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Index
Table of Contents
Introduction
Executive Summary
Practically Speaking
Chapter 1: Most Fail
Why Lean Fails
Is Leadership Responsible for Success?
Defining a Successful Lean Transformation
Reasons for Lean Failures
Taking a Tools Approach
Lack of Consistency in Purpose without Strategy Deployment
Missing the Cultural Transformation Plan
Not Changing the Metrics and Expectations
Managing Rather than Leading
Leadership Not Understanding the Commitment
Not Creating a New Support Structure
Confusion Between Implementing Lean and Maintaining Existing Expectations
Not Creating Stakeholder Consequences
Distrust
Cookie Cutter Approach Leads to Unsuccessful Transformations
Summary
Chapter 2: Properly Deploying Your Strategy
Steps to Cultural Transformation
Strategy Deployment: What It’s Not
Strategy Deployment: What It Is
An Overview of Strategy Deployment
Typical Reasons for Failure to Deploy a Strategy
Why Use the Strategy Deployment Matrix?
Realistic versus Ideal Implementation
Additional Reasons Strategy Deployment Fails
Summary
Chapter 3: Implementing the Strategy Deployment Matrix
Roles and Responsibilities
Strategy Deployment Matrix: a How-to Guide
Drafting the Top Portion of the Strategy Deployment Matrix
The Objectives Row
The Metrics Row
The Indicators/Processes Row
Involving the Departmental Managers
Department Managers’ Involving Their Teams
Advantages of the Strategy Deployment Matrix Over Other Methodologies
Possible Links with the Strategy Deployment Matrix
Criticality of Follow-up on Culture Change
Summary
Chapter 4: Cultural Considerations
Society’s Culture
Organizational Culture
An Example of Cultural Disconnect
Rewriting Job Descriptions
Properly Communicating
Private Offices Restrict Open Communication
A Word on Coaching
Summary
Chapter 5: Your Cultural Transformation Plan
Quantifying Resistance to Change
Defining Mentality
How Cultural Change Succeeds
How Cultural Change Can Fail
How to Create Awareness
Feedback Analysis
Hands-On Workshops
Book Reviews
Awareness of Psychological Make-up
Summary
Chapter 6: Analyzing Your Current Culture and Defining Your Desired Culture
Concepts Defining an Organization’s Culture
How to Analyze Current Culture
Subcultures within a Culture
Identifying Habits that Hold You Back
Determining the Desired Mindset
Defining the Desired New Culture
Objectives Written into the Cultural Transformation Plan
Summary
Chapter 7: Analysis for the Cultural Transformation Plan
Personal Awareness Created through Self-Assessments
Key Areas for Creating Awareness
CEO Characteristics versus Organizational Culture
Utilizing Behavior and Personal-Effectiveness Assessments
Big Five Personality Inventory (Goldberg): The Link Between Personality and Behavior
DISC Assessment: Behavior in Environments and Situations
The ROPELOC: Review of Personal Effectiveness
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: Assessing a Team for a Balance of Traits and Behaviors
Other Assessment Tools for Consideration
Possible Actions/Solutions for Personality Traits
Possible Actions/Solutions for Decision-Making Traits
Evaluating Open versus Closed Mindset
Committing to a Plan (Awareness/Analysis and Planned Actions)
Summary
Chapter 8: Intuitive versus Analytical Thinking
Defining Intuitive and Analytical Thinking
Why Is Intuitive versus Analytical Thinking Important?
When Is Expert Intuitive Thinking a Risk?
Deciding When Analytical thinking Is Necessary
Cultural Change Affected by the Style of Decision-Making
Finding the Balance for Your New Culture
Presentation of Information Affects Decision-making
Transforming Ideas Into Your Cultural Transformation Plan
Summary
Chapter 9: Leading Without Power
Leadership Is All About the Words
Culture Is Defined by Words
Can You Change Your Vocabulary?
Words Not to Use
Recommendations for Changing the Words You Use
Shut-Up and Listen
Improving Your Listening
Nonverbal Signals May Transmit More
Coaching and Mentoring
Mistakes Resulting in Poor Coaching
Steps to Becoming a Better Coach
Adding to the Cultural Transformation Plan
Summary
Chapter 10: Creating a Learning Environment
Do Learning Organizations Exist?
What Can be Learned by Studying the Theory of a Learning Organization?
Steps to Foster a Leaning Environment
Recognize and Reward Learning
Recognize and Discard Biases
Deploy Long- and Short-Term Objectives
Encourage open Dialogue and Discussion
Put Feedback Analysis into Place
Today’s Workplace Learning
Accepting That Criticism Is Part of Learning
Obstacles to Learning
Summary
Chapter 11: Follow-up and Sustainment
Levels of Follow-Up
Leader’s Key Responsibility
How to Define Actions at Any Level
Leading Various Personalities
Steps to Consider for Follow-Up
Follow-Up is the Leader’s Responsibility
Visualizing Real-time Status of Strategy Deployment and Cultural Transformation Plan Matrices
Summary
Chapter 12: Conclusions
Summarizing the Mechanics of Change
The Gist of Dealing with Soft Issues
Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: Strategy Deployment Example in an A3 Format
Appendix C: Team Leader Responsibilities
Appendix D: OSKKK Methodology
Appendix E: Simple Ropeloc Display of Data
Appendix F: Training Within Industry Report: 1940-1945
Endnotes
Author Biography
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