Team and Leadership Development - a Practical Guide

By: Wiebe Nijdam, Director, Lean Management Instituut

Lean can be frustrating at times. It is all too common to see organizations draw their value stream maps, coach their people, diligently apply their lean tools and yet fail to turn around. It is hard to accept that results are not coming when we think we are doing everything the way we are supposed to.

We at Lean Management Instituut have been looking into this to try to identify the missing link. While there are a million reasons a lean transformation can fail to produce the desired results, one element seems to come back over and over again: the interaction between the leader and the team the leader works with.

Let’s take a look at a typical initial situation in an organization that is struggling to progress on its lean journey.....

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