CII Communique - December, 2010

leadership
towards excellence
CII-Suresh Neotia Centre of
Excellence for Leadership
Workshop on 3M & 5S
Attaining and maintaining productivity and quality
across the company is essential in the present day
competitive business environment. It is also necessary
to have not only an efficient and effective workplace
but also one which is waste free and clean and tidy
to work in.
A Workshop on 3M & 5S, organised on 28 October
helped to understand the fundamental techniques and
the relevance of these for organizations and how they
can assist in contributing towards improving bottom line
business performance by focusing on practical issues in
the workplace/shop floor. It addressed the concepts of
Muda (waste), Mura (unevenness), Muri (strain) along
with that of Seiri (Sort), Seiton (arrange), Seiso (clean),
Seiketsu (standardize), and Shitsuke (self discipline).
Planned Maintenance System
Equipment and machines need to be kept in ‘as
desired condition’ in order to ensure their availability
for achieving qualitative production. The maintenance
division, with the help of the operations division, can
ensure this. Planned Maintenance System (PMS)
actions are the minimum actions necessary to maintain
equipment in a fully operational condition. It provides
each command with a simple, standard means for
planning, scheduling, controlling, and performing
planned equipment maintenance.
A workshop of Breakthrough Thinking for Achieving Zero
Machine Breakdown Through Planned Maintenance,
organized on 3 November, detailed the approach and
methodology for avoiding wastage, producing goods
without reducing product quality, maximizing productivity
and quality without reducing cost. It also dwelt upon
producing a low batch quantity at the earliest possible
time and ensuring customer satisfaction by producing
non-defective goods.
‘Discover the Leader in You!’
Self-awareness is the key which makes one acknowledge
one’s strengths and weaknesses, thus paving the
way to nurture and hone the leader within. Current
research in fact suggests that self awareness is the
crucial ingredient of a person’s level of emotional
intelligence which actually makes for great leadership.
By harnessing the power of self-awareness and
leveraging emotional intelligence one is able to
make better decisions with more objectivity, customize
messages to the deeply held concerns of the listener,
ensure better execution and thus have a more profitable
and satisfying relationship with subordinates, peers,
bosses, clients and suppliers.
A workshop on ‘Leadership: Discover the Leader in
You’ on 12 November dealt with subjects like leading
in situations which matter the most, the strength and
development areas of one’s leadership, the personality
and style of operation which influenced one’s leadership
effectiveness. It also touched upon how a leader can
motivate, inspire and influence others to assume more
responsibility for leading themselves.
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