ARTICLES
Cindy publishes and contributes to numerous publications specializing in human-centric
knowledge management, business, and careers.
- Managing Your Anger When Your Personnel Test Your Patience. Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work Magazine, 58(10), October 2026
- 8 Ways To Publicly Recognize Your Team For The Outstanding Work They Did. Forbes.com, September 22, 2026
- Becoming Visible At Work When Your Manager Never Talks About Your Progress. Forbes.com, September 8, 2026
- How To Build A Reputation That Increases Your Promotability At Work. Forbes.com, August 28, 2026
- Why Close Friendships Outside of Work Are Key To Your Career Growth. Forbes.com, August 10, 2026.
- 7 Ways Mid-Career Pros Can Protect Their Careers From Experience Bias. Forbes.com, July 27, 2026
- 5 Ways Employees Can Help A New Manager Succeed On An Established Team. Forbes.com, July 17, 2026
- How To Handle The Pressure Of A New Job Without Spectacularly Failing. Forbes.com, June 29, 2026
- How To Avoid Letting Your Email Habits Damage Your Career. Forbes.com, June 22, 2026
- When You’re Too Far From Retirement To Feel This Tired Of Work. Forbes.com, May 26, 2026
- How To Build A Culture Of Forceful Backup To Support Team Success. Forbes.com, May 19, 2026
- 5 Skills Professionals Should Be Able To Use Before Becoming Managers. Forbes.com, April 24, 2026
- Seven Ways Managers Use Change Management Skills To Get Promoted. Forbes.com, April 9, 2026
- Managing Introverts as a Strategy for Systemic Improvement. Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work Magazine, 58(4), April 2026
- How First-Time Managers Can Create Ownership Without Micromanaging. Forbes.com, March 27, 2026
- To Make Teams More Effective Leaders Need To Use Their Paid Time Off. Forbes.com, March 16, 2026
- Why Smart Leaders Build Team Resilience Before Medical Crises. Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work Magazine, 58(1), January 2026
- 7 Ways Great Managers Stand By Employees Faced With A Cancer Diagnosis. Forbes.com, October 13, 2025
- Three Practical Ways to Effectively Manage Your Hybrid Team. Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work Magazine, 57(10), October 2026
- The Unspoken Weight of Ambition: Confronting The Mental Load Of Your Career. Forbes.com, September 27, 2025
- Middle Managers: The Overlooked Leaders Who Hold Organizations Together. Forbes.com, September 15, 2025
- Anger Management: The Secret Leadership Superpower No One Talks About. Forbes.com, August 29, 2025
- How To Be Seen As A Respected Go-To Person Without Burning Out. Forbes.com, August 25, 2025
- From Contributor To Standout: Build Executive Presence Before Promotion. Forbes.com, July 23, 2025
- AI Doesn’t Know What Your Employees Do And It’s Costing You. Forbes.com, July 9, 2025
- How to Survive Team Drift When Your Team’s Momentum Fades. Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work Magazine, 57(7), July 2025
- Smart Leadership Revealed: 3 Ways To Build High-Performing Teams. Forbes.com, June 30, 2025
- How to Like Your Job Again When You Are Bored With It. Forbes.com, June 2, 2025
- 8 Ways Introverts Can Win At Work When Surrounded By Extroverts. Forbes.com, May 25, 2025
- How to Protect Your Career from Workplace Drama. Forbes.com, May 12, 2025
- How a Forceful or Collaborative Backup Mindset Improves Teamwork. APQC Blog, April 29, 2025
- How to Get Noticed Without Self-Promotion by Using Strategic Visibility. Forbes.com, April 27, 2025
- Want A Promotion? Improve These Emotional Intelligence Skills. Forbes.com, April 12, 2025
- Eliminate Excuses: Inspire Accountability in Your Team’s Administrative Work. Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work Magazine, 57(4), April 2025
- How to Save Your Company’s Critical Knowledge: Upgrade Your Succession Plan. Forbes.com, March 28, 2025
- 5 Things Employers Can Offer Their Employees To Retain Top Talent, Forbes.com, March 2, 2025
- Human-Centric KM: Win More Business, Drive Growth & Boost Leadership, Forbes.com, February 23, 2025
- 7 Actions Managers Can Take To Positively Deliver A Negative Performance Review, Forbes.com, February 5, 2025
- 5 Simple Ways To Leverage Sharing What You Know To Secure Your Next Promotion, Forbes.com, January 23, 2025
- Pay Transparency Or Retaliation? The Risks Of Speaking Up At Work, Forbes.com, January 10, 2025
- Creating a Feedback Loop to Improve Decision Quality in Teams, Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work Magazine, 57(1), January 2025
- Harness The Dedication Of Veterans For Your Business Success, Forbes.com, December 15, 2024
- Turn Job Rejection Into Opportunity: 8 Steps To Land Your Next Role, Forbes.com, December 9, 2024
- Maximize Your Career Growth: 8 Benefits You Get From Conference Speaking, Forbes.com, November 18, 2024
- From Observation to Insight: Amplifying Gemba Walks, The Lean Mag, 21, 19, November 2024.
