I mostly eliminated jobs in IBM by addressing root causes and effecting
long term solutions. The cycle involved 6 months intensive study 12 months
of execution to remove root causes and 12 months of leverage to get results
in the outstanding category. Then I looked for a new class of challenges and
usually repeated the process, getting the job down to 2 days/week before
setting the new higher goals. Now I tire of the reengineering after nine months
and look for a new area. The current company is only $80 million revenue and
550 employees so I am also redoing their planning process as an "extra" ...
I love to interact with peer practitioners because the days are lonely even
though lots of people are aorund! Thanks for listening
Keith Cowan Phone: (416)565-6253 FAX: (905)764-9604
Toronto Internet: cowan@pci.on.ca Compuserve: 72212,51