Lean Leadership

LP10. Develop exceptional people and teams who follow your company’s philosophy

LP9. Grow leaders who thoroughly understand the work, live the philosophy, and teach it to others.

LP11. Respect your extended network of partners and suppliers by challenging them and helping them improve.

LP1. Base your management decisions on a long-term philosophy, even at the expense of short-term financial goals

LP12. Go and see for yourself to thoroughly understand the situation (Genchi Genbutsu).

LP13. Make decisions slowly by consensus, thoroughly considering all options and then implement the decisions rapidly.

LP14. Become a learning organisation through relentless reflection (Hansei) and continuous improvement (Kaizen).

LP4. Level out the workload (Heijunka).

LP8. Use only reliable, thoroughly tested technology that serves your people and processes.

LP6. Standardized tasks are the foundation for continuous improvement and employee empowerment.

LP7. Use visual control so no problems are hidden.

LP5. Build a culture of stopping to fix problems, to get quality right the first time (Jidonka).

LP3. Use “pull” systems to avoid overproduction.

LP2. Create continuous process flow to bring problems to the surface.