Man Vs Business With Les Jaynes And Sean Mcmenamin

In this episode of Man vs Business, we discuss the topic of accountability and acceptance as it relates to Quality and the institution of Quality. We also discuss Managements part in creating the accountability.

In this episode Sean and I discuss the details of dealing with Non-Conformances in your organization along with when and how to perform a Root Cause Analysis.

In this episode of Man vs Business, we discuss basic quality tools. When to use them, the famous 7 Basic Quality Tools, Lean Tools, and then we discuss our favorite Quality Tools and why they are our favorite.

In this episode of Man vs Business, we discuss how to start your Lean SixSigma Journey. We discuss ideas on where to start, the important aspects of customers and employees, the different types of change, when and where to use Lean and or SixSigma.

In this episode, Sean and I discuss some broad overview aspects of Lean SixSigma. We start with the focus on Customer Value, move into employee culture, touch on the difference between Lean and SixSigma and end with the all important need for Leadership engagement. This is the intro to several discussions we have planned on the topic of Quality.

In this episode, Sean and I discuss different aspects of Document Control. What Document Control usually entails, the types of Document Control and how you should develop Document Control.

In this episode we touch on different facets of the Estimating function and the potential processes for performing estimates. Should you have an Estimating department or should the Sales personnel perform all of the estimating functions. Who manages the data and develops the tools. These are just a few of the questions explored in this episode.

In this episode of Man vs Business we discuss the actions and activities in the Sales stage, reviewing the positive and negative effects on the business depending on the relationship between these two groups and how well this handoff is executed.

Taking on a leadership role can be stressful and challenging. In this episode, "Strategy for a New Leadership Role", Sean and I discuss ways of engaging a new role, how to clear hurdles, dealing with politics, understand your expectations, and how to work towards a being a "Servant Leader".

In some cases being a good business fire fighter can be looked upon as a badge of honer. And while there is certainly merit in someone who can problem solve, constantly putting out fires without truly solving the root cause does not help to move the business forward or help the business grow. In this Episode, Sean I discuss the issue of Fire Fighting in the business environment. We discuss why its a problem and the reason you should focus your business environment away from fire fighting.

Having a quality system that supports your business growth, drives revenue and builds customer satisfaction is important. In this episode of Man vs. Business we discuss aspects of having a solid Quality Management System. A Quality System that starts with Leaderships vision and guidance and engages the employees from top to bottom.

In episode 4 of Man vs. Business we discuss business metrics. My co-host and I cover areas such as leading and lagging metrics, the alignment of metrics, people engagement with metrics, driving change with metrics and more. Also, stay tuned till the end for the picks of the week.

In addition to the two podcasts in which we discussed this shows possible future topics, this is actually our first official business topic podcast. In this podcasting we cover the topic of "Resource Management during the Holidays". Some of the areas covered are Employee Management, Capacity Planning, How to Handle Time Off along with many other areas. Also at the end of the podcasting we have incorporated personal picks for the week. The picks will be on anything that we believe might be of help to share with our listeners. This podcast is brought to you by your Man vs. Business hosts and is supported by a small entrepreneurial upstart called SigmaTree. Go check out our other ventures at SigmaTree.co.

This is a continuation discussion on potential show topics. The first episode was Sean's topics the second episode is Les's topics.

Man vs. Business is a Podcast discussing business topics from all perspectives. The first podcast part 1 is a brainstorming session of possible topics for future episodes.