Practical Lean Leadership: A Strategic Leadership Guide for Executives B-905

Practical Lean Leadership is the first book to capture the essence of Lean leadership in ways that are specific and actionable for executives to apply at work every day. It presents innovative and proven approaches to understanding and practicing Lean leadership in an easy-to-follow workbook format.

It links Lean principles and tools directly to leadership beliefs and behaviors in new and innovative ways that connect to the realities of the workplace. Senior managers will be inspired by the new approaches to understanding strategic leadership and leadership development contained in this book.

Topics covered:

What is Lean Management?

How Lean Leaders Think

A Better Definition of Leadership

Lean Leadership Behaviors

Value Stream Maps as a Leadership Development Tool

What Executives Need to Know About Kaizen

Standardized Work for Executive Leadership

Fifty Errors to Avoid

Visual Control for Lean Leaders

Lean Leader Performance Feedback