Comments on: Why Coaching is a Core Skill of a Lean Leader

By: Coach John

Coach John — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 08:37:09 +0000

Having read “Encouraging Signs on Lean Leadership” on lean.org, I found it to be an insightful piece that highlights the importance of strong leadership in promoting a culture of continuous improvement within an organization. The article’s emphasis on the need for leaders to lead by example and to create an environment where experimentation and learning are encouraged was particularly noteworthy. Overall, a great read for anyone interested in developing their leadership skills in a lean environment.

By: Peter Cholakis

Peter Cholakis — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 14:20:42 +0000

The “Peter Principle” is a major barrier to improved leadership.

By: Bob Emiliani

Bob Emiliani — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 13:23:25 +0000

This article heading says “Executive Leadership.” In the 10 years since this article was first published, three critical deficiencies have become even more clear and have yet to be overcome by anything more than a few CEOs.

1. To to coach effectively, executive leadership must have a great understanding of Lean. As we have all learned over the decades, most executives are not interested in obtaining the requisite knowledge from practice.

2. Like coaching, most executives are not interested systems thinking.

3. After some 25 years of calling Lean a corporate strategy, hardly any CEOs have bought into that idea. Overall, we can confidently say that they disagree that Lean is a corporate strategy.

Ten years ago we did not understand why this was the case. But today, we do understand. That should lead to some practical countermeasures — assuming there is a willingness to learn and improve.

By: Guillermo "Bill" Calderon

Guillermo "Bill" Calderon — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:48:09 +0000

Ten years ago article and still valid today.

Thanks for sharing