Servant Leadership in the Toyota Culture

Last week, I had a chance to attend Lean Frontiers’ workshop on The Role of Leadership in Creating a Sustainable Lean Culture. The course demonstrated the role of leadership in connecting and simultaneously developing the “Product” and the “People” Value Streams in an organization. In a lean implementation this really sets the foundation for a Read More …

Four Star General on Leadership–Listen, Learn…

Four-star general Stanley McChrystal shares what he learned about leadership over his decades in the military. How can you build a sense of shared purpose among people of many ages and skill sets? By listening and learning — and addressing the possibility of failure. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and Read More …

Talking Leadership in Lean Applications

I had the pleasure of interviewing Dave Irwin of the Center for Lean Learning and co-author of a soon to be released book titled “The Perry Story”. An excerpt from the podcast: “I really come at it from a perspective of alignment and focus first. On one hand, you’re helping leaders learn a different model Read More …