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4 Ways To Build Trust During Times of Change0
- Leadership
- August 17, 2022
Trust is essential in a team, especially in times of change. People commonly resist change for a variety of reasons. Although you intend for the change to result in a positive outcome, change is often viewed as negative. If the people in an organization don’t trust their leaders, they won’t buy-in to the change. They
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7 Pitfalls to Avoid When Selection the Right Metrics0
- Lean Management
- August 15, 2022
Choosing the right metrics is critical to success, but the road to good metrics is fraught with pitfalls. As your endeavors to become more metrics-driven, beware of errors in the design and use of metrics. Here I compile the most common mistakes that teams are committing when using metrics, so you’ll know what not to
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Lean Quote: 7 Traits of a Leader0
- Leadership, Lean Quote
- August 12, 2022
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 Tips Edition #191 (#3076 – #3090)0
- Lean Tips
- August 10, 2022
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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Quality Excellence: Going Above and Beyond0
- Quality
- August 8, 2022
Quality is vital in all aspects of life. In business, quality is an important factor when it comes to any product or service. With high market competition, quality has become the market differentiator for almost all products and services because of the negative consequences of poor quality. Poor quality can have several customer-related consequences: ·
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Lean Quote: A Boss vs A Leader0
- Lean Quote
- August 5, 2022
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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Speaking at the Northeast Lean Conference0
- Conference, In the News
- August 3, 2022
If you are looking for a conference this fall in the northeast consider the Northeast Lean Conference. Join us this September when together, we will learn from organizations and thought leaders how to avoid the traps that inhibit collaboration. While most organizations who aspire to enterprise excellence are thwarted at every turn by constraints, there are
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5 Incredible Advantages of Empathy In The Workplace0
- Guest Post, Respect For People
- August 1, 2022
“Empathy is one of our greatest tools of business that is most underused” – Daniel Lubetzky Remember when we were kids, our elders always asked us to be empathic towards each other? But now these days, as we grow up, that feeling of affection or the need to practice empathy is vanishing from our inner
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Lean Quote: Great Leaders Should Practice Empathy Towards Their People0
- Lean Quote
- July 29, 2022
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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