Jeff Liker (Toyota Way) to create new online course
The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership course (www.ToyotaLean.com) contains;
1. Why Lean Leadership?
--Companies are trying lean programs to become excellent and largely failing
--The problem is the wrong type of leadership or lack of leadership
--Traditional managers take a hands off command and control approach while lean leaders are hands-on, going to the gemba and training, developing and motivating people to continuously improve processes
--Since lean came from Toyota is this a Toyota thing? (no, it is general across cultures and industries)
2. What is Lean Leadership?
--What is lean based on the actual model of Toyota?
--What do lean leaders do in Toyota?
--What is the difference between lean leadership and traditional leadership? (go through comparison aspect by aspect)
--What are characteristics of a lean leader?
3. How do you Develop Lean Leaders?
--Go through the leadership development model overall
--Some detail on each aspect
--self development (shu ha ri process, problem solving, A3 thinking)
--Developing others (learn to teach, use OJD)
--Building a stable, daily management system (the critical role of the work group with group leaders and team leaders)
--Aligning goals through hoshin kanri (example from Toyota, how used to turn around Dana while developing lean leaders)
4. Strategies and Tactics for lean leadership development
--Alternative approaches and their strengths and weaknesses (Gradual top down approach, everyone at once, a deep pilot area)
--How do you pick an approach based on your current culture and maturity
--The role of the lean coach
5. Getting started
--Check the current organization to decide if this can be started with senior level commitment
--In any case Start with yourself
--Pick a project and follow a problem solving approach with your team
--Move beyond the project based on demonstrated success
Join the Liker Leadership Institute - online at http://LikerLeadership.webexone.com -