The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership: Achieving and Sustaining Excellence through Leadership Development
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (867 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0071780785 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Case studies from Toyota clearly illustrate the methods that create powerful, effective Lean leadership. After his executive leadership at Toyota, Gary L. Jeffrey Liker, author of the popular Toyota Way books, is the acknowledged expert on Toyota processes. Why? Leadership. He is professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. Convis, a former executive V.P. The missing link to long-term Lean success! Despite the fact that companies worldwide have adopted Lean production, none has sustained the same levels of excellence as Toyota. In The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership, Jeffrey Liker and Gary L. Convis became the CEO of Dana Holding Corporation, a $6.1 billion supplier to the global automotive, commercial vehicle, and off-highway markets, and helped lead it to a successful turnaround from bankruptcy.. and managing officer of Toyota, help executives and senior managers get employees to refocus their efforts--from simply performing their singular
Four Stars Good to understand Toyota Way to develop leaders. Brilliant: a new breakthrough book on the Toyota Way This is another groundbreaking book, and I meant it. Those of us who've been involved with the Toyota Way and the lean movement for decades have known all along that it's really about leadership - but not the kind of leadership you read about in leader. "What we appreciate" according to CHM DE BEER. *What we appreciate*- The book provides missing link to fully understand how a lean organization is built up, nurtured and continuously improved. Simply speaking, you cannot say lean organization without saying lean leadership. Through a balance of the
Convis, for sharing the "The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership," it is my favourite book of 2011. It has become a work-book for me and I am sure to learn many more lessons from it on my journey. Thank you, and Mr. --Marius de Beer, PAM
Liker is Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan and president of Liker Lean Advisors, LLC. Convis spent 16 years at New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc., a joint venture between GM and Toyota. Previously, he spent more than 20 years in various roles with GM and Ford Motor Company. Jeffrey K. . Convis previously served as CEO of the company from April 2008 to January 2009, Vice Chairman in 2009 and Senior Advisor to th