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Lean Quote: Make the Impossible a Reality0
- Lean Quote
- June 19, 2020
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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Book Review: Getting Home0
- Book Review
- June 17, 2020
I recently had some time to read a book I have been meaning to get to. Getting Home tells the wonderful story of a very special lean journey. Zack, a defense lawyer, and Liz, a schoolteacher, left their careers temporarily to rebuild homes for desperate survivors of Hurricane Katrina but wound up staying in New
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5 Powerful TED Talks to Teach Leadership & Character0
- Guest Post, Leadership
- June 15, 2020
How to become a leader in every matter is the right question for everyone who wants to be successful. Not all students can afford expensive consultations with leading coaches, but in fact, you don’t need to spend a lot of money to become a leader and strengthen your character. Ted Talks provides an opportunity for
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Lean Quote: It is Better to Know Some of the Questions Than All of the Answers0
- Lean Quote
- June 12, 2020
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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10 Ways to Motivate Your Team0
- Empowerment, Engagement
- June 10, 2020
While the saying “You can’t motivate anyone, they have to motivate themselves” may be true from a psychological perspective, people are more likely to motivate themselves when a manager creates a motivating workplace environment. Employees give 110 percent because they want to work hard, not because they have to. Leaders must understand that in today’s
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10 Ways You’re Demotivating Your Employees That You Need To Stop Right Now0
- Engagement, Leadership
- June 8, 2020
Organizations know how important it is to have motivated, engaged employees, but most fail to hold managers accountable for making it happen. Most managers don’t demotivate their employees on purpose. They act improperly without thinking about what damage they are doing to the enthusiasm and motivation of their employees. Few things are as costly and
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Lean Quote: People Don’t Resist Change So Much As They Resist Being Changed0
- Lean Quote
- June 5, 2020
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 #155 (#2536 – 2550)0
- Lean Tips
- June 3, 2020
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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11 Years Blogging – Happy Anniversary A Lean Journey0
- A Lean Journey
- June 1, 2020
I don’t know why I do it but I enjoy celebrating the anniversary of this blog every year. Last week marked the eleventh year publishing articles on a A Lean Journey. I’d like to think that I turned my naive endeavor to share learning along my own journey into a successful contribution in the Lean
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