One of our best thought leaders is Kotter. Here’s some positive things from him that Leadership can do. These eight ideas are the responsibility of Executive and Senior Management.
ASK: Why is #8 last on the list?A: #8 can’t happen until when the reward system is changed. It’s the result. As a worker, you feel better working when you feel like your voice is heard, and when you start to see the results. It’s not until this happens that culture changes.
It’s like Drucker said, “If you want people to be motivated, tell them their work is important”
So in the the context of this, we need to think about the issues we want to address… (transition to next slide/exercise)
Developers books open, Managers not
These represent incredible bodies of knowledge that you can’t get in a weekend
SUGGESTION: If you read one of these book a month, you’ll start to develop you own unique perspectives and insights
Cite Lean Machine as one example: Interesting, easy read that show a 5-7 year evolution.
These represent incredible bodies of knowledge that you can’t get in a weekend
SUGGESTION: If you read one of these book a month, you’ll start to develop you own unique perspectives and insights
Cite Lean Machine as one example: Interesting, easy read that show a 5-7 year evolution.
ASK: Why is decision making so critical? A: When decisions aren’t made, it leads to delay. Decisions facilitate flow. Plus one side benefit is that de-centralizing decisions can be empowering.
ASK: What is empowerment? What does that mean to you?
ASK: What comes with empowerment? A: The old cliché With decision making power comes great responsibility
Some decisions should be centralized. Some should de-centralized.
ASK: How to decide what should be centralized? There’s some questions to ask about the decision. Our next exercise covers that.
Regardless of who makes decisions, they are important because they directly impact flow.
In this suggested reading, the authors take an on objective, non-pejorative view of the different management styles. Let’ s look at some of the differences between Leaders as: Expert, Conductor and Developer