October 2019 - aleanjourney

Recap From the 15th Annual Northeast Lean Conference – Total Employee Involvement 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- October 28, 2019
Learn more about NE Lean Conference below This past week I was able to spend a wonderful time at the 15th Annual Northeast Lean Conference. I always look forward to these opportunities to connect with friends, learn best practices from others, and get re-energized around continuous improvement. The theme of this conference is one that
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Lean Quote: Six Essential Management Functions to Accelerate Lean Transformation 0
- Lean Quote
- October 25, 2019
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
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How to Motivate Employees to Adopt Safety-Consciousness in the Workplace 0
- Guest Post
- October 23, 2019
Ensuring a workplace’s safety is also essential for productivity. However, any measure you put in place is useless without your employees’ support. Fortunately, there are several ways to encourage their cooperation. 1. Establish safety goals You first need to set the company’s safety goals before setting any programs into action. There’s also a need to
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Lean Tips #145 (#2386-#2400)0
- Lean Tips
- October 21, 2019
For my Facebook fans you already know about this great feature. But for those of you that are not connected to A Lean Journey on Facebook or Twitter I post daily a feature I call Lean Tips. It is meant to be advice, things I learned from experience, and some knowledge tidbits about Lean to
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Lean Quote: Nine Reasons Why Leaders Should Be Doing Gemba Walks 0
- Lean Quote
- October 18, 2019
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
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Using Daily Management to Engage Employees in the Gemba 0
- Empowerment
- October 16, 2019
Learn more about NE Lean Conference below In today’s active world we are hearing more about getting employees within the organization engaged at work. This is not only for the leadership team, but also for the hourly workforce. For the sake of this discussion let’s define engaged employees as those that work with passion and
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