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6 Ways Leaders Can Dial up the Level of Value in the Workplace

Michael Lee Stallard

Decentralization gained momentum when Peter Drucker persuaded Alfred P. It also grew when manufacturers worldwide began to adopt the Lean Manufacturing practices of Japanese companies, replacing the overspecialized, assembly-line mentality with teams that developed broader knowledge and skills and had greater autonomy.

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Break the Cycle

Deming Institute

One of my favorites is his warning that “it’s better to do the right thing wrong, than the wrong thing right”, a concept he claimed to have borrowed from his good friend, Peter Drucker. When the topic of our conversation turned to questioning skills, he shared that curiosity is rarely acknowledged by senior managers as a leadership trait.

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