New Franchise Ideas That Just Might Be Worth Considering

Business Today Egypt:

The Master Black Belt strides into the room, his presence acknowledged by the bowed heads of his Black Belt proteges. He bows in return, rising back to his full height before slicing his left hand through the air in a swift, chopping motion. This perfect, silent gesture summons his warriors – the feared Green Belts who, with a moment’s notice, can execute the most difficult of commands. The Green Belts emerge, like magical moving shadows, from a darkened corner of the room, bow, and silently await their command.

This may seem like a thousand miles and a thousand years away from what the average manager experiences in everyday office life. Now, thanks to a popular, successful management system, the world of Black Belts and the world of Junior Accounts Receivable Clerks is coming together. How and why this is happening is a story that could be the key to a new era of profitability and growth for your company.

Survival in today’s increasingly competitive corporate arena requires every organization to have certain essential ongoing objectives: customer satisfaction, lower costs and improved process efficiency. Leadership in any of these areas is a trophy that no one organization can hold on to for long without sustained effort.

Is it any wonder, then, that many companies are waging a proverbial war to achieve these targets and become a benchmark among their competitors – even if it is only for a short period of time? Here in Egypt, a growing number of companies are even going so far as to help their employees earn karate-style belts.

Of course the belts these corporate ninjas are earning are metaphorical, part of a 20-year-old management philosophy known as Six Sigma. More.