12 Sep 2022

By Kim Ellet, Certified Professional Coach In the DISC Assessment, we learn that each of the four communication styles has strengths, yet within each style, too much of a “strength” can become a weakness. Too much dominance from the D style can end up alienating team members but moving things forward (a key characteristic of the D style) is essential to growing and achieving goals.  T...

18 Aug 2022

By Kim Ellet, Certified Professional Coach In manufacturing, Just in Time (JIT) is an inventory management method in which, according to Zoho, goods are received from suppliers only as they are needed. The reasoning behind this method is to reduce overhead costs of storing a lot of materials that may or may not actually be sold or used to produce a product.  However, this concept of J...

13 Jan 2021

Change in 2021
Here we are at the beginning of another new year. Typically, if you are like me, you start January thinking that things will be different, creating resolutions with promises to do better and be better. In some ways the beginning of a new year is exciting . . . like the first day of school. It’s a clean, fresh start, like a shiny, new notebook. Hopefully we have gained some experienc...