Tag: Leadership

Leadership That Builds Better Systems, Better Results, and Better Work

Leadership isn’t about titles, charisma, or quick decisions—it’s about creating systems where people can do their best work and continuously improve. This archive brings together blog posts, podcasts, and reflections on leadership through a Lean lens, drawing on ideas from Deming, Toyota, healthcare, and real-world management practice. The common theme: leaders shape culture, influence behavior, and own the systems that produce results—for better or worse.

A Good Quote (from 1882!)

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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?

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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."...

Leading Lean A-Z

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by Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to LeanDecades of knowledge in lean have been passed on, written down, turned into curriculums and...

Worst. Employee Handbook. Ever.

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FTD.de - Business English - Business English - I've found the worst employee handbook ever The title of this post comes with apologies to Comic...

Practicing the "Basics of Management"

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By Bryan Lund, guest contributor to the Lean Blog:I posted the following question on LinkedIn.com as Mark noted in a previous blog entry:"How important...

"5 Whys" Survey Results: Demographic Breakdown (Q2)

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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...

Bosses Gone Wild?

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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...

Leadership Transformation

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

Stop Demotivating Me, Lean Style

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

Management’s Job is to be Proactive

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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...

A Gemba Walk Example: How Senior Leaders Strengthen Lean Leadership

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

Not Cutting Their Way to Greatness

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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,...
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