Everyone loves the idea of a magic bullet. When you hear of a company's success with the latest improvement initiative—say, a "hard skills" program like Lean Enterprise or Six Sigma or a "soft skills" one like High-Performance Organizations—your first instinct is to try it yourself. But your organization is unique. What works for the company across the street won't necessarily work for you. In short, there is no magic bullet.

At Tom Devane & Associates, we know that every company has its own needs, its own problems, its own culture. To move to the next level, you must maximize the performance of your processes and your people. You must integrate the best practices in “hard” (technical) and “soft” (people) aspects of performance improvement to achieve sustainable results . . . and you must do it in a way that makes sense for your company.

One highly-effective approach involves combining the best parts of the three most powerful improvement disciplines—Lean Enterprise, Six Sigma and High-Performance Organizations—and implementing them in a single cohesive wave. Can you do it on your own? Sure. But because these disciplines should ultimately become part of a company's "core skills," many leaders wish to get off on the right foot by enlisting the guidance of LSS/HPO experts. If this describes you, read on. You'll learn the many ways that Tom Devane & Associates can help you make profitable changes that stay with you for the long haul.