Lean Leadership for Ops Managers — Leader Standard Work Gone Wrong |030
We were really proud of the leader standard work “program” we collectively built. And then . . . it completely flopped. Hear this real-life practical example of how NOT to …
Lean Leadership for Ops Managers — Leader Standard Work with Mike Wroblewski |029
Leader Standard Work tends to be that thing on our “Lean to-do lists” that stays just out of reach for so many. But leader standard work doesn’t have to be …
Lean for Ops Managers: Getting Tasks Done When You Just Don’t Feel Like It | 028
I’ll be honest, lately there are tasks I just don’t want to do. We’ve all been there, right? My normal techniques to muscle through weren’t working. We’re continuing our series …
Lean for Ops Managers: Give Your Leaders “More” Time | 027
Are you sabotaging your team’s ability to manage time? It’s common for leaders to not have enough time for it all. Typically, this means leaders have to make difficult choices …
Lean for Ops Managers: Applying Improvement Kata: Overcome the Leadership Challenge “I Don’t Have Time” | 026
Have you ever wished for more time? As we continue with our series inspired by the interview in Episode 24 with Patrick Adams, today we tackle this common problem. I’m …
Lean for Ops Managers: Creating More Time For Lean | 025
Have you ever felt like you’re drowning in your work and just trying to keep your head above water? How do you create the time to practice Lean thinking and …
Lean for Ops Managers: Assessing Lean Culture through Leadership Activities with Patrick Adams | 024
Ops Leaders, here is my question for you this week: when it comes to a continuous improvement culture, how do you assess where your organization is today and what to …
Lean for Ops Managers: Learning from the Unexpected: Lessons from Podcasting | 023
You know how sometimes you start something with certain expectations . . . and then you find that your biggest lessons (and your biggest wins) actually come from something different …
Lean for Ops Managers: Did You Grow Your Capabilities in 2020? | 022
As we start a new year, I wanted to build off of last week’s episode with Katie Anderson and share with you the Top 6 episodes of the podcast from …
Lean for Ops Managers: Intentional Leadership with Katie Anderson | 021
We throw around the phrase “set intention” quite a bit, but what does that really mean? How is intention different from goals? And how can we use both intention and …