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My customers (WCM, OpEx, Lean) often ask me what makes a good leader. For me a Manager is a person appointed by the company to manage people, systems or projects etc. a Leader is a person people choose to follow.
My answer might surprise you.

Why people choose to follow a leader

Taking the leap between two different functions in an organization is complicated however WCM, Lean, OpEx could be a great support in the translation.

How a transition from Marketing to operations Is helped

I’m sitting down with Brian Rawson to understand his view on Change awareness/change management and why it’s so in the journey to implement WCM lean OpEx.

Interview Change Awareness with Brian Rawson

To have a High-Quality Life you need to Solve High-Quality Problems. That future you’re dreaming of or that weekend you have been waiting for doesn’t happen from no problems to solve it happens from solving advanced Problems. That’s what leads you the life of your dreams.

To have a high quality Life

2 Min Drill Quick Response

I sat next to a woman during a flight and she had things to say that made her realize just how disconnected an organization can be.

2 Min Drill Communication Breakdown

In this article I will be talking about the key components in delivering a deep-rooted change in an organization, focusing on leadership.

Implementing a continuous improvement system obviously requires 100% committed management team, so after you have a clear direction, and you have your deployment done, your organization is aligned, now it’s important to ensure that the management is 100% commitment.

1% lack of commitment in a management team means 50% lack of commitment on the shop floor. That is important to remember. There are pockets on the shop floor, pockets in the company, they are now not committed to run or do anything with inside the improvement system. Why is that? Well, the managers don’t show commitment, why should I?

Here’s the thing that a lot of managers misunderstand: if you come in, in the beginning of a meeting, and you tell everybody how important it is and then you leave, that is not necessarily considered commitment. It’s not a bad thing to do that, but you know what’s much more powerful? Action, Participation.

Stay in the meetings. Participate. Walk the shop floor. Ask questions, and stay tuned for more articles on that part. I’m going to tell you more about how to develop questions. But if you don’t show action, it doesn’t matter how much you talk. It really doesn’t. And maybe that’s unfair, but it comes with the territory, I’m afraid.

So show actions. Think about this: when you come to work every day, as a leader you can either be a driver that make things happen, you can be a person that builds the road makes connections, the track, the path forward, you can also be a rock that blocks the track. That blocks everybody else from running. You can be a block by not doing anything. Think about that. So you need to show actions to be 100% committed.

Please like and share this, and more importantly, send me an email. We can talk more.Stay tuned for more episodes. Thanks for reading.

Johan Majlov, CEO Lean Dimensions International

Hey can we all get committed please…

James Smith is sharing his thoughts on data systems for manufacturing.

2 Min Drill Do you really know your data

In This episode of the two-minute drill, I’m going to be talking about the key components in delivering a deep root to change in an organization. Focusing on leadership.

Implementing a continuous improvement system obviously requires 100 percent committed from the management team, so after you have a clear direction, you have your deployment done, your organization is aligned. Now it’s important to ensure that the management is 100 percent committed…

2 Min Drill 100% Commitment

Organizations often struggle to understand how an what to plan when embarking on an improvement journey…

2 Min Drill What is a Deployment

Some year ago now I was a 15 years old and a back-up goal keeper in a sport called handball. I got the best advice ever from the starter goalie. Here’s what happened…

Share to grow yourself and others

A VP told me about an exit interview he had with a retiree. The person said that he had been so disappointed by the company so many times and when asked he told this story…

2 Min Drill The Habit of Resisting change