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Denis Leonard

Denis Leonard has a degree in construction engineering, and an M.B.A. and a Ph.D. in quality management. He is a Fellow of the American Society for Quality and has been an Examiner for the Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners, a Judge on the International Team Excellence Competition, and a Lead Judge on the National Housing Quality Award. He has experience as a quality manager in the home building industry as well as construction engineer, site manager, and in training, auditing, and consulting with expertise in strategic and operational quality improvement initiatives. His work has achieved national quality, environmental, and safety management awards for clients. 

Do you remove things that get in the way of progress?

Here are some interesting results from a 2011 survey by the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. 

% Agree or Strongly Agree

The all American home

When we talk about sustainable home building we focus on energy efficiency and green.

But another level of sustainable building is ensuring…

SMART

The SMART acronym is an excellent way to evaluate your goals and objectives.

Are they Specific, M…

Clean job sites…who cares!?

Disorganized and untidy job sites are covered with destroyed or damaged materials, reflect chaos between trades, reduce productivity and send the…

Talent management and best practices

We spend a lot of time and effort training our teams and developing them in our culture and so the retention and ongoing development of our talent…

Sustainability and social responsibility

The construction industry dramatically impacts the environment, with buildings consuming 17 percent of the world’s fresh water, 25 percent of its…

Construction

Home Builder Scopes of Work

One of the keys to a successful builder and home is a strong set of scopes of work

Don’t service or process me, I am a customer

I am not a car nor am I a piece of meat, so please don’t service or process me, I am a customer! But those terms and attitudes still exist.

Profiles of Deployment Success

How well are your values, policies and strategic drivers deployed within your organization?

To consider this let use quality management as…

The Quality Management Environment

There are 4 key areas that make up the Quality Management Environment.

  • Core Values
  • Corporate Strategy
  • Quality…
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