Leadership Development for a Lean Transformation: Cultivating the Mindset and Behaviors for Change
Leadership development is the linchpin of sustaining lean transformation. It’s the behaviors, mindsets, and actions of your organization’s leaders that determine whether lean principles take root and become part of your company’s DNA. While lean transformations often focus on tools and techniques like Kaizen events, 5S, and value stream mapping, these operational improvements can’t thrive […]
When Do Businesses Know They Need Your Help?
It Starts With Awareness
Identify and Overcome
Change Lives to Change Your Business
The Speed of Trust
Creating Connections is Key
The Fallacy of the Silver Bullet: Why a Whole System Approach is Essential for CEOs
Once, early in my career, I was standing above a Toyota assembly line in Japan. Looking down at the plant floor, I realized that at any given time, a hundred different kinds of vehicles were rolling off the line. I felt like being there and seeing all of this was essentially akin to giving away […]
Understanding change management at the leadership level
The importance of senior level commitment to drive success and sustainment
