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  • Process vs People Improvement

    Process vs People Improvement0

    In most companies, Lean Thinking quickly becomes focused on process improvement. This type of improvement is easier, more obvious, measurable, and seemingly more profitable and transferable than people improvement. That’s why most places make the mistake of reporting only process improvement metrics. People get taken for granted. This occurs because (so called) Lean experts don’t

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  • Coaching Is Critical to Develop a Lean Thinking Mentality

    Coaching Is Critical to Develop a Lean Thinking Mentality0

    Coaching is a difficult skill for many leaders to acquire. It’s vague and slow. Leaders tend to want to move quickly toward defined goals, reach those goals, and immediately move on to the next set of goals. Coaching is frustratingly elusive to understand and seemingly convoluted in the doing; it is much easier to direct

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  • Lean Quote: Blaming Means Failing

    Lean Quote: Blaming Means Failing0

    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 Leaders Focus on Development

    Lean Leaders Focus on Development0

    Successful leaders understand the difference between things and people in an organization. They know that it’s important to manage things, but that it’s even more important to lead people. Leaders don’t just mouth empty phrases like “people are our greatest resource;” they demonstrate by their actions that people – not strategy, products, plans, processes, or

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  • Lean Quote: Listening is Key to All Effective Communication

    Lean Quote: Listening is Key to All Effective Communication0

    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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  • Daily Lean Tips Edition #76 (1141 -1155)

    Daily Lean Tips Edition #76 (1141 -1155)0

    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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