Lean Leadership for Ops Managers — Making Hard Decisions Based on Values | 128
How well do you stick to your core values when it comes time to make hard decisions? It’s easy to talk about them in meetings and put them as posters …
Lean Leadership for Ops Managers — What is Lean Leadership (REPLAY) | 127
What is Lean Leadership? It’s kind of an elusive, hard-to-define thing. In today’s episode, I’ll break down what both Lean and Leadership mean to me, which then drives how I …
Lean Leadership for Ops Managers — How to Listen Effectively as an Operations Leader | 126
How well do you listen? How quickly do you jump in and start offering solutions or try to fix the problem? In this episode, Jamie shares things that hinder us …
Lean Leadership for Ops Managers — Developing a Growth Mindset as a Leader with Katie Anderson | 125
How do we create an organization that has a growth mindset? So often, we look at our teams to see how they can improve, but building a culture of improvement …
Lean Leadership for Ops Managers — Safety is a Team Sport | 124
How do you approach safety? As leaders, it's easy to focus on policies to ensure everyone follows the rules, but safety encompasses so much more than procedures; it is a …
Lean Leadership for Ops Managers — Live from GE’s Event: The Lean Mindset | 123
Hello from New York! I am coming to you live from GE's Lean Mindset Event, which focuses on encouraging the right mindset to embrace lean and features several excellent speakers …
Lean Leadership for Ops Managers — How to Effectively Delegate for Development | 122
How might operations leaders delegate more effectively? In this episode, Jamie explains how the reason we delegate can drive more effective delegation and practical steps you can take to delegate …
Lean Leadership for Ops Managers — The Real Reasons Ops Managers Should Delegate | 121
Why do you delegate? How does that determine what tasks you choose to give? In this episode, Jamie discusses the real reasons Ops Managers should delegate and how it benefits …
Lean Leadership for Ops Managers — Three Obstacles to Delegation | 120
How often do you delegate? It can be difficult to delegate tasks that could be completed by other members of our team, in turn freeing up more of our time. …
Lean Leadership for Ops Managers — Having Fun in Operations Leadership | 119
How often do you characterize your work as fun? In this episode, Jamie shares how a big challenge and getting creative and trying new and better ways is fun …