Tag: Leadership

Improving the ER on "ER"

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YouTube - Improving the ER on ERI don't always watch the NBC show ER, but this portion caught my attention when my wife was...

Are YOU Looking to Get Started?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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

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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"

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Business Week: Out At Home DepotAs more details about the former Home Depot "leader" and his "leadership" come out, it's a sad case...