The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership: Achieving and Sustaining Excellence Through Leadership Development

and managing officer of Toyota, help executives and senior managers get employees to refocus their efforts - from simply performing their singular function to continuously improving in collaboration across the organization. The missing link to long-term Lean success! Despite the fact that companies worldwide have adopted Lean production, none has sustained the same levels of excellence as Toyota. Why? Leadership. Jeffrey Liker, author of the popular Toyota Way books, is the acknowledged expert on Toyota processes. Convis, a former executive V.P. Convis became the CEO of Dana Holding Corporation, a $6.1 billion supplier to the global automotive, commercial vehicle, and off-highway markets, and helped lead it to a successful turnaround from bankruptcy.. After his executive leadership at Toyota, Gary L. In The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership, Jeffrey Liker and Gary L. He is professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. Case studies

Definately, another great work from Jeffrey This book guides you through the Toyota way of developing their leader. Much useful information for those who want to learn from the other's success. Please read my comprehensive review.The Toyota way of self-development focus on developing leaders so they can develop others, the main function of the leader is to produce more leaders not more followers.Toyota don't carry traditional trainings like what other companies do in the most of the United State. The learning journey is very comprehensive, actionable, and effective for developing strong capable leaders th. One of the best "lean" books This book leaps ahead of over 30 books I've read on lean/business excellence. Here's some thoughts and opinions, potential pro and con, for you to maybe considerPro:+ Topic is spot on: It's all about leadership+ Describes what leadership is, and how to create more of it ("shu ha ri" which is Toyota's apprentice / Socratic Method model)+ Answers common questions (can lean be copied by Western companies, how do I sustain gains)Con:- Would prefer more specific science from a wider pool of authors; credibility would benefit from citing more studies- Some the figures. Best book on Toyota leadership. Bob Gary Convis, is the senior American leader of Toyota's "NUMMI Miracle"--the transformation of General Motors worst plant to its best plant in just two years; Toyota's top North American manufacturing executive, Toyota Motor Corporation's first non-Japanese Managing Officer, and brilliant CEO of Dana Corporation who--adapting the Toyota Way to this global auto supplier, led them from the brink of bankruptcy in the depths of the Great Recession to prosperity and significant competitive advantage. You will find his clear and logical explanations of how he led his p