| | |  | Leadership | Home » » » Practical Lean Leadership: A Strategic Leadership Guide For Executives | | | | | | | Description: | | Practical Lean Leadership: A Strategic Leadership Guide For Executives is the first book to present Lean leadership in ways that are specific and actionable for executives to apply at work every day. It links Lean principles and tools directly to leadership beliefs, behaviors, and competencies in new and innovative ways that connect to workplace and marketplace realities. It goes far beyond the common understanding of leadership and the training methods used for leadership development. The workbook can be used individually or by a leadership team in self-paced group training. Senior managers will be inspired by the proven approaches to improving their understanding and practice of strategic leadership. | | | Features: | |
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Bob Emiliani | | Paperback:
| 150 pages | | Publisher:
| Center for Lean Business Management, LLC, The | | Publication Date:
| January 01, 2008 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0972259155 | | Product Length:
| 11.06 inches | | Product Width:
| 8.47 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.43 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.11 pounds | | Package Length:
| 10.9 inches | | Package Width:
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| 0.75 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 WARNING: VERY STRONG MEDICINE: Rich Source of Original Thinking on LeanJul 05, 2009
By William C. Zeeb
From the lean historian and Shingo Prize winning author of Better Thinking, Better Results comes this thought provoking workbook.
Provided the reader can accept the imperfections, "work in process" feel and brutally straightforward tone, this book provided more impactful reflection than from any of the over 100 titles in my lean library.
"I write books to help me understand things so that I can help other people understand things." quote from: REAL LEAN: The Keys to Sustaining Lean Management (Volume Three)
A prolific lean historian and author who admits to writing for discovery, Bob Emiliani offers numerous brilliant insights, amongst the "noise" of his own thinking process. His pioneering work on the role of Respect for People and non Zero Sum thinking strikes us as especially useful.
Summary: Several years ahead of his time, this frank book which challenges why the vast majority of organizations fail in the long run with lean, is a refreshing source of new reflections, especially for those leaders determined to be in the small minority who succeed.
Our team looks forward to testing the efficacy and side effects of this powerful medicine.
Also of interest may be his other works {reviews to follow}, including:
Real Lean: Understanding the Lean Management System (Volume One)
Real Lean: Critical Issues and Opportunities in Lean Management (Volume Two)
REAL LEAN: Learning the Craft of Lean Management (Volume Four)
6 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 An interesting work in progressJan 28, 2008
By Mr. Ross Maynard
I have met Bob Emiliani and he is quiet, unassuming and extremely approachable. He is also co-author of one of the essential books on lean - "Better Thinking Better Results". He is passionate that behavioural and cultural issues are at least as important in lean as the tools. "Practical Lean Leadership" expands on thoughts he raised in "Real Lean" and contains some very interesting points. Bob is a pioneer breaking new ground. The problem is that "Practical Lean Leadership" is not really 'practical'. It lacks a compelling flow or concrete process - being more an interesting collection of ideas. For example, there are chapters on standard work for managers, on value stream mapping, on 50 things to avoid in lean, on leadership behaviours and so on. As well as a lack of a clear lean leadership process, some of the chapters also lack a clear structure. In one chapter Mr Emiliani introduces the important concept of lean behaviours. The trouble is that not all of the 'behaviours' he lists are in fact behavioural. For example, 'trust' is not a behaviour but is a core personal value. The distinction is important - you can change behaviours through training and development; core beliefs and values are more fundamental to us and require a much deeper personal change. A leader can change his or her behaviour to walk through the building everyday and greet everyone reasonably easily. If he or she believes that the workers are essentially ignorant and want to do as little work as they can get away with, then changing this belief is a much bigger challenge. Lean leadership is deeper than just changing behaviours.
In a later chapter Emiliani argues that beliefs drive behaviour and that this drives skills and competencies. This is very interesting, but is not linked to the previous chapter on lean behaviours, and, again, not all the competencies presented are, in fact, competencies - some are the outcomes of the behaviours and competencies such as cost reduction and production to customer demand. Additionally, little is done to progress this interesting line of thinking.
The point is that there are many interesting ideas and concepts in this book, but my view is that they are not always thought through fully, nor linked to present a structure for lean leadership development. More work is clearly needed here.
Nevertheless, I would encourage any leader in an organisation moving towards lean to read widely. At about 100 pages, this book is an easy read and provides much food for thought.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
A great practical guide for our companyMar 06, 2008
By William J. Torres
I am back to buy additional copies of Practical Lean Leadership. I have found it to be an excellent resource for our managers as we continue down the Lean path. As CEO, I am always looking for the best way to help all senior managers of our multi location company learn about Lean. This book is very useful in many regards.
First, I like the writing style and format. The author has a way of directly conveying his message. I also think the setup of the book is excellent. You can easily reference back to important points. The format of the book is very consistent with Lean. It makes the important points very visible.
The second great feature is that this is a true workbook. Anyone going through a Lean transformation knows the importance of getting your people out of their offices and involved in the processes of the business. You learn more about kaizen, for example, by participating in kaizen. The exercises in the book compel you to get involved and think.
There are outstanding chapters on Lean leadership behaviors and beliefs. I know that the author has been a strong advocate of the importance of adding behaviors that consume resources but create no customer value to the list of wastes. His excellent understanding of this issue and how managers can show respect for people really comes through in these chapters.
Another outstanding feature of this book is the Section on Fifty Errors to Avoid. This area really resonates with us. It helps us think about issues that can impede our Lean progress.
I see that one reviewer felt that the book was not practical. That is contrary to my experience. I have found that the book is serving as a great practical guide to help us on our Lean journey.
My copy has become dog-eared and well worn. I think that is the best recommendation I can give any book.
Bob Emiliani truly "gets it"Dec 01, 2011
By Mike T.
"C.I. Leader"
Great reference chart that you can remove from the back of the book. Should have laminated my copy when I hung it on my wall the first time. This is a fantastic workbook, which I choose not to write in, to protect the book...
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