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Category Archives: Best Practices

Erik Host-Steen

Taking Best Practices with Manufacturing Widgets into Best Practices with Manufacturing Customers

Best Practices, Leadership, ManufacturingBy Ben AllenJune 25, 2020

Erik Host-Steen is a leader in the sales and marketing world and has a specialization with manufacturing companies. This video specific best practices on how to apply Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma principals toward the front office sales and marketing roles. Erik can be contacted at [email protected].

Lessons From the Honda Ransomware Attack

Best Practices, Cybersecurity, Interviews, LeadershipBy Ben AllenJune 19, 2020

Christopher Sundberg has become a regular guest of our Allen CIO interview videos. He handles product cybersecurity for Woodward in Ft Collins and constantly stays abreast of the security challenges facing manufacturing companies (which is a requirement for his role). Honda is the latest victim of a new form of ransomware that we explore. After…

HR Technology Game Changers for Midsize Manufacturers

Best Practices, Interviews, Leadership, ManufacturingBy Ben AllenJune 12, 2020

Taylor Dignam, who is leading the way in the Big Fish Employer Services Colorado office, shares stories around managing your manufacturing  labor force and emphasizes why it is critical to have the right technology, in turn giving you better insight into your business metrics and allowing you to make better and more educated business decisions.…

Leslie Jones Connects SpiralMethod with Stephen Kotler’s “Flow”

Best Practices, InterviewsBy Ben AllenMay 24, 2020

Leslie and I both attended the awesome CTLF event (spoiler alert, every CTLF event is awesome) a couple weeks ago where Stephen Kotler spoke about “Flow.” A few weeks before I attended an event where a panel of Denver business leaders, all who are participating within her SpiralMethod groups, shared how SpiralMethod had affected their…

The One Reason Why The Best Remote Access Advice Probably Won’t Help Your Business

Best PracticesBy Ben AllenMay 23, 2020

With all the articles related to working remotely coming out recently, I’ve found that these two companies, Platte River Networks and pwc, have the very best recommendations related to successfully creating a remote workplace.  I’ve shared both of them below. However, there is one glaring issue related to the adoption of these best practices that, if…

Anson Thompson, Marketing Superstar, Shares TTG Latest Secrets

Best Practices, Interviews, Leadership, Sales/MarketingBy Ben AllenMay 19, 2020

The days of face-to-face marketing are on hold but that isn’t stopping Anson and his team of insurance professionals at The Thompson Group from nailing big deals during difficult times. He is giving away the farm in this video, check out the techniques he shares to understand why he has metaphorically written the book on…

Who Do You Call When You Don’t Like Making Calls?

Best Practices, Interviews, Sales/MarketingBy Ben AllenMay 13, 2020

“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right!” Henry Ford Wendy Vaughan is a sales coach who combines a number of different disciplines into her sales coaching business. We focus on the art of the sales call in this video where she shares several tips on how to succeed using this…

6 Leadership Principles to Strengthen Your Organization

Best Practices, Interviews, ManufacturingBy Ben AllenMay 7, 2020

“When the leader gets better, everyone gets better” – Craig Groeschel Thom Mandl shares his manufacturing leadership wisdom with us in this best practice packed interview. You will find that each of his 6 principals are concise and motivational. He is a friend and someone that I admire very much. If you want someone to…

Critical in ALL Manufacturing Technology Decisions – ROI

Best Practices, ManufacturingBy Ben AllenMarch 14, 2020

Return on Investment isn’t something you should accidentally stumble on. It is a result of approving well designed technology business cases. Manufacturers understand Lean manufacturing, ISO 9001, NIST 800-171, Six Sigma and other philosophies that embody Continuous Improvement. These beliefs run the plan floor and typically guide the back office processes as well. It is…

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