Real Lean

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>What makes Lean management stick over the long term?</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Most books on Lean focus on getting started and applying the tools. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>REAL LEAN Volume Three</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> takes up the harder less-examined question: what causes companies to abandon Lean after a few years and what can executives actually do about it?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Drawing on the historical record - including the documented failure of Frederick Taylor's Scientific Management to outlive its founders - the author identifies the structural and behavioral forces that pull organizations back to conventional management.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Along the way he introduces 14 decision points executives must commit to an in-depth examination of the often-overlooked Respect for People principle and a framework called Lean enterprise estate planning for surviving inevitable changes in ownership and leadership.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>A candid evidence-based guide for executives practitioners and consultants thinking beyond the next pilot project.</span></p><p></p>