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Four Life Lessons From the Fall Season0
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- October 6, 2021
The Fall season is my favorite time of year. It is a special time of the year, especially in New England. No other season teaches us so many profound lessons about life. Here are four life lessons that the Fall season teaches us. 1. Let’s start with the obvious one – letting go! Fall reminds
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7 Small Ways Great Leaders Show They Care0
- Guest Post, Leadership
- October 4, 2021
How to understand that a manager is doing their job with care for the employees? There are a lot of misconceptions and stereotypes about how a leader should interact with their employees. Some think that a leader should be cold-blooded towards employees, and some believe that they are better to be friendly, staying on the
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Lean Quote: 6 Tips to Help Employees Grow0
- Lean Quote
- October 1, 2021
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 #148 – September 20210
- Lean Roundup
- September 29, 2021
A selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of September 2021. You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here. Coaching Problem Solvers at Toyota – Jon Miller expounds on how people at Toyota develop problem solvers through coaching. Your Problem Solving Spectrum – Jamie Flinchbaugh says that while there
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Lean 101: An Introduction to Lean Manufacturing0
- In the News, Lean Basics, Lean Definition, Quality, Quality Magazine
- September 27, 2021
Source: Smederevac / iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images I recently authored the below article on Lean 101: An Introduction to Lean Manufacturing for Quality Magazine and wanted to share with A Lean Journey audience. Creating a good foundation of Lean starts with learning the fundamentals. The core idea of lean is to
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Lean Quote: 3 Communication Principles to Get Your Ideas Across0
- Lean Quote
- September 24, 2021
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 #177 (Tips #2866 – 2880)0
- Lean Tips
- September 22, 2021
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 Eight Guiding Principles of Supply Chain Improvement0
- Lean Basics
- September 20, 2021
To balance customers’ demands with the need for profitable growth, many companies have moved aggressively to improve supply chain management. To avoid a very real tug of war between the customer’s demand and the company’s need for improvement supply chain managers are starting to recognize two important things. First, they think about the supply chain
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Lean Quote: Management is Nothing More than Motivating Other People0
- Lean Quote
- September 17, 2021
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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