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Are You a Leader or a Manager?0
- Leadership
- October 5, 2020
What is the difference between leadership and management? Is a good manager automatically a good leader? The main difference between leaders and managers is that leaders have people follow them while managers have people who work for them. Here are five standout differences between the two roles: A leader invents or innovates while a manager
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Lean Quote: Learn From Your Mistakes With A Postmortem 0
- Lean Quote
- October 2, 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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The Importance of Continuous Learning for Business Leaders 0
- Guest Post, Leadership
- September 28, 2020
Continuous learning is a popular topic in ever-evolving modern business culture. However, to experience the full benefit of this powerful professional mindset, leaders, managers, and employers as a whole must acknowledge the fact that learning isn’t something reserved for those further down the corporate ladder. It must also be embraced by those on the highest
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Lean Quote: Clarity and Simplicity 0
- Lean Quote
- September 25, 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: Everything I Know About Lean I Learned in First Grade 0
- Book Review
- September 23, 2020
Everything I Know About Lean I Learned in First Grade written by Robert Martichenko is a not your typical lean book. It’s written from the perspective of the author visiting his daughter’s 1st grade class and discovering methods for teaching and managing the classroom that seem very similar to the Toyota Production System. Adopting a
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10 Lean Blogs to Follow 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- September 21, 2020
A key part of Lean (or continuous improvement) is continuous education – learning new ideas to challenge your thinking. The Lean community of thinkers is a generous one that believes in paying it forward. Many share their knowledge and experience in blogs they write. Reading these Lean blogs can keep Lean principles and practices at
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