Tim McMahon, Author at aleanjourney

The 7 Most Common Leadership Traps To Avoid 0
- Leadership
- November 4, 2024
If you create a high-performance team, you can exert tremendous leverage to create value. If not, you’ll face severe difficulties because no leader can hope to achieve ambitious goals on his or her own. Poor personnel choices will usually come back to haunt you. The right team makes or breaks an organization. Strong teams improve
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Lean Quote: How You Make Them Feel Is Most Meaningful 0
- Lean Quote
- November 1, 2024
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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Lean Roundup #185 – October 2024 0
- Lean Roundup
- October 30, 2024
A selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of October 2024. You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here. Leadership Failure: How Refusing to Be Wrong Hurts Teams and Innovation – Mark Graban explains true leadership isn’t about projecting infallibility–it’s about fostering a culture where mistakes are seen as
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How to Improve Team Collaboration at Work 0
- Teamwork
- October 28, 2024
To operate smoothly and achieve business goals, organizations must actively improve team collaboration at work. Collaboration does not happen by chance—it requires intention, leadership support, and consistent practices that encourage employees to work together effectively. Team collaboration involves how employees participate in decision-making, how leadership and teams solve problems together, and how individuals across departments
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