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 …
Lean Leadership for Ops Managers — Lean Culture Requires Productive Conflict (REPLAY) | 118
You can’t have a lean culture without conflict, but so many organizations and leaders are NOT comfortable with conflict. Here’s the question: “What would be the impact to your organization …
Lean Leadership for Ops Managers — The Pitfall of Unstructured Urgency | 117
Do any of your leaders ever rush into solving a problem? It’s so easy to jump in and start pushing and moving too fast without taking a measured approach. In …
Lean Leadership for Ops Managers — Great as an Enemy to Good in Operations Leadership and Execution | 116
Do you ever find yourself stalling to make a decision? Leaders often get stuck not making a decision because they don’t know enough or how to make the “perfect” one. …
Lean Leadership for Ops Managers — One Cause of Failed Execution
What causes Ops Leaders to struggle with effective execution? Even when the processes are in place, they never seem to be used consistently or correctly. In this episode, Jamie discusses …