Lean Leadership BASICS

Chapter 13

Secrets to Sustaining

DOI: 10.4324/9781315155227-13

Our Leadership Development Plan (see Figure 13.1) is not meant to compete with the Toyota House but works in conjunction with it and is in harmony with both Toyota’s philosophy¹ and Deming’s 14 Points.² It requires constant attention to and helps develop a learning organization, supported by people development, promotion from within, succession planning, and the infrastructure, that is, “hard” tools mainly led by standard work. Remember, if there is no standard work, there can be no evidence of sustained improvement.

Figure 13.1 BASICS^® Lean Leadership Development Path.

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