Tag: Culture

An Aussie Backpacker’s Workplace Frustration: The Universal Need for Better Leadership

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Last Sunday, in Frankfurt, Germany, I took part in a guided walking tour of the city. Our group included a young professional from Australia in...

Leadership Gone Wrong: The Cost of Prioritizing a CEO’s Ego Over...

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A sad but true leadership tale: "Unlike most CEOs who rely on their executive team to keep them informed, relies on his team to...

Starting the New Year with Global Leadership Resolutions: Building a Foundation...

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During Katie Anderson's #JapanStudyTrip this past November, a participant shared an observation with me that resonated deeply: "The biggest challenge is our blame culture. It's...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: December 13, 2024

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Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: November 15, 2024

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Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: November 1, 2024

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Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly...

Lean Failure Explained: When Command-and-Control Leadership Sabotages Success

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How Often Does This Happen? It's a story I've heard too many times. An organization spends years, even decades, entrenched in a top-down, command-and-control culture....

Jacob Stoller on Productivity Reimagined and Lean’s Role in Growth [Podcast]

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #517 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jacob Stoller, a journalist,...

Leadership Failure: How Refusing to Be Wrong Hurts Teams and Innovation

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"I am never, ever wrong." That's a statement that should disqualify an applicant from ANY leadership position. True leadership isn't about projecting infallibility--it's about fostering a...

Jenn Christison: Lessons in Even Better Leadership, Lean Thinking, and Organizational...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #516 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jenn Christison, founder and...

When Going to the Gemba Goes Wrong: How to Avoid an...

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In the Lean methodology, we often talk about the importance of "going to the gemba" (or "genba"-- the place where the real work happens....

Insights from ‘Leading Excellence’: Brad Jevons and Stephen Dargan on Adaptive...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guests for Episode #512 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast are two of three co-authors...
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