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The Lean Manager

A novel showing how a manager develops people and strategy through problem solving at the gemba.

Key takeaways

  1. Managers should build problem solvers
  2. Lean is a leadership discipline
  3. Trade-offs need direct observation

How to apply it in your business

  1. Replace one reporting meeting with a gemba coaching session
  2. Ask teams to propose countermeasures
  3. Record what managers learned each week

About the authors

The Ballés are recognized authors of lean management novels and transformation practice.

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