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Leading Lean

A Fond Farewell, and a New Beginning

02.03.2011

This is my last column of Leading Lean for Assembly Magazine. After 5 years and 55 columns, it is time to move on. The column can be found here. I will soon be starting a new column very soon for Industry Week magazine. The title will be Lessons from the Road. It will have a [...]

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Frustrated in change?

12.07.2009

Are you a change agent who is frustrated? Good. That’s part of the job.

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Solve your own darn problems

12.03.2009

I was recently at a dinner meeting with a few people surrounding an event I was supporting, and at the table was both a young, aggressive, smart individual contributor from a large company and a 30+ year experienced general manager who knew his way around the flagpole. We got into a discussion about the young [...]

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What is a Lean Leader?

11.11.2009

Today we began our Leading Lean course, which is one of my favorites. A lean expert who can’t engage other people stands alone. It takes leadership skills to turn a lean expert into a lean change agent. We do a fun little exercise in the morning of day 1 with the purpose of getting people’s [...]

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My Favorite Leading Lean Columns

11.04.2009

Many of you many know that I’ve been writing a monthly column for Assembly Magazine which you will find inside the back cover. The column, titled Leading Lean, is meant to explore issues and advice for those helping their organizations move forward on the lean journey. You can find all of my columns here. I’ve [...]

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