Index: The Whole Business Concept


The Whole Business Concept™


While working with clients to implement various process improvement initiatives, one issue became clear: While the company may want the benefits of improving processes, the culture of the organization may not be prepared to navigate the waters of change. From this, the Whole Company Concept™ was developed.

The goal of the Whole Company Concept™ is to ensure that changes made to improve processes, reduce costs, and increase profitability are sustainable. To make them sustainable, an organization needs to develop an atmosphere where change does not create fear and desired outcomes are reasonable. In addition, the culture should be one where employees feel their input is valuable and that they have a vested interest in the success of the company. Often we would see Six Sigma process improvement teams identify issues supported by hard numbers only to be shot down by managers who saw the numbers in conflict with their “gut feelings.” This proved devastating to the teams and ultimately to the entire program.

How does the Whole Company Concept™ deal with this? We have put together a unique mix of tools and processes to dramatically increase the success of organizations. The needs of each company are different and we develop a unique solution for each company. The solutions can be developed for a single division or for the entire organization. We can provide an assessment of the company to help identify areas for improvement, develop strategic and business plans to lead to these improvements, work to develop leadership skills at each level of the company, and implement process improvement activities to reach the goals.