Podcasts by Lean Leadership for Ops Managers
Lean Leadership for Ops Managers is a podcast for leaders in Ops Management who’ve had some targeted success with Lean, but haven’t yet built the everybody-everywhere-everyday improvement culture they crave. In each episode, former Fortune 100 Ops Executive and Lean Enthusiast Jamie V. Parker will teach you how to engage your team, develop a Lean culture, and still get your day job done.
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Making Hard Decisions Based on Values | 128 from 2023-11-22T01:00
How well do you stick to your core values when it comes time to make hard decisions? It’s easy to talk about them in meetings and put them as posters on the walls, but do your decisions and acti...
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What is Lean Leadership (REPLAY) | 127 from 2023-11-08T01:00
What is Lean Leadership? It’s kind of an elusive, hard-to-define thing.
In today’s episode, I’ll break down what both Lean and Leadership mean to me, which then drives h...
How to Listen Effectively as an Operations Leader | 126 from 2023-10-25T01:00
How well do you listen? How quickly do you jump in and start offering solutions or try to fix the problem? In this episode, Jamie shares things that hinder us from listening and how to listen ef...
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Developing a Growth Mindset as a Leader with Katie Anderson | 125 from 2023-10-11T01:00
How do we create an organization that has a growth mindset? So often, we look at our teams to see how they can improve, but building a culture of improvement starts with us as the leaders. In th...
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Safety is a Team Sport | 124 from 2023-09-27T01:00
How do you approach safety? As leaders, it's easy to focus on policies to ensure everyone follows the rules, but safety encompasses so much more than procedures; it is a team sport. In this...
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Live from GE's Event: The Lean Mindset | 123 from 2023-09-13T01:00
Hello from New York! I am coming to you live from GE's Lean Mindset Event, which focuses on encouraging the right mindset to embrace lean and features several excellent speakers across diff...
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How to Effectively Delegate for Development | 122 from 2023-08-30T01:00
How might operations leaders delegate more effectively? In this episode, Jamie explains how the reason we delegate can drive more effective delegation and practical steps you can take to delegat...
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The Real Reasons Ops Managers Should Delegate | 121 from 2023-08-16T01:00
Why do you delegate? How does that determine what tasks you choose to give?
In this episode, Jamie discusses the real reasons Ops Managers should delegate and how it benefits themselve...
Three Obstacles to Delegation | 120 from 2023-08-02T01:00
How often do you delegate? It can be difficult to delegate tasks that could be completed by other members of our team, in turn freeing up more of our time. In this episode, Jamie discusses three...
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Lean Culture Requires Productive Conflict (REPLAY) | 118 from 2023-06-21T01:00
You can’t have a lean culture without conflict, but so many organizations and leaders are NOT comfortable with conflict. Here’s the question: “What would be the impact to your organization if yo...
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Coaching Techniques for Self Leadership (REPLAY) | 113 from 2023-04-12T01:00
So often leaders want to learn how to “fix other people.” To get them to do the work, to get on board, to be better. But true leadership starts with our own thoughts, beliefs, and self awareness...
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The Manager Mistake of Constraining Possibility | 112 from 2023-03-29T01:00
Do you want it done on time, or do you want it done right? We’ve all heard statements like this, and maybe we’ve even said them. It’s so easy to get caught up in this either/or thinking and thin...
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Improving Your Leadership through Lean Leader Standard Work with Tracy O'Rourke | 110 from 2023-03-01T01:00
Is there any greater priority in today’s business environment than attracting and retaining talented and dedicated employees? In today’s episode, Tracy O’Rourke explains the critical impact of m...
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Individual Purpose and Toyota Kata with Sam Morgan | 105 from 2022-12-21T01:00
What is your personal purpose? So often, we talk about organizational purpose as part of our True North, but what about you personally? What motivates you to keep going during those challenging ...
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Supporting Ops Managers to Execute New Routines | 097 from 2022-08-31T01:00
Have you ever been frustrated when a leader won’t adopt a new process? How do we improve engagement with new or changing routines? As Ops Executives, we’re often told that we do too much telling...
