Tag: Leadership
Are YOU Looking to Get Started?
Shop Management Lean Manufacturing - The Lean Question: How Soon Can I Get Started? - 04/07From the not-so-widely read "Moldmaking Technology" magazine (no offense...
Latest "Leading Lean" Columns
Here are the two most recent "Leading Lean" columns from Jamie Flinchbaugh:April 2007: Consistency Erodes Skepticism Here, Jamie maps out "a route through the...
Lean Does Not Implement Itself
Seeing John Hunter's post with data that says only 19% of companies are happy with their Lean results, here are my thoughts.Lean does not...
Existing Culture vs. a New Manager
SI.com - Writers - The Bonus: Bobby Valentine's Super Terrific Happy Hour
As a lifelong baseball fan (especially as a kid), I found the above...
The War for Talent
davidmaister.com > Passion, People and Principles > The War For TalentThe linked blog post is about the war for consulting/professional services talent, but the...
L.A.M.E.: Not Involving Key Stakeholders
Got this story during an email exchange, used with express permission:-----------------------------I saw my doctor yesterday and told him I was doing a lean publication,...
Iacocca’s Nine C’s of Leadership
USATODAY.comFormer Chrysler chief Lee Iacocca has "failed" at retirement, he says. His latest project is a new book, Where Have All the Leaders...
American Airlines and Employee Input
NPR : American Airlines 'Insources' Maintenance Work
Thanks to my friend Amber for passing this along. It's too bad that management can't empower the customer-facing...
GM Got Gamed (Or, How to Fudge Your Production Numbers to...
Following up on my post about my recent experience with metrics and processes being distorted (and my less-than-perfect Lean coaching efforts), I was thinking...
Learning from Super Bowl Coaches
In the Lead - WSJ.com
The WSJ wrote Monday about the leadership styles of Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith, the Super Bowl coaches for the...
"You can’t s*** on your employees"
Business Week: Out At Home DepotAs more details about the former Home Depot "leader" and his "leadership" come out, it's a sad case...
Driving Organizational Change with Lean Principles: Insights from Jamie Flinchbaugh –...
Here is LeanBlog Podcast #10, again with Jamie Flinchbaugh, Founder of and Partner, co-author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean.
In this Podcast, we respond to...