https://sixsigmakaizen.com/ Corporate taboos, operational excellence briefings, and quality leadership newsletters from Six Sigma Kaizen. en-us Sun, 10 May 2026 23:01:26 GMT https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-the-succession-plan-that-doesnt-exist-issue-2-1.html https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-the-succession-plan-that-doesnt-exist-issue-2-1.html Thu, 07 May 2026 19:21:10 GMT Series 2, Issue 1 of the Corporate Taboos newsletter: why succession plans fail in practice, the traps of fictional planning, and how to build real leadership resilience. Newsletter https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-dont-shoot-the-messenger-issue-10.html https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-dont-shoot-the-messenger-issue-10.html Tue, 05 May 2026 02:59:55 GMT Part 10 of the Corporate Taboos newsletter series: how to build an organization where the truth can travel, with psychological safety, visible follow-through, and messenger-safe leadership behavior. Newsletter https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-playing-favorites-issue-2.html https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-playing-favorites-issue-2.html Tue, 05 May 2026 02:59:55 GMT Part 2 of the Corporate Taboos newsletter series: how Nepotism Lite quietly destroys team trust and the transparency system that levels the playing field. Newsletter https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-quality-is-not-an-accident.html https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-quality-is-not-an-accident.html Tue, 05 May 2026 02:59:55 GMT Newsletter https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-stop-promoting-people-to-failure-issue-3.html https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-stop-promoting-people-to-failure-issue-3.html Tue, 05 May 2026 02:59:55 GMT Part 3 of the Corporate Taboos newsletter series: stop promoting top individual contributors into failure and build dual-track career architecture instead. Newsletter https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-the-brilliant-jerk-problem-issue-6.html https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-the-brilliant-jerk-problem-issue-6.html Tue, 05 May 2026 02:59:55 GMT Part 6 of the Corporate Taboos newsletter series: why results at any cost are killing your company and how to remove high-output toxic behavior without pretending it is worth the trade. Newsletter https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-the-control-phase-illusion.html https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-the-control-phase-illusion.html Tue, 05 May 2026 02:59:55 GMT A practical newsletter on why DMAIC and improvement gains disappear after implementation, what causes backslide, and how to build a real Control phase that secures results. Newsletter https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-the-conversations-you-keep-not-having-issue-5.html https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-the-conversations-you-keep-not-having-issue-5.html Tue, 05 May 2026 02:59:55 GMT Part 5 of the Corporate Taboos newsletter series: a leader's guide to breaking silence, handling hard conversations, and preventing delayed feedback from becoming crisis. Newsletter https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-the-good-soldier-gets-the-promotion-issue-9.html https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-the-good-soldier-gets-the-promotion-issue-9.html Tue, 05 May 2026 02:59:55 GMT Part 9 of the Corporate Taboos newsletter series: why merit-based promotion fails, how loyalty and tenure distort decisions, and how to build a practical merit system. Newsletter https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-the-manager-who-cant-let-go-issue-7.html https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-the-manager-who-cant-let-go-issue-7.html Tue, 05 May 2026 02:59:55 GMT Part 7 of the Corporate Taboos newsletter series: breaking the cycle of micromanagement, understanding its hidden costs, and learning the path to letting go. Newsletter https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-the-silent-killer-of-productivity-issue-8.html https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-the-silent-killer-of-productivity-issue-8.html Tue, 05 May 2026 02:59:55 GMT Part 8 of the Corporate Taboos newsletter series: the clarity illusion, why teams drift away from intent, and how leaders can define one governing priority with explicit trade-offs. Newsletter https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-when-your-boss-is-in-over-their-head-issue-4.html https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-when-your-boss-is-in-over-their-head-issue-4.html Tue, 05 May 2026 02:59:55 GMT Part 4 of the Corporate Taboos newsletter series: how to navigate an incompetent or overwhelmed leader, protect clarity, and fix the organizational conditions that let leadership fog persist. Newsletter https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-why-accountability-dies-in-most-teams.html https://sixsigmakaizen.com/newsletter-why-accountability-dies-in-most-teams.html Tue, 05 May 2026 02:59:55 GMT Part 1 of the Corporate Taboos newsletter series: why accountability dies in most teams and a five-step leadership framework to bring it back. Newsletter