January 2020
Intermediate to advanced
318 pages
8h 45m
English
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Preface
Why Leading Lean?
In today’s world, change is all around us. Higher and higher levels of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) are the “new normal.” Today’s leaders must recognize—both within their organizations as well as themselves—the need to continuously evolve in order to stave off extinction and deliver value to their customers.
Leading Lean is a call to action for leaders looking to meet these 21st-century leadership challenges head-on. This book gives you practical methods, tools, and strategies to lead an empowered workforce capable of embracing and achieving fast, flexible decision making. You will learn how to take advantage of the opportunities change brings to ensure long-term success by creating value at every level of your organization.
Chapter 1, Overcoming Today’s Crisis in Leadership, discusses how embracing agility can empower you to overcome the roadblocks that a 21st century leader faces. Chapter 2, The Modern Lean Framework™, introduces you to a framework influenced by the practices and principles of the Toyota Motor Corporation (as well as the work of the Lean luminaries Daniel T. Jones, Jeffery Liker, Eric Reis, Daniel Roos, and James Womack) designed to help you develop and perfect your Lean leadership skills and abilities.
Chapter 3, Leading Self, takes a closer look at how leaders can cultivate a healthy mentality for leadership by understanding the skills and abilities necessary to lead one’s self, as well as becoming a ...
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