Sam Smolik – Operational Excellence Society https://opexsociety.org Tue, 14 Mar 2023 19:35:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://opexsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cropped-Opex-Favicon-512x512-32x32.png Sam Smolik – Operational Excellence Society https://opexsociety.org 32 32 Why is Culture So Important? https://opexsociety.org/body-of-knowledge/why-is-culture-so-important/ Tue, 31 Jan 2023 08:13:54 +0000 https://opexsociety.org/?p=29871 This post Why is Culture So Important? appeared first on Operational Excellence Society.

Vince Lombardi was a famous American professional football coach, whose team won five National Football League (NFL) Championships in seven years in addition to winning the first two Super Bowls. One of my favorite Lombardi quotes is: “Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing...

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The 4 Keys to Achieving Excellence https://opexsociety.org/body-of-knowledge/the-4-keys-to-achieving-excellence/ Sun, 25 Sep 2022 13:54:00 +0000 https://opexsociety.org/?p=28297 This post The 4 Keys to Achieving Excellence appeared first on Operational Excellence Society.

Like many of you, I’ve had a lifelong quest for learning and for trying to improve my own personal performance and drive excellence in my companies. Excellence is defined as “the quality of being outstanding or extremely good.” Synonyms for excellent and excellence are distinction, first rate, superb, blue chip, choice, first class, five-star, top...

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Goal Zero; Developing a Culture of Excellence https://opexsociety.org/body-of-knowledge/goal-zero-developing-a-culture-of-excellence/ Sat, 12 Feb 2022 14:30:03 +0000 https://opexsociety.org/?p=26386 This post Goal Zero; Developing a Culture of Excellence appeared first on Operational Excellence Society.

Everyone likes to be part of a winning team. This is true for sports, business and throughout life’s activities. I always enjoyed the old ABC Sports quote during their program introduction which emphasized “the thrill of victory… and the agony of defeat.” In my new book, “The Power of Goal ZERO“, I detail the five...

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