KnowWare International Inc. announces a free, online version of their Motivation Profile that you can use to discover your strengths for Lean Six Sigma. (Available at www.qimacros.com/profile/six-sigma-mindset.pl)
Every business needs innovators and improvers. Innovators create new products and services while improvers optimize existing operations. Lean Six Sigma is mainly oriented to optimizing existing operations. Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) helps optimize the development of new products or services, but the mindset is still one of Six Sigma.
· Innovators are revolutionary, big picture achievers.
· Improvers are evolutoinary, detailel problem solvers.
Based on research from the field of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), the Profile covers cornerstones of the Lean Six Sigma Mindset. They are:
1. Evolutionary or revolutionary?
2. Achiever or a problem solver?
3. Innovator or processor?
4. A leader or follower?
5. A thinker or doer?
6. Big Picture or Detail?
Each of these motivation traits uses its own vocabulary, so when people are having trouble communicating with someone, it’s because of differences in styles. But anyone can learn to speak their language and influence others. It also provides insights into writing marketing copy that speaks to a target market. Download a free quick reference card on influencing language from www.debugyourmentalsoftware.com/pdf/mejobaid.pdf.
Jay Arthur, the KnowWare® Man, works with people who want to master the mysteries of the mind and companies that want to fire up their profits using Lean Six Sigma. He is the coauthor of the Motivation Profile, Lean Six Sigma Demystified and the QI Macros SPC Software for Excel.
