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Lean is a business system only as effective as senior leadership’s engagement. Leaders both support and inspire a continuous improvement mindset, aligned with organizational strategy. Leaders must empower those closest to the work to improve the work, abandoning a top down management approach.
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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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Top 7 Continuous Improvement Conferences for the LEAN, CI, TWI, and KATA Communities
(In no particular order) For professionals dedicated to Continuous Improvement (CI), Lean methodologies, Training Within Industry (TWI), and Kata practices, attending the right conferences can be
