Lean Management Archives - Page 15 of 16

Use Performance Measures To Drive Lean Behavior 0
- Lean Management
- December 9, 2013
Changing organization culture is a key approach to overcoming barriers to performance improvement. But how do you change culture? One key element is performance measurement. “What gets measured, gets done!” And if we want to get Lean, we need to use performance measures that promote Lean behavior. So if measurement motivates, we need to measure
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Leaders Are You Developing Your Employees 0
- Leadership, Lean Management, Respect For People
- November 4, 2013
One of the most important qualities of a good leader is the ability and desire to develop their employees. Taking an active role in the development of your team demonstrates confidence and concern for the future of the organization. All people have more energy and ability within them than they could ever imagine. Your job,
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Lean Leadership Requires Servant Leaders 0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- October 2, 2013
What is a servant leader? It’s not complicated really. If you see people as a means to serve you, then you are not a servant leader. I would call you a manager or simply a boss. If you view your role as a leader to empower others to become better at what they do, to
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Restarting Your Lean Journey 0
- Lean Management
- August 20, 2013
Despite the enormous popularity of Lean, the track record for successful implementation of the methodology is spotty at best. Some recent studies say that failure rates for Lean programs range between 50 percent and 95 percent. A Lean journey is full of steps not all of which are forward. Failure will occur. Its ok, the
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Three Reasons You Need a Lean Coach 0
- Change Management, Lean Management
- August 19, 2013
Lean manufacturing is a very broad philosophy for business improvement that has many tools/techniques to aid you in making your production or service more efficient and better at offering your customer a great value. Being able to successfully implement Lean across a company is not something that you can pick up from reading a few
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Some Things You Can’t Delegate If Your Transformation Is To Be Successful 0
- Change Management, Culture, Lean Management
- August 13, 2013
Lean requires changing systems, organizational structures, processes, acquiring new technologies/machines, and even altering layout of the workplace. And although all of these components are important, the most important area of focus for Lean leaders are the people. Implementing Lean is a journey and has a huge impact on employees because Lean changes the way that
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