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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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Can Lean Manufacturing Put an End to Sweatshops?

Harvard Business Review

It involves replacing traditional mass manufacturing with “lean manufacturing” principles. Over the last thirty years, the lean approach — developed by Japanese automakers — has permeated the manufacturing sector in developed countries, but is much less commonly used in the developing world.

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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. Another way to show appreciation is to help people better understand their abilities, temperaments, and values. Each individual is a unique combination of natural and learned cognitive capabilities.

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The Difference is the Point of Interaction

Mike Cardus

The image on the right reflects the ‘ Cascade-of-Planning ’ model or in Lean Manufacturing the Hoshin Kanri used in the Toyota Production System. Looking to improve your existing managers coaching skills? The difference is where the manager and subordinate interact. WITH OUT Coaching. Click the Box Below.

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Toyota’s Management History

Deming Institute

And some people still today think of these ideas as limited to manufacturing operations. That management system is often referred to as the Toyota Production System and was also given the name “lean manufacturing.” Toyota understood the importance of adopting these ideas throughout the organization back in the 1970s.

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The Failure of “The Livonia Philosophy” at my GM Plant

Deming Institute

General Motors wasn’t my ideal workplace after having read Deming’s Out of the Crisis and learning a bit about Lean manufacturing in college. That sounds very much like the Toyota Production System and Lean management. If possible, I wanted to work in something closer to the Deming environment.

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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.