In Practical Lean Leadership: A Strategic Leadership Guide for Executives, Bob Emiliani presents innovative and proven approaches to understanding and practicing Lean leadership in an easy-to-follow workbook format.
Practical Lean Leadership is the first book to capture the essence of Lean leadership in ways that are specific and actionable for executives to apply at work every day.
It links Lean principles and tools directly to leadership beliefs and behaviors in new and innovative ways that connect to the realities of the workplace.
Senior managers will be inspired by the new approaches to understanding strategic leadership and leadership development contained in Practical Lean Leadership.
Reader Comments:
"I have found it to be an excellent resource for our managers as we continue down the Lean path. As CEO, I am always looking for the best way to help all senior managers of our multi-location company learn about Lean... This book is very useful in many regards... [it is] serving as a great practical guide to help us on our Lean journey."
"I found your workbook insightful, challenging, and potentially helpful
for executives (and others) want to become Lean leaders and who will pay
the price of continuous study, reflection and practice to become so.
The content and exercises are excellent... Leaders who diligently complete the exercises will gain considerable insight into themselves and their
stakeholders in terms of Lean vs. fake leadership behaviors... it's a wonderful workbook that I intend to reflect back on often."
Practical Lean Leadership:
A Strategic Leadership Guide for Executives
by Bob Emiliani
The CLBM, LLC Wethersfield, Conn., USA
152 pages / ISBN
978-0-9722591-5-6
/ Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 x 0.4 inches / January 2008 / Soft Cover / COLOR / Retail Price $55.00
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 What is Lean Management?
2 How Lean Leaders Think
3 A Better Definition of Leadership
4 Lean Leadership Behaviors
5 Value Stream Maps as a Leadership Development Tool
6 What Executives Need to Know About Kaizen
7 Standardized Work for Executive Leadership
8 Fifty Errors to Avoid
9 Visual Control for Lean Leaders
10 Lean Leader Performance Feedback
Afterword
Endnotes
Appendix 1 – Example of 5 Whys Root Cause Analysis Method
Appendix 2 – Caux Round Table Principles for Business
Appendix 3 – How Not to Learn Lean Management
About the Author
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