Sustaining Operational Excellence

<p><strong>Lean implementations fail for one reason: Leaders underestimate how hard it is to sustain them.</strong></p><p><br>Tools are easy. Events are exciting. But keeping the gains - embedding new habits behaviours and expectations - is where most organizations stall slip backward or quietly abandon the effort altogether.</p><p><strong>Sustaining Operational Excellence</strong> is the final book in Al Grainger's Lean Leadership trilogy completing the journey begun in <em>Lean Thinking for Leaders</em> and <em>Root Cause Analysis - A Leader's Guide.</em> This volume digs into the real work of long-term success: building a culture where improvement becomes the default behaviour.</p><p>Drawing on more than two decades of hands-on experience across multiple industries and continents Grainger shows leaders how to establish the systems rhythms and leadership practices that prevent backsliding and make excellence stick. This is not theory - it's practical field-tested guidance for executives directors managers and continuous improvement professionals who need results that last.</p><p>If you want your Lean transformation to endure - not for a quarter not for a year but permanently - this book will show you how to lead in a way that makes improvement part of your organization's identity.</p>