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My Next Big Move | 093 from 2022-07-06T01:00
Where have you seen waste show up in your work? How often do you have to rework things because plans have changed or were rushed? In this episode, Jamie shares how she dealt with physical rework...
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Is it Wrong to Stop the Show? | 092 from 2022-06-22T01:00
What does it mean to be wrong? Why are people hesitant to speak up when they see an issue? In this episode, Jamie shares her thoughts on why team members stay silent when they think there ma...
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Leading Purpose at Work | 091 from 2022-06-08T01:00
How do you lead Purpose at work? We are continuing our mini-series focused on Purpose and Leading Purpose at Work. In this episode, Jamie shares how leaders at all levels can make a difference b...
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Organizational Purpose Pitfalls to Avoid | 090 from 2022-05-25T01:00
Is your purpose clearly communicated to everyone in your organization? Even if you talk about your purpose in meetings and have posters on the wall, everyone may not understand them or relate to...
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What is the Purpose Gap? | 089 from 2022-05-11T01:00
Where do you find your purpose? Two-thirds of U.S. employees are reflecting on their purpose in life, and nearly half are reconsidering the type of work they do. In this week's episode, Jam...
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Courage, Coaching, and Kata with Susan Clancy | 088 from 2022-04-27T01:00
This week continues our Kata series live from Kata Con 8, and we are talking all about coaching. In this episode, I spoke with Susan Clancy, who shared her experience of being coached as a learn...
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The Structure and Scientific Thinking of Toyota Kata with Mike Rother | 087 from 2022-04-20T01:00
Why practice Toyota Kata? It can seem daunting at the beginning with the rigid structure and rules; however, the goal of Kata is more about shifting our mindset to integrate improvement thinking...
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Toyota Kata Fundamentals for the Kata Curious | 086 from 2022-04-13T01:00
What is Toyota Kata? It's common for the nuances of Toyota Kata to seem complicated or overwhelming, especially if you haven't started practicing it. In this episode, I give an overvie...
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Kind Leadership in Operations Management wtih Karyn Ross | 085 from 2022-03-30T01:00
Difficult conversations, conflict, and performance management are all responsibilities that leaders have to face; however, we can choose how we handle them. We can either be kind and show respec...
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Getting Meaningful and Actionable Plus - Delta Feedback for Improvement | 084 from 2022-03-16T01:00
Have you ever walked away from a feedback session that didn't seem to be productive? Maybe it devolved into a complaint session, and there wasn't any focus on what we could do to impro...
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Lean and Mental Health: How to Help People with Gemma Jones | 083 from 2022-03-02T01:00
One in five people deal with mental health struggles, and this is not just a statistic; it is real, and it's affecting people on our teams whether we realize it or not. As Lean Leaders, we ...
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Startup to Scaleup: Leading Culture Beyond Your Direct Team with Greg Jacobson | 081 from 2022-02-16T01:00
Do you remember what it was like when you led a small team of individual contributors? It was easy to interact with everyone on the team every single day. But what happens as the company grows? ...
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Improve Your Team's Order Entry Flow to Create More Value with Chris Wilson | 080 from 2022-02-09T01:00
Does the goals of your organization align with your continuous improvement efforts? It can be so easy to get caught up in the day-to-day tasks that we lose sight of the big picture.
In tod...
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Training as an Effective Countermeasure to Performance Gaps with Jeff Welch | 079 from 2022-02-02T01:00
Training a new hire is a no-brainer, but do you focus on training your team members after being with your organization for 5, 10, or 15 years? We look to training when it is time to learn a new ...
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Effective Leadership Communication: How to Achieve Team Alignment with Justin Woodard | 078 from 2022-01-26T01:00
Are you communicating your purpose and strategic vision in a way that engages all of your team members? You may have your values printed as posters on the wall and talk about them at your quarte...
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Creating Better Succession Planning for Business Continuity with Kerry Siggins | 077 from 2022-01-19T01:00
With the challenges over the last two years, how are you setting your team up for success in the future? Developing leaders to be adaptable and resilient is crucial given how many organizations ...
