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First Look: Leadership Books for July 2015

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July. Management Lessons from Taiichi Ohno : What Every Leader Can Learn from the Man who Invented the Toyota Production System by Takehiko Harada. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 100 titles.

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Most Popular Management and Leadership Quotes on Our Site in 2016

Curious Cat

These were the most popular quotes on the Curious Cat Management and Leadership Quotes web site in 2016 (based on page views). – Taiichi Ohno. – Taiichi Ohno. The answer to the question managers so often ask of behavioral scientists “How do you motivate people?” – Taiichi Ohno.

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Most Popular Management and Leadership Quotes on Our Site in 2015

Curious Cat

These were the most popular quotes on the Curious Cat Management and Leadership Quotes web site in 2015 (based on page views). – Taiichi Ohno. Managers who don’t know how to measure what they want settle for wanting what they can measure. – Taiichi Ohno. – Taiichi Ohno. – W.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 1 of 7

Strategy Driven

Unfortunately contemporary management theory and practices have ill prepared us for our current reality. During this time, an engineer named Taiichi Ohno (known today as the father of Toyota) began the task of building a new capacity for Japanese industrial production. In the business world, waste kills productivity and profitability.

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Break the Cycle

Deming Institute

Ru ssell Ackoff had a profound capacity for using stories to educate his audiences about the basic concepts of managing systems, both in his lectures and in his books. He commented on the self-described qualities and skills of the senior managers he had guided. Post by Bill Bellows, Deputy Director, The Deming Institute.

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