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Transformational vs Transactional Leadership0
- Leadership
- September 14, 2022
Leadership takes many forms. No two leaders look exactly alike, and yet, radically different styles can produce impressive results. While a wide variety of qualities set modern leaders apart, most ultimately fall under one of two main categories: transactional and transformational. Identified in James MacGregor Burns’s book entitled Leadership, these influential styles were initially regarded
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6 Steps for Benchmarking Best Practices0
- Sharing Best Practices
- September 12, 2022
In Lean improvement, benchmarking is the regular, systematic measuring of an organization’s own products, services or processes against those of the recognized best practitioners in the world. The information collected about a company’s own processes analyzed in relationship to the best-in-class practices provides insight into the actions the company can take to improve its performance.
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Lean Quote: Eight Leadership Functions to Improve Ability0
- Lean Quote
- September 9, 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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A Model for Team Leadership and Management0
- Leadership
- September 7, 2022
There are countless resources and models of leadership theory and whilst you need to find your own path in the world, it is helpful to stand on the shoulders of others rather than relearning centuries of leadership lessons. Action Centered Leadership is a model developed by John Adair in the 1960’s. The model is a
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5 Ways to Show Worker Appreciation on Labor Day and Beyond0
- Respect For People
- September 5, 2022
Happy Labor Day to all my American readers! The purpose of the holiday is to celebrate the social and economic achievements of America’s workers. Labor Day celebrates us all — our achievements and contributions to the strength, prosperity, and safety of our nation. Labor Day usually means a day off to relax, have a barbecue,
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Lean Quote: Help People See the Bigger Purpose for Endless Happiness0
- Lean Quote
- September 2, 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 Roundup #159 – August 20220
- Lean Roundup
- August 31, 2022
A selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of August 2022. You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here. Root Cause to Solution Identification Simplified – John Knotts shares simple concepts, called Divergent to Convergent Thinking, Silent Brainstorming, Affinity Diagraming, and Tree Diagraming you can quickly use to determine
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Lean Tips Edition #192 (#3091 – #3105)0
- Lean Tips
- August 29, 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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Lean Quote: Passion is Everything0
- Lean Quote
- August 26, 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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