Karen Martin is a Lean Consultant, President and Founder of TKMG Consulting and TKMG Academy, and the author of two Shingo Award winning books, including the 800-CEO-READ's finalist "Clarity First". Karen joins us to talk about clarity, continuous improvement, and more. http://www.johnthackerjr.com https://tkmg.com https://tkmgacademy.com

Megan Sawtelle joins us to discuss the application of Lean Six Sigma to the administrative professional's role. This eye-opening conversation dives into the exclusion often faced by administrative professionals, and how you can rectify that.

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Join us as we talk about leadership, conflict resolution, and having tough conversations with the tough guy himself - Louis J. Fernandez! Tinker, tailor, soldier, cost reduction expert, Louis brings his wealth of leadership knowledge to the podcast to help us evolve our leadership style.

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Paul joins us from bonny Scotland to discuss creating a continuous improvement culture and what that means for leaders, boardrooms, and front-line leaders.

Jonathon Andell joins us for a sharp discussion about top-down leadership, command-and-control, and the negative and toxic effects on culture (and why they are not the same). Join us and join the conversation in the comments! https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathon-...

Angela Penton - "The Process Detective" and owner of Open Field Process Improvement - joins us to discuss the critical importance of leaders going to gemba! This is a fantastic episode full of insight for leaders at all levels of the organization. Connect with Angela for more quality insight on process improvement. https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-pe... https://www.linkedin.com/company/open... http://www.johnthackerjr.com/

What is leadership? How is it defined? What behaviors can you change right now to be a better leader? And how the heck does one "manage up"? We dive into these questions and more on this episode of A Quality Podcast with John Thacker and Jake Harrell.

Octavio Salas joins us from Guadalajara to discuss his role as an engineer in the food industry. Don't miss this episode as we cover the challenges of documenting SOPs and installing new equipment all under the direction of new management - that's a lot of new! Impromptu Macarena performance at 41:00...

Paul Dunlop joins us from beautiful Victoria (not Queensland) Australia to discuss Lean implementation, coaching, and consulting. There is a lot of good stuff in this video! Listen along and reach out to Paul at the links below. https://www.dunlopconsultants.com.au https://www.linkedin.com/in/dunlopcon... https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-thac... https://www.johnthackerjr.com