- 7 Powerful Strategies To Crush Workplace Dread And Skyrocket Productivity, Forbes.com, November 4, 2024
- How to Elevate Your Leadership Impact By Embracing Human-Centric Knowledge Management, Forbes.com, October 22, 2024
- How To Address Ghosting In The Workplace When Your Boss Is The Offender, Forbes.com, October 6, 2024
- Unleashing Your Potential: How Storytelling Can Elevate Your Career, Forbes.com, September 20, 2024
- 5 Professional Development Practices That Will Help Your Employees Soar, Forbes.com, September 6, 2024
- Boost Lean Efficiency with Knowledge Management. The Lean Mag, 20, 33-37, August 2024
- Working Through an Overwhelming Time, Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work Magazine, 56(4), 24, April 2024
- Knowledge-Centric Culture and Lean Success, The Lean Mag, 18, 10-15, February 2024
- Encourage Tacit Knowledge Sharing in Industrial Organizations. Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work Magazine, 56(1), 24, January 2024
- How to Manage Multiple Deadlines with a Small Team, Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work Magazine, 55(9), 15, October 2023
- Leveraging Knowledge Management Practices to Drive Cost Reduction: Unleashing Organizational Efficiency. Cost Management, 8-11, September-October 2023
- The Synergy Between Knowledge Management and Value Stream Mapping: Unlocking Operational Excellence, The Lean Mag, 16, 15-17, August 2023
- Preventing, Addressing Team Conflict, Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work Magazine, 55(7), 22, July 2023
- Managing a New Team, Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work Magazine, 55(4), 22, April 2023
- Building a Team without Team Know-How, The Lean Mag, 14, 4-6, February 2023
- Insist on Quality Sponsorship, Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work Magazine, 55(1), 24, January 2023
- Pushing Through the Discomfort, Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work Magazine, 54(10), 22 October 2022
- Playing the Waiting Game, The Lean Mag, 12, 10-11, August 2022
- When Your Best Employee Gives 2 Weeks’ Notice, Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work Magazine, 54(7), 22, July 2022
- Three Methods of Integrating Knowledge Sharing to Support Lean Implementation, The Lean Mag, 11, 28-29, May 2022
- Make Knowledge Sharing Part of Your Culture, Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work Magazine, 54(1), 22, January 2022
- How to Use Knowledge Management Practices to Support Workforce Retention, Northcentral University (NCU), Center for the Advancement of Virtual Organizations (CAVO) Blog, December 10, 2021
- Mentorship is Not a One-Way Street, Harvard Business Review (HBR) Ascend, December 1, 2021
- Learning to Not Re-Learn: Acknowledging the Good and Bad, The Lean Mag, 9, 12-13, November 2021
- Do Inside Hires Make the Best Managers?, Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work Magazine, 53(9), 20, September 2021
- Best Practices in Project Management, Source for Smartsheet, September 10, 2021
- Non-Utilized Talent…Possibly the Largest Organizational Waste, The Lean Mag, 8, 28-29, August 2021
- Knowledge Management and the Shingo Guiding Principles: Part 3: Enterprise Alignment, The Lean Mag, 7, 21-23, May 2021
- Seating Solution: An Education Learned by Doing with the Audience in Mind, Lean & Six Sigma Review, 15-17, February 2021
- Knowledge Management and the Shingo Guiding Principles: Part 2: Continuous Improvement, The Lean Mag, 6, 4-7, February 2021
- Knowledge Management and the Shingo Guiding Principles: Part 1: Cultural Enablers – The Lean Mag, 5, 28-29, November 2020
- Doctors Appointments, Extreme Disappointment, and Gemba Walks – Oh My!, Women in Lean (WiL) Mag,1, 8-10, November 2020
- Knowledge Management in the Age of Remote Work, Source for SHRM, September 25, 2020
- Learning to Share, The Lean Mag, 4, 25-26, August 2020
- Starting Your First Job Remotely? Here Are the Real Skills You Need to Learn, Harvard Business Review (HBR) Ascend, July 27, 2020
- Discovering Knowledge Management to Combat the Eight Wastes of Lean, Cost Management, 11-14, July/August 2020
- Implementing Knowledge Management Practices, The Human Element, 14(2), 2-3, June 19, 2020
- I Wasn’t Told” and Other Excuses You Need to Stop Making at Work, Harvard Business Review (HBR) Ascend, June 8, 2020
- Improving Processes in the Navy and Beyond: Veteran’s Career Path was Buoyed by Support from a Female Commander, Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work Magazine, 52(6), 33-34, June 2020
- Knowledge Puzzles, The Lean Mag, 3, 4-6, May 2020
- Leaders Must Conquer Remote Workers’ Guilt in Order to Maintain Their Teams, Thrive Global, April 29, 2020
- The Case for Learning from More Experienced Colleagues – Harvard Business Review (HBR) Ascend, April 15, 2020
- How to Make the Most of Your First Speaking Gig as an Alumnus, Harvard Business Review (HBR) Ascend, April 2, 2020
- Highlighted in the Celebrating Women in Project Management Series – Elise Stevens – February 2020
- What a DBA Degree Is and Why You Might Want One | Top Business Schools | US News, Contributor to US News and World Report, January 27, 2020
- Mind Mapping in 6 Simple Steps for Business Development, Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work Magazine, 51(12), 34-38, December 2019
- What is Knowledge Management and Why is It Important?, Contributor to Upjourney, November 19, 2019
- In the Spotlight: Meet Dr. Cynthia J. Young, Educator and Author, RHG Magazine & TV Guide, October 2019
- Empowering Your Employees with Knowledge Management to Improve Your Firm Performance, Contributor to Virginia Ship Repair Association The Eight O’Clock Report Newsletter
- Experts Decipher People vs. Process: Where Should Your Focus Be?, Contributor to the Process Excellence Network/OPEX Summer, August 2018
- BTOES EXCLUSIVE SLIDE DECK: Best Practices for Merging Business Strategy and Business Transformation, Slide deck from BTOES 2018 Conference
- Knowledge Management and Innovation on Firm Performance of United States Ship Repair, Dissertation, 2016
- TTGL instructor addresses national conference | News | militarynews.com, Contributor to The Flagship, 2011
- Cindy Butler, Instructor, Mentor, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, U.S. Navy, Featured in ASQ Six Sigma Forum, 201
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Read more about Cindy’s experience on her LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/drcindyyoung/.