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Creating Respect for People by Scrubbing the Floor | Episode 7

You can’t get very far with lean if your culture isn’t one of “respect for people.” One way or another, you must develop this respect. It starts with you, especially if you are in leadership. Until real respect is demonstrated in an organization, the typical “us vs. them,” finger-pointing, complaining, etc. will prevail. And this …

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Freeing Up Leadership Capacity to Lead Lean | Episode 4

Don’t do what many companies do and underestimate the time required for leaders—at all levels—to lead lean. If you try to lead others in continuous improvement before first budgeting and protecting leaders’ time to support the effort, you are destined to fail. Management attention must be focused and effective. So if something is killing your …

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