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Reflecting and Planning at Process Plus Results | 076 from 2022-01-12T01:00
How do you prepare as you start a new year? Do you reflect on your past accomplishments to determine your next steps? In this episode, Jamie shares why reflection is critical and what you can ex...
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Kyle Kumpf: Get More of the Right Stuff Done with an Effective Visual Management Board | 074 from 2021-12-29T01:00
Do you have a never-ending to-do list? Do you have a hard time prioritizing important tasks or get overwhelmed by the items you need to accomplish?
In today's episode, Kyle Kumpf joi...
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Can a Kaizen Event Help You Achieve Long-Term Improvement? with Adam Lawrence | 073 from 2021-12-22T01:00
How do you improve sustainability? We have all experienced a change that people eventually started to go back to the old way of doing things even though it was beneficial and improved processes....
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Improving the Usefulness of Your Toyota Kata Storyboard | 072 from 2021-12-15T01:00
What is the best way to make a Toyota Kata Storyboard? When I created my first storyboard, it felt like an obvious decision to have a digital board. I travel for work, to see family, and my coac...
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How to Grow Great Leaders Fast with Chris Chippindale | 071 from 2021-12-08T01:00
How do you grow the leaders that you need? Whether you are expanding into new locations or your current leaders have been promoted, it can be challenging to find the right talent and develop the...
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Reliable Recruitment and Engagement Strategies with Jasmine Gorie | 070 from 2021-12-01T01:00
Have you ever said this statement, 'HR is getting in the way and won't let me do this?' As Operations Leaders, we don't always see Human Resources as partners that enable us ...
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Perspectives from the ILC: Tackling Staffing&Sustaining Challenges | 069 from 2021-11-24T01:00
I am very thankful for the community of Operations Leaders and Lean Practitioners who constantly support each other. That is why I am bringing this special Thanksgiving episode live from the Iow...
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Using Outlook to Reduce Back-to-Back Meeting Stress | 068 from 2021-11-17T01:00
Don't you hate it when you have back-to-back meetings? Inevitably, one meeting runs over, and there is not enough time to catch your breath, prepare for the next meeting, or even go to the ...
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Better Retention with a People First Culture with David Pender | 067 from 2021-11-10T01:00
Many organizations have been focused on filling positions and hiring new team members in the current employment market because of the staffing shortages. But how do you retain the team members y...
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The Truth About Leading through COVID Burnout with Kelli Ogunsanya | 066 from 2021-11-03T01:00
COVID has brought challenges to everyone throughout the last several months resulting in burnout to team members and leaders alike. How do we as leaders know when our team becomes overwhelmed, a...
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The Roles of a Successful Leader with Dave Conner | 065 from 2021-10-27T01:00
What does it mean to be a leader? People often come in with their own understanding and assumptions, causing disconnect and an unaligned purpose across the organization.
In today's ep...
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People Solve Problems: Creating A Problem-Solving Culture with Jamie Flinchbaugh | 064 from 2021-10-20T01:00
We all solve problems in our organizations every day. There are so many tools and resources available to help us through those processes, but do we as leaders focus more on the methodology or on...
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Lessons Learned Striving (and not achieving) the Next Target Condition | 063 from 2021-10-13T01:00
What do you do when faced with a challenging learning experience that is, well, challenging? How do you respond when you are trying to grasp a concept that is beyond your learning threshold? In ...
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That's Not Coaching | 062 from 2021-10-06T01:00
What do you mean when you say the word coaching? Do you think of an iconic sports coach yelling plays from the sideline or giving an inspirational speech in the locker room? As leaders, we coach...
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Leading Buffet Restaurants through a Pandemic with Scott Post | 061 from 2021-09-29T01:00
What would happen if the doors to your organization had to close tomorrow? Most everyone experienced this at some point during the pandemic, but what would you do if you lost 80 percent of your ...
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Leaving Well: Transitioning Out of an Executive Role with Marc Braun | 060 from 2021-09-22T01:00
How would your organization perform if you were no longer there? Most people only stay in one position for two to five years before moving on, so how do you start preparing for that transition?<...
