet accomplished. There are long range and short range goals. Most goals have sub goals that have to occur to get to the bigger goal. Organization wide goals are participated in by everyone. Some goals meant to positively affect our organization may be initiated and carried out by an individual or small group. Our future success will come from our team members fulfilling on our existing goals and initiating new goals that support our efforts.

A new goal, that has not yet been accomplished, is scary for most people because if it’s new, there is uncertainty as to how to accomplish it and there is the possibility of failure. That is why we speak of our company being a learning organization. When our attitude is one of I’m learning rather then “I know it all”, then failure can be experienced as “what can I now do different and better”. Most learning comes from outside of ourselves and we always need to be open to new knowledge. There are few guarantees in life, so the best way to prepare for a future we choose, is to acquire new knowledge that will be helpful in our accomplishment of those choices.

A nice thing about working in a small organization is that we can all be supportive of one another in this learning process. As leader - managers, one of our roles is to support and encourage each other to accomplish what we each say we are up to accomplish on behalf of our organization Vision, Mission and Corporate Strategy.

FLEXi is committed to creating an environment where each person has the opportunity to grow and experience success. We promise to provide an environment where every person who is committed to learning can stick their neck out, commit to new challenges, attempt thoughtful changes in cooperation with others, and feel they have a safe environment to discuss the outcome… even if the project falls short of the goal. We appreciate your taking a chance to grow with us.

Quality begins with good communication

Quality begins with good communication, and good communication begins with a well thought out employee manual. Your manual can take several forms, it can be a list of expectation you have for your employees, it can be an instruction manual on how to create the product you sell, or even on how to properly use the software your company has. Having a good manual gives your employees comfort in knowing what is expected of them. It makes training easier, because it can act as a reference for a new employee or even a veteran who has forgotten a particular step. Most of all, it should be a living document, that can change and grow as your company changes and grows. Don’t be afraid to pull sections out if they no longer apply, as well as add sections as your business flows. Visit AwarenessIDEAS.com for more information about making your process a quality process.

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Quality is more than just getting it right.. it starts with just doing it.

One of the battlecries I hear often for Quality is that it can only be measured in terms of perfection. Something doesn't have quality if it isn't perfect. Who can truly measure perfect anyway?

If you're talking about aircraft or automotive parts, quality can be measured in microns of space or electrons of resistance. What about human quality? What about quality of those who perform the tasks to keep your businesses run? How can you strive for perfection in the imperfect world of hiring quality workers?

The truth about quality in the workforce is that it starts by having employees that show up. Quality will come with repetition and innovation, in the form of their daily activities. Constantly riding them to be perfect will not only cause them to NOT be perfect, but will drive them further to resenting you. So take a tip on quality from AwarenessIDEAS... Quality of employees comes in the satisfaction that they are performing their tasks and continuing to innovate. Without them, you wouldn't have a company to measure quality at, so cut them some slack about perfection being your standard for quality.

Establish an "Aim High" quality process

It's almost impossible to get people to stretch themselves for a mediocre achievement.

Think about how much effort you are willing to put into achieving an average outcome. Most people think why bother.

Big goals, big achievements... bring out the best in all of us.

When you're ready to create a big change in your organization, ask your people to step up and "Aim High". You'll be pleased with what they do.

Review our "Aim High" poster selection and let us refine it for your needs. Ask us about designing appropriate hand outs and incentives to compliment the process.

Quality happens in an environment where management says

Quality happens in an environment where management says, quality is what we do and encourages processes to be developed that--when followed-- there is no other result.

The key is in encouraging and motivating your people to see quality as there responsibility and giving them the tools to make it easy.

Our web site is full of ideas that will inform, motivate, and recognize good people in their efforts at producing good results.

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Quality Process Action Plan For Business

Every facet of a business can be measured for quality. This includes obvious areas like production and development but also administrative functions such as management, customer service, marketing and sales. We have been in business for over 35 years developing awareness materials that aid in the cause of quality. We provide tools to encourage and inform employees of your quality practices, measure progress in quality, check for compliances and reward those who enforce your quality practices.

Informed employees can play an important role in tracking down and stopping quality control issues. Management's role is to empower its people by giving them information and processes in which they can participate. It is around this philosophy that AwarenessIDEAS built its Employee Awareness Quality Process Program.

Quality Process Action Plan

The key to any successful quality control program is implenting standards that everyone can agree on. By setting standards that have input from employees, those employees are more likely to participate and more likely to add to the program it progresses, thereby becoming Quality Process Champions. One standard that AwarenessIDEAS recommends is, "All Processes shall conform to the quality process expectations and requirements designed into the system. By setting a base line of quality assurance and a slightly higher goal of quality to follow, employees are able and willing to participate in your quality process." Getting that message across using every avenue of communications open to you will engage your users and produce results. Some ideas to facility quality awareness in your company include:

• Create Quality Process teams to coordinate activities. Pick atleast one person from each department and give them the power to control quality in their department and interact with their peers in quality related practices.
• Dress your Quality Teams in wearables that give them recognition and identity. A team member that is easily identified with a wearable is easy to spot and engage when a quality control issue arises.
• Hang several of our quality process banners and posters throughout your facility. Let us customize them with your Quality Process Vision and personalize them with your company or department logo.
• Have a suggestion contest that lasts 30 days, one every 6 months. Have appropriate inexpensive awareness products available for thoughtful ideas. If you find you are engaging your staff effectively with your quality campaign, you will have hundreds of good ideas and can offer multiple levels of handouts depending on the scope of those ideas.
• Use our write-on/wipe-off quality process charts designed to monitor your specific areas for quality conformance. We can customize any of our charts or create totally unique ones depending on your needs. Any where that an improvement can be made in your business can be charted, so we encourage you to start with the obvious areas and then move further into your processes as your charting progresses.
• Use our quality process information boards to hold posters and plant information inserts. These sheets can include your quality process numbers, information on your policies, a picture of the "quality employee of the week" or any other quality message you would like.
• Tag all quality non-conformances, giving each one a priority rating. We can make tags that have quotas, previous performace records, compliance checks or other issues.
• Have a contest that encourages the reporting of quality process issues in each department. Reward the departments that do the most to improve on quality.
• Use appropriate decals and signage by your machinery and equipment with quality standards and expectations for that process. When an employee is informed as to what is expected, they will often take it upon themselves to exceed that expectation and raise the bar for quality.
• Have a contest each month that relates to that months quality process poster. A contest keeps the poster message alive. People talk about the problem and therefore pay more attention to solving it. Switch out the poster at the end of the month with a new quality message, or improve on a current quality message with a different marketing approach.
• Give rewards and recognition to department managers, quality process champions and and the quality teams staying on top of reducing quality non-conformances.

Get awarenessIDEAS involved. Have a look at our complete line of quality process materials, then give us a call at 1-800-875-1725. Making us a part of your team will give you valuable resources and ongoing support in your efforts to improve quality process awareness at your workplace.

Want to be more successful? Are you asking... How else can I help?

I never met anyone who didn't believe they were not busy, and probably most of them were.

The point is, people who become more successful are people who while being busy, still ask of others... how else can I help?

Just think about it. When someone offers to help you, are you not more receptive to doing something for them. That is just the way it is with most people. So set yourself up for success by being an ever bigger helper to others.

Now who is it you could help? Everyone in every organization can offer more help to their inside and outside customers. That is the end user customers of your organization and the customers you are providing your products and services to within your organization.

Take advantage of all the opportunities to increasing your success by asking... How else can I help?

Also don't forget to ask us at AwarenessIDEAS for help. You will be delighted with the results.

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