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.

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...

How Fear-Based Leadership at GM Led to Faked Production Numbers

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GM Got Gamed (Or, How to Fudge Your Production Numbers to Keep the Boss Happy) TL;DR: At a GM engine plant, fear-based leadership pushed supervisors...

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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