Tag: Leadership
God Forbid You Actually Listen to the Bottom 98%
Management Leaders Turn Attention to Followers - WSJ.com
This article caught my eye, this idea that someone other than top executives might actually have some...
What a Delusional CEO Drives
What your CEO drives says a lot - USATODAY.com:
One thing I love about the Toyota Way is the humility and down-to-Earth nature of leaders,...
Quaid Case Update: Whose Responsibility is Standardized Work?
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?
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
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
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”
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
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
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"
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!)
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?
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."...
