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This is instrumental in securing buy-in from all levels of the organization .
Another way the company is implementing lean principles is promotion from within .
“ We prefer to promote from within and bring Barrick people into the BI roles instead of using external resources so that there ’ s already a good relationship between the coaches and the employees at the mine sites ,” explains Trevor Krawchyk , senior business improvement specialist at Barrick Gold . “ We make sure we pick highpotential employees who have strong leadership capabilities and are good communicators , so there ’ s a credibility that ’ s already there when we do these types of improvements .”
Continuing the trend As part of empowering your employees , it ’ s vital to provide a visual representation of key product performance date , which will empower
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