Belief Barriers Holding Lean Leaders Back
Belief drives behavior. And those underlying beliefs (that we may not even be aware of) impact our ability to lead day-in and day-out in a way that is aligned with Respect for People and Continuous Improvement – and in a way that makes Lean implementation and...
5 Leadership Shifts to Move from Traditional Management to Lean Leadership
If you’ve spent much time with me, you have heard me say that leading with Lean is different. For those of us who promoted through the ranks of a traditionally-managed organization, we learned from typical management styles, approaches, and behaviors. And then...
Most Popular Lean Leadership for Ops Managers Podcast Episodes in 2020
Thank you for joining me on the first four months of my podcasting journey. Whether you were looking for a podcast on Lean or Leadership or Ops Management, I hope you’ve found helpful prompts in our episodes this year. 6 Most Popular Episodes of Lean...
The Big F Word
The Big F Word! . . . No – not THAT one! . . . THIS one . . . FAILURE . . . As in one of our favorite Lean phrases: Fail Early. Fail Often. Fail Forward. My How to Coach Problem Solving students had some questions about how to build scope and engage business...
Don’t make this virtual meeting mistake (I did- and it was bad!)
We’re all leading through change right now, and that includes potentially making virtual meeting mistakes. Have you ever had experience or insight into something and not even realized it? It was your normal, so it didn’t register for you that it was new for others?...Meet Jamie
I’m a recovering Command-and-Control Manager who’s now on a mission to make the world of work more human. With a soft spot in my heart for Ops Managers, this Lean blog gives you the straight talk combining Lean, Leadership, and the real challenges of operations management.
