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3 Leadership Tips from Executive Coach Michael King to Start the New Year Strong 0
- Goals, Leadership
- December 3, 2025
As we prepare to turn the page into a new year, leaders everywhere are reflecting on how to create clarity, build stronger teams, and drive meaningful progress. Executive coach Michael King—founder of TEAMS. Coach and host of The Level Up Leader podcast—offers powerful guidance that pairs naturally with Lean leadership principles. His message: leadership success in the
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Lean Tips Edition #325 (#3901 – #3915)0
- Lean Tips
- December 1, 2025
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 help you along your journey. Another
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Lean Quote: Black Friday Lessons in Lean Leadership 0
- Leadership
- November 28, 2025
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 Roundup #198 – November 2025 0
- Lean Roundup
- November 26, 2025
A selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of November 2025. You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here. How Great Leaders Prevent Mistakes and Learn from the Ones That Happen – Mark Graban argues that the strongest improvement cultures pair mistake prevention with fearless learning—shifting from blame to
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Leading with Gratitude: Finding Meaning in the Imperfect Moments 0
- Respect For People
- November 24, 2025
November is National Gratitude Month — a time to reflect on what it really means to appreciate the journey we’re on, not just the highlight reel. Too often, gratitude is mistaken for forced positivity — smiling through struggles, pretending everything is fine, or denying frustration and disappointment. But true gratitude isn’t about chasing constant positivity;
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Lean Quote: From Words to Action – Leading with Gratitude this Thanksgiving 0
- Lean Quote
- November 21, 2025
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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