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What Does Having an Open Door Policy at Work Mean?0
- Engagement, Leadership
- January 18, 2023
The modern corporate world requires management to be aware of what’s happening with their teams at all times. They need to know of employee issues that could impact productivity and operations. Employees have some expectations as well. They want to work under leaders who are willing and eager to resolve any issues they may have.
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10 Powerful Lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr.0
- Leadership, Other
- January 16, 2023
Today we celebrate and recognize the life and achievement of Martin Luther King Jr. MLK as they say was an American pastor, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. We
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Lean Quote: Persistence Makes all the Difference0
- Lean Quote
- January 13, 2023
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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Got to the Gemba with a Plan and Purpose0
- Lean Management
- January 11, 2023
You can’t make the right decisions from the meeting room. You have to go, watch, and learn. In Lean, we talk about “going to the Gemba” or Gemba Walks. The Gemba means the “place where value is created”. The idea is simple; if you want to improve your business, you need to learn more about
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Management by Wandering Around is Not a Thing0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- January 9, 2023
Recently I was reviewing a management book by AMA that described many management practices to improve your ability. There was one that struck me as a bit outdated, Management by Wandering Around, also management by walking around (MBWA). In the early 1980’s, management gurus Tom Peters and Robert Waterman used the term ‘management by walking
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Lean Quote: Setting Goals is the First Step to Accomplishing Anything Meaningful0
- Lean Quote
- January 6, 2023
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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Management’s Responsibility for Leadership0
- Leadership
- January 4, 2023
In my previous post I introduced John Adair’s Action-Centered Leadership model. His Action Centered Leadership theory clearly differentiates between leadership and management. Adair’s model has 3 main elements that we will look at now in more detail. These are Task, Team, and Individual. In its visual depiction, these three circles are interconnected. This means that
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Start Your New Year Off Right0
- Leadership
- January 2, 2023
With the hustle of the holidays over we turn to the New Year. This is the time of year when people are trying to turn over a new leaf. The New Year is the perfect time to make a change. This is when people make New Year’s Resolutions. But good intentions tend to fade out
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Lean Roundup #163 – December 20220
- Lean Roundup
- December 30, 2022
A selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of December 2022. You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here. 10 Top Books on Culture, Organizational Change, and Strategy – Katie Anderson shares her top 10 list of books on how to build an intentional lean culture, lead transformational organizational
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