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Business Growth Requries Leadership Growth: Kristin Ogo, Kenmore Envelope Company | 059 from 2021-09-15T01:00
Is leadership development part of your strategy for business growth? If your business is growing or if you want to grow, it is important to consider how you're developing your leaders.
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Collaboration&Clarity at the Core of Improvement: Javan Lapp, Key-Link Fencing and Railing | 058 from 2021-09-08T01:00
As Ops Leaders, how do you collaborate with internal business partners to better know your customers? Operations Managers are uniquely positioned to understand what is important to the customer ...
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Improvement Thinking in Organizational DNA: Gary Peterson, EVP of Supply Chain and Production, OC Tanner | 057 from 2021-09-01T01:00
How does your organization respond when a crisis occurs? Many times, the focus shifts to production lines and getting done "what we can," shoving innovation and improvement to the side...
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Anniversary Edition: Jamie V. Parker's Lean Leadership Journey | 056 from 2021-08-25T01:00
Our podcast is now one year old! And I’m featuring a special edition anniversary episode time for all of you.
But first, let me extend my sincere gratitude for being along with me on this ...
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Improvement Kata Learner Lessons from Step 2: Grasp the Current Condition | 055 from 2021-08-18T02:00
Grasp the Current Condition. It sounds easy enough. Turns out, there are some nuances that can make a big difference in how effectively the step aids you in your improvement kata practice. Explo...
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That Time Improvement Kata Drove Me Bonkers | 054 from 2021-08-18T01:00
Do you remember a time when you were learning something new? What about a time when you had to retrain your brain because you were learning new ways of problem-solving or new ways of thinking? T...
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Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Improvement | 053 from 2021-08-11T01:00
How do we create a culture of improvement? I’m not just talking about adding another continuous improvement tool that managers check off the list, but how do we create an environment where the t...
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Inspire an Engaged, Aligned Team | 052 from 2021-08-04T01:00
Wouldn’t it be great if we were able to inspire a team to be engaged and aligned? Imagine if everyone in your organization shared the same vision, had the same values, and actively participated ...
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Everyone Needs Knowledge Management with Dr. Cynthia J. Young | 051 from 2021-07-28T01:00
When team members leave their roles, what happens to all the institutional knowledge they have in their heads?
How much of a disruption is it when people move positions, retire, or go ...
Building Organizations Where People Contribute Their Best (because they love working there!) | 050 from 2021-07-21T01:00
It’s one thing to “keep” team members. It’s another to keep them while they’re also fully engaged and contributing their best. Creating a workplace culture that helps people thrive is the answer...
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Making Our Organizations"Best Places to Work"| 049 from 2021-07-14T01:00
“How do we build an organization where people want to work & tell others how great it is?”
Organizations are struggling to fill open positions, and with more virtual job options av...
Engaging the Frontline in Improvement with Aaron Davidson | 048 from 2021-07-07T01:00
What needs to happen to transition from event-based lean to an improvement culture?
One required step is engaging the frontline, but that brings challenges as fear or resistance may sh...
The Magic Wand that Makes Lean Operations Management Easier and Better | 047 from 2021-06-30T01:00
“If you had a magic wand, what is the first thing that you would fix in an organization you’re coaching?”
Chris Burnham asked me this question when I recorded a guest spot on his from 2021-03-24T01:00
Are you a fan of one-on-ones? Most managers aren’t. But that’s because most managers haven’t had great one-on-ones modeled for them. If you want to lead through relationships, then valuable one-...
Engaging through One-on-Ones with Dorsey Sherman | 032 from 2021-03-17T01:00
Employee engagement is an input to performance results. The relationship between a leader and employee is what drives engagement. So why do so many leaders fail to have engaging conversations? H...
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Employee Engagement with Dorsey Sherman | 031 from 2021-03-10T01:00
Employee Engagement. It’s the thing we all want. We know it leads to better results. We know it means that we have a better work environment. But what really drives engagement? Dorsey Sherman jo...
