Tag: Leadership
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Learning from Japan to adopt Lean in SMEs: Leadership, Culture and Training
Success factors and adjustments for SMEs In crafting this website, we aimed to share our personal experiences and those of fellow industrialists in crisis management through Lean tools within the realm of financial control. Our intention is to humbly propose avenues for fine-tuning and enhancing our own methodologies. During our management journey, we’ve explored how…
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Empowering Small Enterprises with Lean Manufacturing: Achieving Autonomy, Innovation, and Competitiveness
Unlocking autonomy through Lean manufacturing Lean Manufacturing isn’t just about efficiency; it’s about finding the best way to do things. It’s like a secret recipe that saves money, improves quality, and makes customers really happy. That means spending less, making fewer mistakes, and winning people over. Lean Manufacturing, often linked to big industries, has something…
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Crafting and implementing core values
A roadmap for company success To define them, you need to identify what motivates the leader and the employees. Identify the core values that emerge from the responses and integrate them into the company’s culture. “Values are the guiding stars that illuminate the path of our choices and the foundation of our character.” You should…
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The principles of successful teamwork
Enabling collective success What makes a group of people work well together?Is it their individual skills, their personalities, their motivation, or something else? We will explore the conditions that enable successful collective work, drawing on examples from business. We will challenge some of the common assumptions and reveal the factors that make a difference. We…
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Mastering effective team negotiation
The vital role of initiative and role definition : leader, partner or follower In the complex realm of international team negotiations, the significance of teamwork takes on an even greater dimension. Here, the stakes are higher, the cultural diversity more pronounced, and the need for effective collaboration paramount. Leadership, partnership, and followership are not mere…
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How Lean lost its way. The deviation from the original philosophy
What is the purpose of Lean? Why do we use it? The roots of the Lean philosophy can be traced to Toyota’s manufacturing systems in Japan, inspired by Henry Ford’s flow production in the United States and Eli Whitney’s interchangeable parts (1). The term Lean was coined by John Krafcik in 1988 and defined by…
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The secrets to building a successful team?
How to harness the power of cognitive diversity in teams You may have heard of the DISC (Red, Blue, Green, Yellow) or Hermann (Left, Right, Brain, Lymbic) psychological models and tests which are theories about individual preferences (1) (2). These tests are based on a simple idea: that each of us has a different way…
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The keys to organizational learning and team engagement
Creating a culture of Kaizen and Learning In today’s complex and competitive world, organizations need to constantly improve their processes and performance to survive and thrive. One of the approaches that has been widely adopted by many organizations is lean management, which is based on the principles and practices of the Toyota Production System. Lean…
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How to become a learning company with continuous improvement
Kaizen : A mindset for learning and adapting in a changing world Lean management in times of crisis means learning to adapt constantly, learning to learn, integrating organizational learning as a vector of performance. By changing the behavior and culture of individuals towards self-learning, a company that directs its strategy towards the continuous improvement of…
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Lean and Management. How to engage employees in continuous improvement ?
The paradox of Lean is that it challenges human nature People tend to cling to their routines, habits, and work methods, especially if they have devised or built them themselves. They also seek to find meaning and motivation in their work, as long as it excites them and aligns with their values. But most people…
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