In the past few weeks, I’ve had some great conversations about Lean leadership with Sam MacPherson, organizer and chief evangelist of the upcoming Summit on Lean Leadership in Jacksonville. (October 5 and 6, 2015) What Sam has found out is that it takes more than Lean competencies to make a Lean leader, hence the distinction… read more.
Archives for September 2015
Why Lean CEOs are not quarterbacks
It’s tempting to look at CEO competencies the way we would look at the skills of a quarterback, and many articles and books try to codify the basket of capabilities that great leaders bring to the table. I initially tried to do that when I wrote The Lean CEO, but when it came to nailing… read more.