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If Your Kaizen is Failing to Deliver Results, Consider These Questions 0
- kaizen
- February 5, 2025
While Kaizen and continuous improvement approaches have proven to be highly effective in enhancing productivity and fostering a culture of innovation, some companies may struggle to adopt these practices due to several reasons. If your failing to create a kaizen culture here are some questions that you can ask to help diagnose the problem so
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5 Mindsets That Kill Leadership Development 0
- Leadership
- February 3, 2025
Undoubtedly, leading people is the most complex and challenging facet of leadership. A leader’s mindset might be one of the greatest predictors of success and also one of the most elusive elements to pin down. Leadership happens in the nuanced shifts that occur first in the leader’s mind. You’ve probably read about, or attended seminars
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Lean Quote: Focus on What is Right with People Instead of What is Wrong with Them 0
- Lean Quote
- January 31, 2025
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
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Lean Roundup #188 – January 2025 0
- Lean Roundup
- January 29, 2025
A selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of January 2025. You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here. Starting the New Year with Global Leadership Resolutions: Building a Foundation of Psychological Safety – Mark Graban says if we aim to build a Lean culture, it must rest on
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Recognized in Top 25 Leadership Blogs 0
- A Lean Journey
- January 27, 2025
Of course, no one writes these articles on these blogs for awards but occasionally you get recognition for your contributions. FeedSpot recently convened a panel to select the Top100 Leadership Blogs on the web. Chosen from the thousands of blogs on the web and ranked by relevancy, authority, social media followers & freshness. I was
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Lean Quote: I Never Lose. I Either Win or Learn 0
- Lean Quote
- January 24, 2025
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
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Lean Tips Edition #310 (#3676 – #3690)0
- Lean Tips
- January 22, 2025
For my Facebook fans you already know about this great feature. But for those of you that are not connected to A Lean Journey on Facebook or Twitter I post daily a feature I call Lean Tips. It is meant to be advice, things I learned from experience, and some knowledge tidbits about Lean to
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7 Leadership Lessons from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.0
- Leadership
- January 20, 2025
Today we celebrate and recognize the life and achievement of Martin Luther King Jr. MLK as they say was an American pastor, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. In
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Lean Quote: Life Begins at the End of Your Comfort Zone 0
- Lean Quote
- January 17, 2025
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
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