What Is Six Sigma?

8.2. THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS TO LEADERS AT ALL LEVELS

Leaders throughout a company have a lot to gain through Six Sigma. Following are some of the "biggies":

• Clearer priorities. One of the fairly early effects of launching Six Sigma projects is the realization that the 500 separate projects going on in the business are too much. To rally resources to DMAIC projects, most companies recognize that they have to cut out some of the trivial things they're working on. If one of your pet projects gets halted, that's a drag. But the benefit is usually more focus on fewer, more critical initiatives.

• Fewer conflicts: more teamwork. If you're like most managers, the majority of problems you deal with come from confusion or disconnects with other groups in ...