10 Leadership Lessons from Coaching Ice Hockey for the Workplace
- Leadership
- February 18, 2026

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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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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Quality plays a critical role in every aspect of business performance. In today’s competitive environment, a strong quality excellence culture is no longer optional—it is a defining factor that separates sustainable organizations from those that struggle with customer trust, operational inefficiencies, and rising costs. Quality is not limited to products or services alone. It extends
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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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If you are looking for a conference this fall in the northeast consider the Northeast Lean Conference. Join us this September when together, we will learn from organizations and thought leaders how to avoid the traps that inhibit collaboration. While most organizations who aspire to enterprise excellence are thwarted at every turn by constraints, there are
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“Empathy is one of our greatest tools of business that is most underused” – Daniel Lubetzky Remember when we were kids, our elders always asked us to be empathic towards each other? But now these days, as we grow up, that feeling of affection or the need to practice empathy is vanishing from our inner
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