Lean Management

4 Tiers for Daily Accountability 0
- Lean Management
- July 17, 2017
Lean (continuous improvement) organizations make use of daily management systems that are designed so that problems can be quickly identified, front-line staff are empowered to fix the problems that they can, and problems that the front-line staff cannot fix are escalated and countermeasures created quickly. Daily tiered meetings are an integral element of daily management
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Build A Winning Team 0
- Lean Management, Teamwork
- May 8, 2017
If you create a high-performance team, you can exert tremendous leverage to create value. If not, you’ll face severe difficulties because no leader can hope to achieve ambitious goals on his or her own. Poor personnel choices will usually come back to haunt you. Finding the right people is essential, but it’s not enough. Begin
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Four Essential Elements for Creating a Lean Culture or Management System 0
- Change Management, Lean Management
- April 24, 2017
Culture is the sum of people’s habits in doing their work. Changing culture should not be targeted per se, instead target the management system and the culture change will follow. 20% of a Lean transformation is covered by physical changes and the other 80% is more difficult because it involves deeply ingrained work habits. A
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Adapting to Change, Start with a Clear Vision 0
- Culture, Lean Management
- October 17, 2016
When a person is undergoing significant change, five things are necessary to adapt successfully to the change: A clear vision of how the situation will be after the change Time to absorb the new vision Time to adjust behaviors Coping mechanisms to manage the stress of change Time to ponder the meaning of the change,
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Lean Assessments Are Valuable on Your Journey 0
- Lean Management, Lean Resources
- June 6, 2016
Anyone who has done a search on Lean Assessments online knows there are dozens of models. Are they necessary? I would say yes. If you do not know where you are, how do you know where you’re going? Peter Drucker’s famous saying “what gets measured, gets done” is popular because it is true. An assessment
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5 Ways to Improve Employee Engagement 0
- Lean Management
- April 6, 2016
Employee engagement doesn’t come from a suggestion box. Employee engagement is a workplace approach resulting in the right conditions for all members of an organization to give of their best each day, committed to their organization’s goals and values, motivated to contribute to organizational success, with an enhanced sense of their own well-being. Engaging employees
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