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Leader Standard Work Gone Wrong | 030 from 2021-03-03T01:00
We were really proud of the leader standard work “program” we collectively built. And then . . . it completely flopped.
Hear this real-life practical example of how NOT to impleme...
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Leader Standard Work with Mike Wroblewski | 029 from 2021-02-24T01:00
Leader Standard Work tends to be that thing on our “Lean to-do lists” that stays just out of reach for so many. But leader standard work doesn’t have to be so elusive. Mike Wroblewski, President...
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Getting Tasks Done When You Just Don’t Feel Like It | 028 from 2021-02-17T01:00
I’ll be honest, lately there are tasks I just don’t want to do. We've all been there, right? My normal techniques to muscle through weren’t working. We're continuing our series on tim...
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Give Your Leaders"More"Time | 027 from 2021-02-10T01:00
Are you sabotaging your team's ability to manage time? It’s common for leaders to not have enough time for it all. Typically, this means leaders have to make difficult choices every day in ...
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Applying Improvement Kata: Overcome the Leadership Challenge"I Don't Have Time"| 026 from 2021-02-03T01:00
Have you ever wished for more time? As we continue with our series inspired by the interview in Episode 24 with Patrick Adams, today we tackle this common problem. I'm going to use the mode...
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Creating More Time For Lean | 025 from 2021-01-27T01:00
Have you ever felt like you're drowning in your work and just trying to keep your head above water? How do you create the time to practice Lean thinking and working in your leadership role ...
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Assessing Lean Culture through Leadership Activities with Patrick Adams | 024 from 2021-01-20T01:00
Ops Leaders, here is my question for you this week: when it comes to a continuous improvement culture, how do you assess where your organization is today and what to prioritize? That's exac...
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Learning from the Unexpected: Lessons from Podcasting | 023 from 2021-01-13T01:00
You know how sometimes you start something with certain expectations . . . and then you find that your biggest lessons (and your biggest wins) actually come from something different than you exp...
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Did You Grow Your Capabilities in 2020? | 022 from 2021-01-06T01:00
As we start a new year, I wanted to build off of last week’s episode with Katie Anderson and share with you the Top 6 episodes of the podcast from 2020. As we go through the episodes I’ll also s...
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Intentional Leadership with Katie Anderson | 021 from 2020-12-30T01:00
We throw around the phrase “set intention” quite a bit, but what does that really mean? How is intention different from goals? And how can we use both intention and goals together?
In this...
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The Re-Gift They’ll Love: Free Lean Leadership Resources to Share | 020 from 2020-12-23T01:00
December and this time of year are a season of generosity. Without diving into the origins or religious associations of the various winter holidays, there is a general sense of giving in the air...
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Lean Leadership for Happier Holidays at Home | 019 from 2020-12-16T01:00
If you’ve listened to the podcast before you’ve no doubt heard me say that “Leadership is a Relationship”, but do you know what that means? It means some of the things you do to be a good leader...
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Rabbits, Raccoons, and Resolve in 2020 | 018 from 2020-12-09T01:00
Are you ready to hear about rabbits and raccoons today? Surely you’re curious. As we approach the close of the calendar year, I wanted to do a little recap of my year, including the biggest less...
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3 Holiday Blues Your Team Members Might Face | 017 from 2020-12-02T01:00
It’s important to remember during this holiday season that while work is made up of process, organizations are made up of people. And with people come emotions.
If you’re a team leader yo...
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Gratitude - Thinking to Acting | 016 from 2020-11-25T01:00
“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgiving, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”
Gratitude definitely has a role to play in l...
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Improving Daily Meetings | 015 from 2020-11-18T01:00
Daily meetings. Huddles. Startups. Tiered Meetings. Standups. Whatever you call them . . . today we’ll talk with experts about how to execute and improve daily meetings.
Many organizations...
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Don’t Succumb to Command&Control | 014 from 2020-11-11T01:00
Leadership is to serve and develop people through human interactions and relationships towards the achievement of goals that support purpose. So, if leadership happens through human interactions...
