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Leaders Lessons from an Outward Bound Wilderness Instructor

Great Leadership By Dan

This argument was introduced by New York Life CEO Ted Mathas , while speaking at an event hosted by Outward Bound USA that honored New York Life Foundation's work with grieving teens. Mathas, himself an alumnus of Outward Bound’s wilderness programs, made the connection as he discussed his journey to becoming an effective CEO.

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The Spirit of Kaizen

CEO Blog

I read a book - the Spirit of Kaizen - Creating Lasting Excellence One Small Step at a Time by Robert Maurer. The title says what kaizen is - the process of continually creating excellence or continually getting just a bit better. The same is true of Kaizen. For me, most kaizen revolves around those.

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GC29: GamifiKaizen: Using gamification for continuous improvement | with Gal Rimon of GamEffective

Engaging Leader

GamEffective strives to be the “Fitbit of work,” taking the place of traditional performance management, feedback, and even continuous improvement practices such as kaizens. Gal Rimon is CEO of GamEffective, […] Longtime listeners of Game Changer know that gamification isn’t about rewards and competition.

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5 Steps To Develop A Learning Culture At Work

The Horizons Tracker

Edwards Deming and encapsulated by Japanese car giant Toyota, whose quality circles, kaizen, and takt time quickly spread throughout the manufacturing sector. The first-generation of the learning organization reached its nadir with the continuous improvement movement launched by W.

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Toyota Under Fire

CEO Blog

Instead of firing employees like many other large firms were doing at the time, Toyota embraced its mantra of kaizen (Toyota’s firm philosophy of change/improvement for the better) and held company-wide training seminars (most impressively in factories it had stopped production in).

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The Network is Your Customer

CEO Blog

Now more than ever, Kaizen applies. Of course reach out digitally to your customers and prospect. 5 - Collaborate. Respond to what the network is saying and work with them to constantly improve. Interesting and thought provoking book. Social media can be an endless task and create guilt if not approached well.

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Is It Fun Being Led by You?

Lead Change Blog

We got our black belts in six-sigma; words or acronyms like Kaizen, PDCA, TQM, QC and ISO became everyday parts of our work language. When I first met then Southeast Airlines CEO, Herb Kelleher, we were both working the booth at the 1997 BookExpo at Chicago’s McCormick Center. The benefits were significant. Fun Leaders Are Real.

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