Tag: GM

So I think things are back to normal after a somewhat stressful day of wondering why my blog "broke." Unlike some web/blog outages and...

Earlier this week, I asked some questions that managers and leaders should ask, prompted by an email I received through the blog.I've been thinking...

GM Expects Car-Price Rise - WSJ.comGM is raising prices:"In December, GM raised its prices an average of 1.5%..."This is great news if you're an...

Toyota beats GM in global production; GM No. 1 in global salesSo it turns out that GM *sold* more cars than Toyota in 2007,...

Marketplace: Supplier gets dwindling sums for its partsThis story has been in the blog backlog, but it's always an important topic, the idea of...

Roger Smith, Former G.M. Chief, Dies - New York TimesRoger Smith passed away at age 82. While he was demonized by Michael Moore...

As I thought about this post earlier, with the employee quote about being beaten down, I had a flashback to my time at GM,...

I've mentioned this book before, coming out Nov 1, it's called How Toyota Became #1: Leadership Lessons from the World's Greatest Car Company.I had...

A poignant story showed up in the Washington Post during the recent GM strike that hits at the heart of the principle of respect...

Deal helps GM narrow labor cost gap:I'm not going to spend too much time reading about or writing about the strike, since it's not...

Detroit News ArticleI'm too far removed anymore and I'm not sure if there's really a Lean story in any of this mess. Does...

Detroit Free Press ForumsIn my previous post, I questioned if GM was teaching true "Standard Work" to reporters who came to their training center...