Tag: Leadership

Quaid Case Update: Whose Responsibility is Standardized Work?

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If you're a regular reader, you might recall the Cedar-Sinai medical error that harmed Dennis Quad's twins (and others). Quaid and his wife are now...

The New Style CEO?

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C.E.O. Evolution Phase 3 - New York TimesIn this quote:Mr. "is disarmingly unpretentious," he added. "...he towers over other C.E.O.'s when it comes...

Gary Convis on Lean Leadership

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Role of Management in a Lean Manufacturing Environment If you want to learn about the Toyota style of leading people, one of the best sources...

Define the Goals, Otherwise Anxiety Builds

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Implementing LEAN in our IT Office - IT Project Guy - FindTech BlogsHere is a blog post written by an IT project manager, Gary...

“Beat Down On Them”

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

Look at the Root Cause, NWA Management

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NWA puts an emphasis on serviceI saw this article in the Detroit paper when connecting on a Northwest Airlines flight today. My flight...

That Bad Leader Still Got Paid $46M a Year

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Merrill Lynch ousts CEO O'Neal - Boston.comI don't pretend to know the first thing about investment banking other than it's a lucrative career. ...

"It’s Okay To Be The Boss"

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I wrote about the "Ask Me Why" button last week and here's another one I've meant to write about for a while. ...

A Good Quote (from 1882!)

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I'm prepping for a presentation I'm giving next week on Lean leadership styles and I ran across tihs great quote that John Shook shared...

Dare to Wear this Button?

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I've written before about the "Ask Me" campaign that runs in many hospitals, usually in context of "ask me if I've washed my hands."...

Leading Lean A-Z

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by Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to LeanDecades of knowledge in lean have been passed on, written down, turned into curriculums and...

Worst. Employee Handbook. Ever.

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FTD.de - Business English - Business English - I've found the worst employee handbook ever The title of this post comes with apologies to Comic...
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