Another teacher I admire, Rabbi Hillel, gave us 3 questions to guide our personal journey, to inspire servant-leaders:

If I am not for myself, who is for me?
And if I am only for myself, what am I?
And if not now, when?

I hope you find opportunities to practice the gifts of the #12daysofleanleadership, to reflect on Hillel's questions, and #servant-leadership. 

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

8/8

I hope you can find those moments to channel a little bit of Paul O'Neill into your practice.  What it unleashes is incredible.

#12daysofleanleadership

https://davidburkus.com/2020/04/how-paul-oneill-fought-for-safety-at-alcoa/

7/7

Value should be transparent. Decisions should be transparent. Your decisions, your definition of value should pass the "front page news, trending topics" test.

Don't you hate presents you can't return? 😎 

#12daysofleanleadership #value

8/8

There is no place for arrogance, because everyone had to serve the gemba and improve.  There's no benefit in hiding information - in fact, there are enormous costs when it happens.

Get used to paradoxes, because there are more to come. 

#12daysofleanleadership #strategydeployment

6/6

And learn from others. One way to do that - subscribe to Ryan McCormack 's Operational Excellence Mixtape: https://ryanmccormack.substack.com/
filled with weekly insights from others learning from their plans.

#12daysofleanleadership #curseofknowledge #hoshinkanri

5/5

But if you care about customers, and see your employees as the way to servicing their needs and beating your competition, then get out there and Play To Win!

There isn't a better way to describe #lean in strategy and operations.

https://rogerlmartin.com/

#12daysofleanleadership

5/5

Turned out, it wasn't me at all. And the challenge to transform a culture is insurmountable, unless the culture applies honesty and humility to its own practices.  

If you're up for that, Bob's books and insights can help.

https://bobemiliani.com/

#12daysofleanleadership #kaizen

5/5

Because it wasn't me.

And it wasn't you. 

You didn't fail.

Your organization did.

#12daysofleanleadership #lean #psychologicalsafety

8/8

From observing the first pilot build, watching the body-in-white inch down the assembly line swarmed by a hundred engineers, team members, and VP's, through to the first sales model going to the marshalling yard for delivery, we all practiced kaizen every step of the way.  

We were building cars, but we were really improving ourselves.

Kaizen Forever!

#12daysofleanleadership #kaizen

5/5