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Survey Results: Execution and Importance of Lean Culture and Leadership Factors

Posted by Lawrence M. Miller | Jun 28, 2011 | Corporate Culture, Lean Culture, Lean Management, Lean Manufacturing, Organizational Behavior Management | 4

Eighty-two lean implementers contributed their opinions to this survey. I have processed the data from this survey and written a report, which I hope you will find interesting and useful. You can download a report and analysis of the data and you can download the complete survey results and do your own analysis. I think the data on both importance and execution of lean cultural factors will help you in your efforts to convince your managers about the importance of their leadership behavior to your lean journey.

When Small Things Make a Big Difference: Motivation by Tipping the Scales

Posted by Lawrence M. Miller | Jun 2, 2011 | Corporate Culture, Lean Culture, Lean Manufacturing, Organization Design and Process Improvement, Organizational Behavior Management, Team Development | 14

Even in a lean organization or culture there is a need to provide motivation and correct performance problems. Most behavior in the work setting is a result of the balance of consequences acting on that behavior. A slight shift in the balance of consequences can result in a large change in organization performance.

Company Wide Lean Implementation

Posted by Lawrence M. Miller | Apr 2, 2011 | Corporate Culture, Leadership, Lean Culture, Lean Management, Lean Manufacturing, Organization Design and Process Improvement | 6

Many senior executives have struggled and failed to gain the advantage of a multi-site or dispersed organization. Instead of capitalizing on the potential value of multiple sites for learning, it seems that too often the same lessons have to be learned over and over again without any shared learning. This is a failure of senior management. In a lean organization, managing learning and improvement is THE primary function of senior managers in addition to deploying capital.

Sustaining Lean – The Power of Beliefs

Posted by Lawrence M. Miller | Mar 11, 2011 | Corporate Culture, Leadership, Lean Culture, Lean Management, Lean Manufacturing, Organization Design and Process Improvement | 10

To address the sustainability of the lean process we are looking at this model that defines the different components of a culture. At the core is the system of beliefs among the members of the organization. On the outside is the external environment with changes in technology, economics and other trends to which every company must adapt. The sustainability of any system is based on both its ability to adapt to a changing environment and its ability to stay on the course of its core values.

Publication Announcement: Lean Culture – The Leader’s Guide now available on Amazon

Posted by Lawrence M. Miller | Feb 16, 2011 | Corporate Culture, Lean Culture, Lean Management, Lean Manufacturing, Managing Change | 2

Lean Culture – The Leader�s Guide provides a road map to implementing lean culture within your organization. This guide represents the knowledge gained through thirty-five years of field experience implementing large scale change in the culture of organizations. This guide presents the principles and process of changing organization culture to capitalize on the competitive advantages of lean.

Category: Lean Manufacturing

Survey Results: Execution and Importance of Lean Culture and Leadership Factors

When Small Things Make a Big Difference: Motivation by Tipping the Scales

Company Wide Lean Implementation

Sustaining Lean – The Power of Beliefs

Publication Announcement: Lean Culture – The Leader’s Guide now available on Amazon

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