How Advancing the Dignity of Work Helps You Develop Your Team's Full Potential
On-demand
How to Build Leaders from Within
Immerse yourself and your team in the how-to experiences of three companies.
Each presenter describes their unique programs that thoroughly engage executives, employees, cross-functional leaders, and the team members they serve – not only in the application of continuous improvement concepts and tools – but also in ways that build leaders from within and respect for the dignity of frontline work.
Hear proven approaches from companies committed to sustaining continuous improvement gains by developing current and future leaders from within;
Discover the benefits of emphasizing the dignity of work to create sustainable organizational change;
Explore how the “aha moment” when you first committed to lean thinking and practice can impact how you think, act, and lead.
The companies will highlight the steps each has taken to design development programs that build the leader's ability to develop their team members through the frontline work that delivers value to the customer.
In this track, you'll:
Sessions:
How Your Lean Origin Story Impacts How You Lead
Understand how your introduction to lean thinking influences your leadership effectiveness. Karen and Josh will share their lean origin stories, the personal “aha moments” when they realized lean management principles should guide how they thought and acted. They’ll explore what biases and/or gaps these moments created. Consider what’s your origin story and its impacts.
Karen Gaudet
Team Leader for Organizational Development
Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc.
Josh Howell
President and Executive Team Leader
Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc.
Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders by Tackling Today’s Challenges
Get actionable innovative ideas for building the future bench strength of your organization’s leadership team. Jill and Chris will share how the partnership between Operations, Human Resources, and the Continuous Improvement Herman Miller Performance System (HMPS) team was fundamental to building a structured program based on the practical application of TPS and leadership skills. This unique development approach provides constant reinforcement of Herman Miller’s commitment to continuous improvement through its people’s engagement and development.
Chris Shier
Director of Global HMPS
Herman Miller
Jill Miller
Continuous Improvement
Manager - Learning and Development
Herman Miller
Developing Leaders’ Capability by Immersing Them in the Work
Deepen your understanding of how to create broad buy-in to a lean transformation while aligning vertically and horizontally company functions and activities with strategic objectives. Rich will explain GEA’s shop-floor immersions, one to four weeks of activities for managers and executives focused on creating standardized work and solving problems on the frontline.
Rich Calvaruso
Senior Director, Lean
GE Appliances, a Haier Company
Jason Conrad
Director, Manufacturing Operations – Top Load Laundry
GE Appliances, a Haier Company
How to Embed A3 Management Thinking in Your Organization—from C-Suite to Job Site
Take home practical ways to develop everyone on your team into a better problem-solver. Bob and Jesse will take you inside Turner’s immersion series of one-week, work-based improvement activities they offer to their regional lean leaders, job-site managers, and trade partners. The program focuses on solving problems, improving operations, making physical construction work easier and safer, and developing people’s problem-solving capability. Join the discussion as they share key learning moments, from work observation to the executive’s role, and the impact these milestones have had on the organization’s transformation.
Bob Grimes
Vice President, Director of Lean
Turner Construction
Jesus (Jesse) D. Hernandez, Jr.
Regional Lean Manager
Turner Construction
Bonus Session Added!
How Lean Thinking is Improving the Lives of Small Farmers in Nigeria
In this inspirational presentation, brought to you by the Lean Global Network, “lean farmer” Ben Hartman and his Nigerian-based colleague Chyka Okarter share their experience working with USAID on a Feed the Future project in Nigeria. The project aims to improve access to agriculture in the country and increase both output and net profit for its small farmers.
USAID has sponsored and owns the lean analysis work that Ben and Chyka discuss in this presentation. We thank USAID for their permission to share it. Thanks also go to the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), which also sponsors this work.
USAID has sponsored and owns the lean analysis work that Ben and Chyka discuss in this presentation. We thank USAID for their permission to share it. Thanks also go to the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), which also sponsors this work.
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