{"product_id":"2940158933028","title":"The Work of Management: A Daily Path to Sustainable Improvement","description":"The Work of Management\u003cbr\u003eA Daily Path to Sustainable Improvement \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor and CEO Jim Lancaster tells a practical and inspiring story on two levels. It's a close-up, candid look at his personal transformation as a leader. It's also a practical, in-depth, business case study of Lantech's lean transformation, relapse, and comeback that American manufacturing – and other industries -- can use to profitably transform themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his engaging story, Lancaster reveals:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy Lantech, a stellar lean performer for a decade, struggled over time (like many other companies) to sustain gains and improve financial performance.\u003cbr\u003eWhy 60 to 90 minutes of daily frontline management activities are a CEO's most important minutes of the day for sustaining and growing their business.\u003cbr\u003e8 steps executives can take to lead experiments to create a bullet-proof, real-time daily management system without expensive consultants.\u003cbr\u003eWhy daily management requires a major shift in managers' mindsets and behaviors from giving orders and judging individuals on performance to asking questions and enabling good work by people at lower levels so metrics are routinely met.\u003cbr\u003eHow daily management and sustainable continuous improvement produces dramatic positive effects on the bottom line.\u003cbr\u003eWhat happens in daily huddles where team members review how well they are sustaining gains and staying on track.\u003cbr\u003eHow to practice true lean leadership in which \"bosses\" truly act like coaches -- not solving problems for people but asking them what they can to do help.\u003cbr\u003eHow Lantech ties together all facets of the company in an integrated way (from sales to production).\u003cbr\u003eWhy it deeply invests in the lean training and practice of every single employee every day.\u003cbr\u003eCEO to CEO: \"Screw up your courage\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLancaster knows the changes needed for daily management require courage by CEOs. \"I have always had a problem convincing CEOs of one simple thing,\" Lancaster writes. \"They need to take the time to go where value is actually created. They need to learn to see the work and to see how their management system utterly fails to support the daily work. My most important advice is to screw up your courage, put aside your daily distractions, and walk out into the work to see how value is created at the frontline.\"","brand":"Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072003686640,"sku":"2940158933028","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940158933028_p0.jpg?v=1764124697","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940158933028","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}