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What is Lean Leadership? | 013 from 2020-11-04T01:00
What is Lean Leadership? You’ve heard me talk about this A LOT over the last 12 episodes but it’s time for a deeper look.
In today’s episode, I’ll break down what both Lean and Leadership...
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Applying 2020’s Lessons to Build Organizational Agility | Bonus Episode from 2020-10-29T01:00
CEOs, COOs, and Operations Executives - this episode is for you.
In 2020, we learned some hard lessons and uncovered the need to build organizational agility. Lean provides a roadmap for ...
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Your Lean Management Foundation - A Conversation with Ron Pereira | 012 from 2020-10-28T01:00
Join me for a special conversation with Ron Pereira, co-founder of Gemba Academy. We both get pumped up as Ron shares his advice for Ops Managers on building your Lean management foundation. Ron...
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Biggest Pitfalls for Managers | 011 from 2020-10-21T01:00
Before we get into the three pitfalls and mistakes I want to share with you today, it’s important for you to know that I have fallen into every single one of them.
Building off of the mis...
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Top Mistake Ops Leaders Make with Lean | 010 from 2020-10-14T01:00
It’s time for you ops leaders and I to have a heart to heart on what I think is one of the top mistakes that ops managers make when they decide to use Lean thinking and working in their operatio...
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What Lean Folks Get Wrong About Ops Managers | 009 from 2020-10-07T01:00
If you’re an Ops Manager, you might not know what the Lean world has been saying about you… but I’m here with today’s episode to share a different viewpoint.
I will share what I believe is...
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Ask Jamie - Recognition Questions | 008 from 2020-09-30T01:00
Today, I'm answering YOUR questions about Recognition.
Is recognition always needed? How do I make saying “thank you” to my team less awkward? These are just some of the questio...
Recognition in Lean Manufacturing | 007 from 2020-09-23T01:00
What about recognition in the real world? You know, when we’re busy and have numbers to hit and issues to deal with. Join us for our first guest interview with Eric Wood as we explore recognitio...
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The Penny Trick to Recognition Habits | 006 from 2020-09-16T01:00
Do you feel like you’ve tried every trick in the book to remind yourself to show gratitude to your team? Today I want to share a time when I struggled with building a recognition habit. What hap...
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The Problem with Recognition | 005 from 2020-09-09T01:00
Every team member wants to be recognized for their contributions. But have you ever stopped to think about how your “Good job, bud!” could actually be negatively affecting the team?
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Be Obsessed | 004 from 2020-09-02T01:00
Obsession fuels leadership. You can implement the same energy and excitement you might have for rock climbing or watching Real Housewives into your leadership role on the job.
Getting Lean to Stick | 003 from 2020-08-26T03:00
Sometimes we get the great idea to try something new, and then find ourselves lost and discouraged when it doesn’t take hold. I get it, we’ve all been there.
In this episode, we’ll exp...
Why is Lean so Hard? | 002 from 2020-08-26T02:00
Have you ever implemented a Lean system or tool but didn’t achieve the adoption, execution, and impact you were expecting? Or maybe things were great at the beginning, but over time execution wa...
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Respect People vs. Deliver Results | 001 from 2020-08-26T01:00
“I want to lead with Respect for People and engage the team in Continuous Improvement, but at the end of the day we’ve got a job to do.”
Have you ever found yourself thinking ...
Podcast Trailer from 2020-07-28T13:00
Lean Leadership for Ops Managers is a podcast for leaders in Ops Management who’ve had some targeted success with Lean, but haven’t yet built the everybody-everywhere-everyday improvement...
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Podcast Trailer from 2020-07-28T13:00
Lean Leadership for Ops Managers is a podcast for leaders in Ops Management who’ve had some targeted success with Lean, but haven’t yet built the everybody-everywhere-everyday improvement...
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Podcast Trailer from 2020-07-28T13:00
Lean Leadership for Ops Managers is a podcast for leaders in Ops Management who’ve had some targeted success with Lean, but haven’t yet built the everybody-everywhere-everyday improvement...
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