Practical Lean Leadership: A Strategic Leadership Guide For Executives - Softcover

Emiliani, Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0972259155 ISBN 13: 9780972259156

Publisher: Center for Lean Business Management, LLC, The, 2008

Synopsis

Most executives lead Lean transformations using the same leadership beliefs, behaviors, and competencies they relied on throughout their traditional leadership careers. That, more than any technical shortfall, is why so many Lean transformation efforts produce disappointing results.

Practical Lean Leadership offers executives a step-by-step guide to closing that gap. Built on years of industry practice and research recognized by the University of Toyota, it presents a coherent leadership development process from fundamental concepts through daily practice and performance feedback.

The book introduces the frameworks Lean Behaviors®, Behavioral Waste®, Continuous Personal Improvement™, and Standardized Work for Executive Leadership. along with an improved definition of leadership, a chapter on fifty common errors, and value stream mapping applied to leadership itself.

Self-study exercises close each chapter, and a detachable visual control card consolidates the key concepts for daily reference. A workbook built for doing, not just reading.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Bob Emiliani has been a progressive management practitioner and researcher for over 30 years. He worked in industry for 15 years and had management responsibility in engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain management at Pratt & Whitney. Bob was part of a team responsible for implementing TPS principles and practices in both manufacturing and supply chains at Pratt & Whitney. Subsequently, he was full-time professor for 23 years. He now holds the honorary title of Professor Emeritus. Bob was the first academic to establish a research agenda focused on Lean leadership, resulting in numerous publications and varied leadership development workshops. Bob is a prolific, versatile, and award-winning writer whose publications span engineering, business, social sciences, and humanities. He has authored or co-authored 28 books and 45 peer-reviewed papers across six different disciplines (leadership, management, management history, supply chain management, higher education, and materials engineering). His work is widely recognized and he is praised for being a unique voice and a creative thinker.

From the Back Cover

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.

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This workbook will present proven approaches to understanding leadership and leadership development in ways that are practical yet powerful, and can be more easily grasped and put into practice compared to traditional approaches - and always in the context, language, and methods of Lean management. It is critically important to maintain very close ties to Lean because it enables executives to comprehend ideas and practice methods that are closely connected to what is happening in the actual workplace every day.

Edition details

• Publisher: Center for Lean Business Management, LLC, The
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0972259155
• ISBN 13: 9780972259156
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 150