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Home » Authors » Jim L. Smith

Articles by Jim L. Smith

Face of Quality: Continuous Improvement Is a Team Effort

QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
October 7, 2011
Continuous improvement is about commitment, rigor and discipline.
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Jim's Gems: What's Your Vision?

QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
October 3, 2011
A clear vision is all you need.
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Jim's Gems: Success May Lie Elsewhere

QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
September 26, 2011
Be careful not to attach your sense of fulfillment too tightly to specific outcomes and circumstances. For there are far more possibilities than you may have yet imagined.
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Jim's Gems: Don't Get Comfortable

QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
September 19, 2011
We are at our best when we are moving toward a meaningful, positive and ambitious goal. As each goal is reached, we need to use the position we've attained to stretch even higher.
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Don't Fear Failure

QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
September 12, 2011
A comfort zone becomes a dreary and dismal place to take up permanent residence.
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Let Our Imagination Work

QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
September 6, 2011
Where our mind consistently goes, the rest of us will follow.
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Face of Quality: Successful Organizations are Customer-Centric

QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
August 30, 2011
Customers don't just buy products; they buy promises.
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Don't Wait for Perfection

QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
August 29, 2011
As humans we can come up with all kinds of reasons why something will not work or will go wrong. Get over that feeling. Get started.
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Jim's Gems: Set New Targets

QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
August 22, 2011
Before you reach each goal, be ready with another one.
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Go Anywhere, As Long As It's Forward

QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
August 15, 2011
To move toward your goals, you must first be facing them.
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