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10 Powerful Lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr.0
- Leadership, Other
- January 16, 2023
Today we celebrate and recognize the life and achievement of Martin Luther King Jr. MLK as they say was an American pastor, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. We
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Lean Quote: Persistence Makes all the Difference 0
- Lean Quote
- January 13, 2023
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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Got to the Gemba with a Plan and Purpose 0
- Lean Management
- January 11, 2023
You can’t make the right decisions from the meeting room. You have to go, watch, and learn. In Lean, we talk about “going to the Gemba” or Gemba Walks. The Gemba means the “place where value is created”. The idea is simple; if you want to improve your business, you need to learn more about
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Management by Wandering Around is Not a Thing 0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- January 9, 2023
Recently I was reviewing a management book by AMA that described many management practices to improve your ability. There was one that struck me as a bit outdated, Management by Wandering Around, also management by walking around (MBWA). In the early 1980’s, management gurus Tom Peters and Robert Waterman used the term ‘management by walking
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Lean Quote: Setting Goals is the First Step to Accomplishing Anything Meaningful 0
- Lean Quote
- January 6, 2023
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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Management’s Responsibility for Leadership 0
- Leadership
- January 4, 2023
In my previous post I introduced John Adair’s Action-Centered Leadership model. His Action Centered Leadership theory clearly differentiates between leadership and management. Adair’s model has 3 main elements that we will look at now in more detail. These are Task, Team, and Individual. In its visual depiction, these three circles are interconnected. This means that
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