The Joy of Lean: Transforming, Leading, and Sustaining a Culture of Engaged Team Performance
Dodd Starbird, "The Joy of Lean: Transforming, Leading, and Sustaining a Culture of Engaged Team Performance"
English | ISBN: 0873899423 | 2016 | 176 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 0873899423 | 2016 | 176 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Has your organization tried Lean already? If so, you surely see and feel the Joy of Lean in your workplace now, right?
Don t worry. If you re not quite to joy yet, you re not alone.
As it attracts more and more attention as a successful business philosophy that can improve results in any type of organization, Lean has still sometimes been misunderstood as a method for just cutting expenses. The useful ideas of eliminating waste and driving greater efficiency can pick up a negative spin, with perceptions of job cuts, employees doing more with less, and managers squeezing more productivity from each person. None of that sounds very joyful.
But it doesn t have to be that way. This book will show leaders how to cultivate a positive Lean Culture of excellence that creates value for customers, profitable growth for businesses, sustainable cost reduction, and fulfilling jobs for employees.
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