Lean Is Not Mean: 68 Practical Lessons in Lean Leadership

By Bob Emiliani

Most Lean implementations of the past four decades have delivered strong shareholder returns alongside a long trail of bruised employees, squeezed suppliers, and burned-out managers.

Lean Is Not Mean explains why this is a misreading of the method. Progressive management is built to be a non-zero-sum system intended to benefit employees, suppliers, customers, investors, and communities together - and when it doesn't, it isn't Lean management.

The book offers 68 short, self-contained lessons drawn from three decades of practice, observation, and research. It revisits the often-overlooked "Respect for People" principle, discusses the concept of behavioral waste, and shows how to spot Fake Lean before it does real damage.

It includes a firsthand history of the early days of TPS at Pratt & Whitney and closes with a reframing of leadership as a way to improve human health.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0989863131
• ISBN13: 9780989863131
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Center for Lean Business Management, LLC
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"