Walking The Leadership Talk: Focus, Time, Alignment

Is it realistic to troubleshoot your next improvement process before it gets started? Can you really plan your failures away—even when lots of people are involved? According to Gwendolyn Galsworth, your host and visual expert, the answer to both questions is a resounding YES. Join us this week as Dr. Galsworth continues her march through the 25 leadership tasks that she considers mission-critical for a highly-effective visual conversion. These tasks or behaviors either prepare us for success—or trigger a set of early victories that allow the company to build momentum, moving from strength to strength. This week she adds four tasks to the set of seven the senior manager or ranking site executive undertakes before the first person gets trained: 4) Target the change through your Laminated Map; 5) Resource success through your Improvement Time Policy; 6) Get your supervisors aligned and on board; and 7) Get Maintenance aligned and on board. All before you launch.