The Power of LEO: The Revolutionary Process for Achieving Extraordinary Results
The Power of LEO: The Revolutionary Process for Achieving Extraordinary Results
Subir Chowdhury
A Simple Method of Continuous Improvement, October 12, 2011
By
John Chancellor "Mentor coach" (Spring Hill, TN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Power of LEO: The Revolutionary Process for Achieving Extraordinary Results (Hardcover)
As the market place continues to become more and more competitive and crowded, everyone seems to be looking for different ways to improve their product/services. There seems to be constant pressure to improve quality and at the same time cut costs. There are lots of different programs tailored to individual companies or industries, but these are generally too specific to apply across a wide range of company sizes, products and processes. LEO is a simple process which can be adapted to any size company in any industry or service.
Subir Chowdhury, the author, has written and interesting and informative introduction to LEO - the process which stands for Listen - observe and understand the what is happening currently; Enrich - explore and discover new and better solutions; and Optimize - improve and perfect.
The book is well written and easy to read. The layout, format of the book is extremely reader friendly, making it possible to read the entire book in a couple of hours.
Mr. Chowdhury shows how LEO can be used to put out fires - solve problems which are causing immediate problems, to fixing the flow - improving the process, to defining the future - creating new products. He then goes into detail using case studies to show each separate function of the LEO model. He shows how to Listen hard, how to enrich the product/process and finally how to optimize.
Finally he walks the reader through an all-out process where one company engaged in an 18 month implementation of the LEO method and gives a good overview of how the work was carried out.
As with any change process, he stresses that without buy-in and continual support from the CEO, the process will be doomed to fail. He takes great care to talk about the natural dissenters to any change process and how to effectively deal with them.
While this process will work for any business, this book is not a how-to manual. This book gives you a good understanding of the power of LEO - what it can do. You will learn some skills and techniques that make LEO work. But if you wish to implement LEO in your organization, you are going to need some outside help. There is a standard LEO program which Mr. Chowdhury's company starts with and then modifies for each specific assignment.
The final chapter of the book talks about how LEO - the quest for continual improvement can and should be adopt by individuals. "We have a choice. We can simply accept what's happening and spend our energy groaning and criticizing, or we can, as individuals, try to make a difference.
I believe we would all do a better job if we were to listen more carefully, look for better ways to do things and constantly optimize whatever we are doing in our lives - either work or personal.
The book offers lots of examples of how LEO has been applied to a very wide range of companies and problems. If your company is operating at less than peak, you certainly should consider using The Power of LEO to improve your results.
http://www.amazon.com/Power-LEO-Revolutionary-Achieving-Extraordinary/dp/0071767991
Subir Chowdhury
A Simple Method of Continuous Improvement, October 12, 2011
By
John Chancellor "Mentor coach" (Spring Hill, TN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Power of LEO: The Revolutionary Process for Achieving Extraordinary Results (Hardcover)
As the market place continues to become more and more competitive and crowded, everyone seems to be looking for different ways to improve their product/services. There seems to be constant pressure to improve quality and at the same time cut costs. There are lots of different programs tailored to individual companies or industries, but these are generally too specific to apply across a wide range of company sizes, products and processes. LEO is a simple process which can be adapted to any size company in any industry or service.
Subir Chowdhury, the author, has written and interesting and informative introduction to LEO - the process which stands for Listen - observe and understand the what is happening currently; Enrich - explore and discover new and better solutions; and Optimize - improve and perfect.
The book is well written and easy to read. The layout, format of the book is extremely reader friendly, making it possible to read the entire book in a couple of hours.
Mr. Chowdhury shows how LEO can be used to put out fires - solve problems which are causing immediate problems, to fixing the flow - improving the process, to defining the future - creating new products. He then goes into detail using case studies to show each separate function of the LEO model. He shows how to Listen hard, how to enrich the product/process and finally how to optimize.
Finally he walks the reader through an all-out process where one company engaged in an 18 month implementation of the LEO method and gives a good overview of how the work was carried out.
