Lean Management

7 Steps Successful Lean Leaders Take Support Improvement 0
- Lean Management
- February 5, 2014
Leadership commitment and support is critical for successful process improvement initiatives. Fortunately, it is not particularly complicated to make a difference. Here are seven steps that leaders can take to support Lean process improvement efforts. 1. Set Goals Create a vision of the future state and determine where to focus your efforts. Lean is often
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Steps to the Crucial World Class “No Blame” Environment 0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- January 27, 2014
People want to do a good job. They really do! And doing a good job today means working in a safe-from-ridicule environment where we can learn from mistakes and look at them as opportunities to learn more about our processes in order to make them more trouble-free. It’s this kind of thinking that gets us
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What Do We Mean By True North?0
- Lean Definition, Lean Management
- January 22, 2014
“True North” is a key concept in Lean process improvement. It is an idiom that emerged from Toyota twenty years ago, connotes the compass needle for Lean transformation. True North works as a compass proving a guide to take an organization from the current condition to where they want to be. It might be viewed
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Top Ten New Year’s Resolutions for Lean Leaders for Cultural Transformation 0
- Lean Management
- January 13, 2014
It’s that time of year again when many are making personal resolutions for change. For most managers the beginning of New Year means establishing a new set of objectives. This is a good time to reflect on your progress over the past year and plan how you want improve in the coming year. Today’s leaders
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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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