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Guest Post: Addressing Poor Performance Among Your Employees0
- Guest Post, Leadership, Respect For People
- October 23, 2013
I am pleased introduce a guest post by George Zoe, who specialized in training and employee development. We had a good discussion regarding the causes of poor employee performance many of which our out of the employees control. See what George has to say below. ——————————————————————————— When performance is at stake, it is easy to
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Quality Beyond Manufacturing0
- ASQ's Influential Voices, Quality
- October 21, 2013
In this month’s ASQ post Paul Borawski asks about quality beyond it’s roots in manufacturing. Customers and companies alike recognize that quality is an important attribute in products and services. Suppliers recognize that quality can be an important differentiator between their own offerings and those of competitors. It was in the second part of the
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Lean Quote: Lost Time is Never Found Again0
- Lean Quote
- October 18, 2013
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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Reducing Changeover Increases Capacity Through Flexibility0
- Lean Basics
- October 16, 2013
In manufacturing, changeover is the process of converting a line or machine from running one product to another. Changeover times can last from a few minutes to as much as several weeks in the case of automobile manufacturers retooling for new models. Reducing changeover time is like adding capacity, increasing profitability and can help most
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“Everybody Get Lean” – Learn From Mistakes and Miss-Steps!0
Riley Sweeney, from Uttana,a Lean training video company sent me a video of great comedic webseries “Everybody Get Lean.” The series is a work place comedy about lean programs and everything that can go wrong when people go overboard. They shot a total of four episodes, though only the first one has been released. If
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Lean Quote: Survival Is Not Mandatory0
- Guest Post, Lean Quote
- October 11, 2013
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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Daily Lean Tips Edition #54 (796-810)0
- Lean Tips
- October 9, 2013
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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The Lego Calendar, Fun and Productive Visual Management0
- Sharing Best Practices, Visual Factory
- October 7, 2013
Productivity tools and techniques have been a frequent topic of discussion here. A personal kanban has been a highlight of this topic. Recently, I came across a great video series combining a common Lean training tool, Legos, and project management kanban system. Last year, workers at a design studio in London recently went on a
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Lean Leadership Requires Servant Leaders0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- October 2, 2013
What is a servant leader? It’s not complicated really. If you see people as a means to serve you, then you are not a servant leader. I would call you a manager or simply a boss. If you view your role as a leader to empower others to become better at what they do, to
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