Tag: Leadership

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...

Driving Organizational Change with Lean Principles: Insights from Jamie Flinchbaugh –...

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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...

The Atlanta Braves’ Culture of Winning — Baseball and Lean

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WSJ.com - The Culture of Winning This is a fantastic interview with the General Manager of the Atlanta Braves, John Schuerholz (requires WSJ subscription). Even...

Most businesses are "Soviet" in character?

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WSJ.com - Workers of Europe Innovate (subscription required) Great article in the WSJ today about a company in France that sounds like it's doing many...
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