May 29th, 2020
2019 a great year for Bourton Group LLP 2019 started with The Financial Times naming us as one of the Leading UK Consultancy Firms for the 2nd year running. Then not long after, Bourton Group had further reason to celebrate having scooped the 2019 MCA Award for Performance Improvement in the Private Sector. Our 2019 […]
May 7th, 2020
Being a high-performance leader may come more naturally to some than others. However, the skills required can also be learned, developed, and continuously improved. Here are our observations on the leadership skills that most often crop up in our coaching work with leaders and managers. The three skill areas that leaders can lever to bring […]
April 27th, 2020
Bourton Group LLP is delighted to announce that Sharon Banks has joined its consulting team as an Associate Senior Consultant. Sharon is a Lean expert with extensive experience of working in Government agencies at a senior level for many years. During her career, Sharon has led large
April 15th, 2020
When you’re first introduced to Lean, one of the things that can be slightly confusing is the many ways in which ‘time’ is mentioned. We all understand that time elapses and that any given moment is a specific time, but suddenly in Lean we hear phrases like: Cycle Time Lead Time Work Content Time Elapsed […]
February 27th, 2020
I’ve recently been working with an organisation that has several key members of staff retiring from the business over the next few years. Realising the risk to the business from a shortfall of valuable knowledge and experience needed for successful running of day to day operations; they have identified a need to plan for dealing […]
February 11th, 2020
Measuring the Return on Investment of Continuous Improvement (CI) Much is written and published about when, where and how to implement Continuous Improvement (CI), less is said about why. To some extent, it could be that the reason why seems obvious – if you have a problem, the reason you use CI techniques is that […]
January 21st, 2020
The constant challenge for business leaders is to understand that there may be a better way to carry out business activity than the one that has been successful for the last 30 years and is now ingrained into the values and beliefs of their organisation. Lean Thinking was developed for the manufacturing sector during the […]
January 9th, 2020
It’s important to recognise the need for a proper understanding of the real situation before starting to improve things. In Six Sigma a lot of emphasis is put on DMAIC – Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control – as the correct method for structuring improvement projects. In fact, although the terminology stems from Six Sigma theory, […]
December 17th, 2019
Mike Notman, Managing Partner – Bourton Group LLP Before everyone heads off for the festive season, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the last year and share with you some of our many accomplishments and also plans for next year. Earlier in the year, we were delighted to scoop the Best Performance […]
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