The Human Side of Lean

Group discussion on dealing with management by expediting.

The notes from the call in map/pdf form are here. The notes in document form are here. If you have MindManager software, the original map is here.

Key topics:

Differences between consulting and managing.

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Group discussion on dealing with performance issues on the team.

The notes from the call in map/pdf form are here. If you have MindManager software, the original map is here.

Key topics:

Being a change agent can be frustrating.
Like any management task, helping people see how their behavior is impacting others is difficult. But, this topic resonates with this year's discussion about personality and behavior.

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We were joined by Erik Herman for a discussion and example of the Predictive Index (PI) tool. He was kind enought to let us take the PI questionaire (about a 5 minute exercise) and then discuss the results.

Very interesting discussion as a follow-on to our DISC and MB phone sessions.

The notes from the call in map/pdf form are here. If you have MindManager software, the original map is here.

If you would like to join the Human Side of Lean calls in the future, typically every Tuesday evening, the details are here. Playback instructions for this call are here.

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I've read the Inc. Magazine article on DDI. It is a good profile of the company as well as other competitors in the hiring/consulting field.

Toyota and BMW only get a passing reference. So I wonder if there are actually multiple ways that Toyota screens candidates? Maybe someone can comment.

Adam Hanft wrote the article for the March 2003 issue. It has a number of interesting quotes. The major emphasis seems to be the behavior can be measured/detected and those behaviors are key to hiring success.

If you read the article, check out the do's & don'ts at the end of the piece.

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Short follow on discussion from last week's DISC session. We also looked at possible future topics for the Summer. One to pursue is to find someone to talk about DDI Assessments.

The notes from the call in map/pdf form are here. If you have MindManager software, the original map is here.

If you would like to join the Human Side of Lean calls in the future, typically every Tuesday evening, the details are here. Playback instructions for the call are here.

UPDATE: Andreas found an article in Inc. Magazine during the conference call. It discussed DDI (The consulting firm). It is an interesting, but somewhat lengthy article.

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Pam Butterfield helped walk the group through a DISC assessment. This was a follow-up to the original discussion on February 21st.

The notes from the call in map/pdf form are here. If you have MindManager software, the original map is here.

Some of the group had taken the assessment. [Thanks for the opportunity, Pam.]  So, this was a debriefing of sorts. The information in the notes is interesting, but may appear disjoint at times, since you won't have the detailed assessment reports.

Key take away:

DISC measures behaviors, both natural (at home) and adapted (at work). Communication style and influence varies with each dominant behavior.

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Discussed TPS with a practitioner, Yuri Rodrigues, who is working at the Toyota plant in KY.

The notes from the call in map/pdf form are here. If you have MindManager software, the original map is here.

Key take away:

The discussion focused on leaders coaching their teams to reflect and treat errors/failures as opportunity.

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Small group discussion this evening.

The notes from the call in map/pdf form are here. If you have MindManager software, the original map is here.

Key take away:

Rather than have a call next week,
we will join the call for George Scamby's Webinar on Wednesday (May 3rd) 7-8pm ET.

Details and registration for George's talk can be found at www.sme.org/lean. His topic will be "Achieving Lean Engineering Through Employee Involvement."

If you would like to join the Human Side of Lean calls in the future, typically every Tuesday evening, the details are here.

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