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

Michael Lee Stallard

Assessment tools enable people to identify their skills, temperaments, learning styles, thinking styles, and values. Leadership Insights of a Hostage Negotiator. Closing Your Company’s Leadership Gap. Another way to show appreciation is to help people better understand their abilities, temperaments, and values.

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Five Reasons Job Seekers Should Study Lean Management

Lead Change Blog

Even seasoned senior managers look to continually enhance their skill sets to differentiate themselves from other job seekers. Management job seekers with lean management experience can separate themselves from the competition. Here are five reasons: Companies Invest in Lean Management, Creating Lean-Related Jobs.

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The Difference is the Point of Interaction

Mike Cardus

This image above explores the differences between an Organizational Structure that has NO managerial-leadership coaching and an Organizational Structure WITH managerial-leadership coaching. The image on the right reflects the ‘ Cascade-of-Planning ’ model or in Lean Manufacturing the Hoshin Kanri used in the Toyota Production System.

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Break the Cycle

Deming Institute

In a recent conversation with a friend who serves as both a management consultant and leadership coach, he shared a few lessons he’s learned in 30 plus years of engagement in turnaround efforts. He commented on the self-described qualities and skills of the senior managers he had guided.

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Why People Lose Motivation — and What Managers Can Do to Help

Harvard Business Review

In fact, there’s a part of our brains called the seeking system that creates the natural impulses to learn new skills and take on challenging but meaningful tasks. We have a deep desire to use our unique skills and perspectives to make our own decisions about how to help our teams succeed. It’s part of our biology.