Tag: Leadership
Japan’s CEO Aren’t Greedy Villains
In Japan, more CEOs share the pain of tough times - USATODAY.comThe USA Today, whether they're trying or not, is doing a good job...
Lean Entrepreneur: It’s All About Connecting People
By Adam Zak, Adam Zak Executive Search:
"Respect for people: Very few businesses start up only on the backs of the sole founder. It takes...
LeanBlog Podcast #64 – Jamie Flinchbaugh, “Coaching”
Here is LeanBlog Podcast #64, again with Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road. In this Podcast, we talk...
Video Podcast Beta V 1.0 – Jamie Flinchbaugh on Coaching
OK, so here is episode #1 of the "beta" (if you will) LeanBlog Video Podcast. Our guest is our good friend Jamie Flinchbaugh. I...
Dr. Deming’s Role of a People Manager
I stumbled across these notes I had taken about 8 or 9 years ago based on a video lecture from Dr. Deming:W. Edwards Deming...
Toyota’s Buyouts and New Leadership
Taking the Wheel as Toyota Skids - NYTimes.comToyota's Cost Cutting Plan to Include Buyouts for Factory WorkersToyota famously has avoided layoffs of permanent employees...
CEO Pay Caps? You Bet!
By Adam Zak, Adam Zak Executive Search:As a LeanThinker I am most unabashedly a free market advocate. Free trade, absolutely. Love those imported fresh...
Idiot Corporation of America?
Ga. peanut plant has history of problems - Food safety - nbc.com
NY Times article
There was a lot of focus in the news yesterday about...
Porsche’s Lean Culture and Leadership?
Europe businessman of the year: Wendelin Wiedeking - Jan. 27, 2009:
It's nice to see Lean get such glowing praise in a mainstream publication like...
Toyota Keeps its Eyes on the Customer
by Dan MarkovitzIn a refreshing change of pace for the auto industry, Akio Toyoda, who was just named as the new president of Toyota,...
Author Interview with Alfie Kohn, “Punished by Rewards”
My guest for LeanBlog Podcast #57 is Alfie Kohn, an author and lecturer in the fields of education, parenting, and human behavior. His books...
What It Means to Lead
Rod Dreher: What it means to lead | Dallas Morning News | Opinion: Viewpoints"Authority is responsibility. Authority...