My Role: Leadership Development
Lean Leadership Development
The long-term success of any lean organization rests on identifying existing and future leaders along with a roadmap for imparting skills useful in a lean enterprise.
Learning Loop
The Lean Frontiers Learning Loop takes you from basic awareness and knowledge through skill development and mastery. The annual Lean Leadership Week and the Lean Coaching Summit are key “check-ins” for those at every stage of the learning. loop.

Lean Leadership
FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE
- Access our free resource listing to begin your learning journey.
ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE
- Attend the annual Lean Coaching Summit where you’ll learn from thought leaders and practitioners.
- The annual Lean Leadership Week is designed for leaders in accounting, HR, operations, and every business unit of an organization.
- Sign up for the online, self-paced Lean Leadership course that includes more than 10 hours of recognized leaders of lean enterprises.
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
- Look for specific workshops held during the Lean Coaching Summit or Lean Leadership Week.
COACHING DEVELOPMENT
- Join the Lean Coaching Summit or Lean Leadership Week as a presenter where you can coach others through workshops and breakout sessions.
MASTERY
- Learn by doing, sustained over time.
HELPFUL RESOURCES
Leadership Development Resources
How is Your Management System Working? by Skip Steward
The Lean Strategy: Using Lean to Create Competitive Advantage, Unleash Innovation, and Deliver Sustainable Growth by Michael Balle, Daniel Jones, Jacques Chaize, and Orest Fiume
Flatlined: Why Lean Transformations Fail and What to Do About It by Mark Deluzio
Leading the Lean Enterprise Transformation by George Koenigsaecker
Developing Lean Leaders at All Levels: A Practical Guide by Jeff Liker
Practical Lean Leadership: A Strategic Leadership Guide for Executives by Bob Emiliani
The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership: Achieving and Sustaining Excellence Through Leadership Development by Jeff Liker and Gary Convis
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