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5 Lessons Learned from Failure
Glenn Llopis wrote and interesting leadership article at Forbes titled 5 Things Failure Teaches You About Leadership some time ago. It is uncanny how often general leadership articles seem to underscore Lean Principles and Lean Leadership. The article is worth reading … Continue reading
Team Involvement: Just Half of This Equation
The level of involvement in the change process for the operator on the floor has been an ongoing issue for years. The operators are less likely to take ownership or even accept the new idea as a solution. On the … Continue reading
Posted in Change Management
Tagged Business, change management, continuos improvement, leadership, lean, lean manufacturing, Management, Organizational Change, PDCA
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#4 – 2 Reasons to Do a Cause & Effect Diagram
The #4 Classic Lean Leadership post is a tool commonly used in Lean Six Sigma problem solving. That tool is the Cause & Effect (aka Fishbone) Diagram. You’ll notice that the illustration is a hand drawn C&E on a white … Continue reading
Classic #5 – Change & the Pareto Principle
The Lean Leadership Classic #5 is Change Management and the Pareto Principle: This blog has been looking at change implementation which is a skill you need to be a successful leader in nearly any arena. We have already explored the 8 … Continue reading
Classic Lean Leadership
We finished reviewing the top Lean Leadership posts of 2012 last week and as promised it’s time to look at some classic Lean Leadership. These are the Lean topics posted prior to 2012 but still had a lot of traffic … Continue reading
#1 – Issues with 5 Why’s
The top Lean Leadership post of 2012 is about a very popular topic, the 5-Why Root Cause Analysis. You’ll notice that several of the top all time Lean Leadership posts are also on this topic. This one is titled 4 … Continue reading
Posted in Top 2012 Blogs
Tagged 5 Whys, Countermeasure, PDCA, Root cause, Root cause analysis
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#2 – Deming & Your Kaizens
The #2 post on Lean Leadership gives a nod to Dr. Deming titled Deming and Your Kaizen Success Have you created training for one of your teams before? I am in the process of developing training material for a Kaizen … Continue reading
Posted in Top 2012 Blogs
Tagged Continuous Improvement Process, Deming, Kaizen, leadership, PDCA
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Lean Goal Setting or Just Another Resolution?
Another year is through and the excitement and optimism of a new one is upon us. Many people like to make resolutions and it seems that almost as many don’t manage to keep their resolutions for long. You are more … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership
Tagged Goal setting, leadership, lean, lean manufacturing, New Years Resolution, PDCA, SMART criteria, SWOT Analysis
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SMART Goal Setting in 2013
Happy New Year! I trust that you have been enjoying your traditions of the holiday season and are looking forward to 2013 with optimism. This blog traditionally starts the New Year by revisiting some of the most popular Lean Leadership … Continue reading
An Ounce of Action…
“An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions.” ~~Ralph Waldo Emerson This quote is courtesy of A Lean Journey blog. Tim McMahon has some great advice there. … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes
Tagged change management, continuos improvement, Deming Cycle, leadership, lean, lean manufacturing, PDCA, Ralph Waldo Emerson
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