Making a workplace Lean is really about educating and empowering the workers. It’s strange to me that everyone wants to show before-and-after pictures of the workplace. It can look dramatic, but it’s secondary. This isn’t the real work of Lean…
Tag: learning
Selling Pot in Washington State, and How to Predict the Future by Journaling
Experience is mandatory. Learning is optional. Today’s headlines include the news that Washington State is legalizing the recreational sale of marijuana. How should a leader — or aspiring leader — handle such a potentially disruptive event? By learning from it.…
How to Ask for Help
Erik, CEO of a small technology firm, was in trouble. His most time-consuming clients weren’t paying on time — one wasn’t paying at all. His pipeline of new work was nearly empty. At the end of one day, when he…
Mentoring for Competitive Advantage – Dec 15,2011
Mentoring is the sort of soft activity often pushed aside for “more important” things — yet a modest commitment to mentoring can have big impacts across an organization — impacts that have huge bottom line impacts, like retaining senior staff, incre…
A Superior Four-Letter Word
When you can step away from “I didn’t get what I wanted/expected and I find that frustrating” and instead embrace “I didn’t get what I wanted/expected and I find that interesting” — you’ve got the right attitude to dump your stress and have happi…
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