Mark’s note: I’m back from vacation, but I have a few more great guest posts today and tomorrow as I get back into working mode. I’ll be back on Monday. Liz Guthridge is a returning guest blogger — “The Lean…
Mark’s note: Liz Guthridge has been a previous guest blogger and you can view a short introductory video with her here. Today’s post, like most of her work, focuses on the concept of “Lean Communications,” hope you enjoy:
Sugar-coated messages are in bad taste. In survey after survey, people ask for straight talk on all issues. They don’t want artificially-sweetened words that supposedly will help the medicine—that is, the tough messages–go down. Sugar-coated messages are still a…
My friend and guest blogger Liz Guthridge (“The Lean Communicator”) would get a kick out of this. I was at a meeting recently and a speaker, with a background from a very famous global consulting firm, had this phrase as…
Mark’s Note: Don’t know Liz? Check out her Lean Blogger profile video on YouTube. One world is getting bigger—at least from my vantage point as a specialist in LEAN COMMUNICATIONS principles and practices. The lean community gathered at the Lean…
What can lean leaders learn from employee communication professionals? Try these five tips. They’re based on a recent leadership communications study of employee communication professionals, which was sponsored by two high-tech companies and conducted by Liz Guthridge, The LEAN Communicator(tm)…
Mark’s note: I’m happy to introduce a new guest blogger, Liz Guthridge. She is very active on Twitter and does a lot to educate people about Lean in area we could probably all (myself included!) use some help in –…
