Tag: Leadership

Here is another look at the "lean obstacles" survey questions, again breaking it down by some key demographic factors (more details here).Looking first at...

Bad bosses get promoted, not punished? This story is a few weeks old and isn't strictly Lean related, but it's interesting: How do people get ahead...

DailyKaizen » Kudos to our VPHere's a great story about a VP transforming their leadership style. If you're in the manufacturing world,...

CIO Magazine Article Hat tip to Curious Cat for finding this and blogging about it first. I couldn't resist chiming in. The author...

Running a hospital: Our Joint Commission Report The headline is my modification of a Deming expression, that management's job is prediction. Statistical process control was...

This is from a blog reader, Mike, in response to an earlier question about the role of senior leadership in a Lean effort. ...

CEO's cost cuts feared too steepRadio Shack's best days are long behind them, apparently (that's not exactly breaking news). The most recent CEO,...

I've fallen behind in my blogging the past few days, but I'll be back on track. I saw a number of news stories...

Since we've been talking about leadership and Lean, it's coincidence that I got this email from a reader. I'll let the blog readers...

Following up on the LEI survey that was released and discussed here, I've been talking with a few folks offline about what the "root...

The LEI is out with their annual survey (pdf) about our ongoing struggles implementing Lean, with articles (reprinting the press release) and blog posts...

At Ford, the 'Outsider' Is Optimistic - WSJ.comThere's an interview with Ford CEO Alan Mulally today, we've featured him before on the blog (click...