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Monday, June 30, 2008 9:39 AM, Taylor Paige

Running a business is becoming increasingly difficult in these tough economic times. And with things slowing down it is more important than ever to increase and maintain your business' bottom line. The real question seems to be how to keep up with the growing changes in the industry these days. The answer I truly believe lies in the employees and the culture and climate of your business. I believe that there is nothing more important to running a business then to keep your employees happy and keeping them up with all the latest information, classes and seminars. I include all my staff in every bit of training we do, even the cleaning people. That may sound a little odd, but they need to know what we do as well, who better to talk up our business. We are a team from the ground up and every one of my employees contributes something to my business and every one of them is important and worth educating.

I recently started my employees in the Six Sigma training program developed by Motorola, and this thing is beyond anything that we have done before. I took an overview of the course myself, and gathered a bunch of info from the web and from other businesses that were implementing it, and found that it was a great way to make our diamond in the rough shine. My employees have been working online on the program for about 2 weeks. They do it during down times and I also have a schedule set up, kind of like a break schedule, except it is an online schedule. So far the employees seem to be finding it interesting and valuable. I have been doing it along with them, so I can talk to them about what they are learning and also have a better understanding of it myself.

I know this is a great opportunity for my staff to become Six Sigma certified and will probably help them down the road as well. This program has been created by a large corporation and used by many other businesses with excellent results. I have spoken to some of the top people at these companies and they couldn't be happier with the investment they made in getting their employees Six Sigma certified. They say that Six Sigma training is one of the best investments you can make in your employees and your business.