As with any change process, he stresses that without buy-in and continual support from the CEO, the process will be doomed to fail. He takes great care to talk about the natural dissenters to any change process and how to effectively deal with them.
While this process will work for any business, this book is not a how-to manual. This book gives you a good understanding of the power of LEO - what it can do. You will learn some skills and techniques that make LEO work. But if you wish to implement LEO in your organization, you are going to need some outside help. There is a standard LEO program which Mr. Chowdhury's company starts with and then modifies for each specific assignment.
The final chapter of the book talks about how LEO - the quest for continual improvement can and should be adopt by individuals. "We have a choice. We can simply accept what's happening and spend our energy groaning and criticizing, or we can, as individuals, try to make a difference.
I believe we would all do a better job if we were to listen more carefully, look for better ways to do things and constantly optimize whatever we are doing in our lives - either work or personal.
The book offers lots of examples of how LEO has been applied to a very wide range of companies and problems. If your company is operating at less than peak, you certainly should consider using The Power of LEO to improve your results.
http://www.amazon.com/Power-LEO-Revolutionary-Achieving-Extraordinary/dp/0071767991
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The Power of LEO
Filed under: Blog — Jon @ 2:15 pm
We might be familiar with Six Sigma, Lean Management, Total Quality Management, and other quality management tools, and to some degree, they each can provide great results. So, do we need another?
Subir Chowdhury has written a new book called The Power of Leo that shows that we do. LEO is based on three basic principles: Listen – Seek input from all stakeholders within your organization, from suppliers to employees to customers. Enrich – Create new ideas for improvement and solutions for problems using simple techniques. Optimize – Select the best improvement idea or solution, subject it to testing in the real world, and correct all shortcomings.
The author states, “LEO represents a new mindset, a transformational way to think about the decisions that managers on every level make and the actions that they take.”
So how is this different than the other tools? Why will this system be successful? Because it’s not the only solution. As the author explains, other systems demand exclusivity, while LEO can be integrated into any existing system to enhance it, or applied on its own. No company is the same, just as no situation is exactly the same, so to address how to improve quality within it must be met with flexibility. In other words, Listen, Enrich, and Optimize – not only the work being done, but also the management systems which guide that work.
This is a beneficial book to any large organization, and will help existing systems improve while helping develop the correct mindset and practice for those just starting out. As the author states, “The quality mission belongs to all the people, all the time.”
http://blog.800ceoread.com/2011/10/11/the-power-of-leo/
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AcrosticGuy, at 11:32 AM
The Power of LEO
Filed under: Blog — Jon @ 2:15 pm
We might be familiar with Six Sigma, Lean Management, Total Quality Management, and other quality management tools, and to some degree, they each can provide great results. So, do we need another?
Subir Chowdhury has written a new book called The Power of Leo that shows that we do. LEO is based on three basic principles: Listen – Seek input from all stakeholders within your organization, from suppliers to employees to customers. Enrich – Create new ideas for improvement and solutions for problems using simple techniques. Optimize – Select the best improvement idea or solution, subject it to testing in the real world, and correct all shortcomings.
The author states, “LEO represents a new mindset, a transformational way to think about the decisions that managers on every level make and the actions that they take.”
So how is this different than the other tools? Why will this system be successful? Because it’s not the only solution. As the author explains, other systems demand exclusivity, while LEO can be integrated into any existing system to enhance it, or applied on its own. No company is the same, just as no situation is exactly the same, so to address how to improve quality within it must be met with flexibility. In other words, Listen, Enrich, and Optimize – not only the work being done, but also the management systems which guide that work.
This is a beneficial book to any large organization, and will help existing systems improve while helping develop the correct mindset and practice for those just starting out. As the author states, “The quality mission belongs to all the people, all the time.”
http://blog.800ceoread.com/2011/10/11/the-power-of-leo/
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AcrosticGuy, at 11:32 AM
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