Developing Leadership Skills 05: Integrated Lean Systems
About this book
Dr. Liker’s book, Developing Lean Leaders at All A Practical Guide was a 2016 winner of the SHINGO RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATION AWARD. We have taken the time to extract the individual seminars and lectures of Dr. Liker used to create this world-renowned publication and offer them in a series of Byte-Sized, topic specific learning modules. Follow along as we see and hear Dr. Liker at those actual presentations delivered first hand to the students of Lean and Lean Practitioners. Follow along as Dr. Liker explains the Lean Leadership Development Model (LLDM), and how it aligns with the accepted principles of operational excellence. Learn about the behaviors required to sustain it long-term. Understand how leadership must walk the talk of True North. Find out how to actively engage in developing lean leader skills. The teaching objectives for this section are the 1. Communicate that processes are a delivery mechanism of value. 2. Distinguish between organizations that focus primarily vertically versus those that focus horizontally to satisfy customers. 3. Show how disconnected processes hide problems. 4. Show how connected processes surface problems.