Lean CEO: Leading the Way to World-Class Excellence
Leading the Way to World-Class Excellence
1st Edition
Published on 10. April 2015
242 pages
978-0-07-183307-3 (ISBN)
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Drawing on in-depth interviews with some of the best known Lean-practicing CEOs, this groundbreaking book shows how to implement lean in virtually every type of company and facet of the organization The power of lean to build world-class performance requires a corporate-wide commitment to long term continuous improvement that very few organizations have made.The Lean CEO bridges the gap between lean and conventional management practices in a way that addresses the specific needs of executives. Filled with narratives from leaders who have taken the lean journey with great success, The Lean CEO offers a detailed account of how top executives have reconciled lean activity with traditional management practices in order to meet broad corporate objectives. Readers learn how to use lean to eliminate waste, reduce costs, spark innovation, improve quality and delivery, engage employees, and build a sustainable future. Jacob Stoller is a business journalist with expertise in implementing lean throughout entire organizations.
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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword by Dannel P. Malloy
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Chapter 1 How Waste Became Business as Usual
- Chapter 2 Lean: A Radical New Approach to Production
- Chapter 3 West Meets East and the Unbelievable
- Chapter 4 A New Way Out of Financial Crisis
- Chapter 5 Capacity Without Capital Expenditure
- Chapter 6 A Realistic Approach to Worker Motivation
- Chapter 7 Building Collaborative Management Teams
- Chapter 8 Putting People First
- Chapter 9 Building the Learning Organization
- Chapter 10 Integrating a Diversified Corporation
- Chapter 11 Reducing Dependence on the CEO
- Chapter 12 Solving the Cost/Quality Conundrum in Healthcare
- Chapter 13 Defining and Delivering Value in Government
- Chapter 14 Conclusions
- Notes
- Reading List
- Index
