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Take the Kata path to scientific thinking and superior results

In this long-awaited companion to the groundbreaking book Toyota Kata, Mike Rother takes you to the next level of developing business mindset and capability for the 21st Century. Much more than a list of management concepts, The Toyota Kata Practice Guide walks you through the process of making improvement, adaptation, and even innovation routine behavior.

Designed to help a coach (the manager) and a learner work together for developing new skillsets, The Toyota Kata Practice...

In a world of political and economic uncertainty where stress and unhappiness are on the rise, improving employee wellbeing has never been more important. However, with budgets being squeezed and the constant need to do more with less, it can seem like an insurmountable task to make a real difference to wellbeing in the workplace. 50 Top Tools for Employee Wellbeing shows that interventions don't need to be expensive or time consuming. It contains practical tools which can be used by HR professionals and managers to immediately improve staff wellbeing, resulting in happier,...

It's time for a new type of leadership. One that's based on truth, not tricks and tactics. Most leaders are frustrated - with their people, their progress and their performance. Principled Profits reveals how to build an organization on the firm foundation of clearly-defined core values. As professionals operate from proven principles, they'll be ready to lead their people through any situation. And here's the kicker-they'll be setting their organization up for previously unattainable success.

Quit looking for the next new tactic or quick fix, and tap the power of...

John Mackey and Raj Sisodia's iconic book, Conscious Capitalism, introduced business leaders to a set of core principles--higher purpose, stakeholder integration, conscious leadership, and conscious culture--that are being widely adopted by leading companies around the world and transforming how they do business. Now, a "field guide" codifies these best practices, with a systematic process and proven tools for sharing and implementing the four core principles throughout the organization.

This practical guide provides hands-on materials--exercises, assessments, and...

We've all seen the oft-cited Gallup poll that reports that an alarming majority of the workforce is disengaged and unmotivated.

In Alive at Work, social psychologist Dan Cable argues that the reason for all the unhappiness is biological: organizations, in an effort to routinize work and establish clear-cut performance metrics, are suppressing what neuroscientists call our Seeking Systems, the part of our brain that craves exploration and learning.

The good news is that organizations can activate our Seeking Systems, and, as Cable explains, it doesn't take extensive...

You are a leader. You have what it takes to positively influence people. Yet you may find that your business isn't as nimble and good things don't happen continuously, or you fear you are going to lose your nimbleness as your business matures. Good leaders anticipate, poor leaders react. Great leaders orchestrate change to generate extraordinary momentum, and to never stall.

The Pivot introduces four stages of a well-orchestrated Pivot, and identifies six Key Indicators to track, starting now, as you position for a...

Lean Culture Change, Reveals Phase 1 Level A of The Transformation Curve

Steven Leuschel, Lean healthcare practitioner pens book, Lean Culture Change Using a Daily Management System. This new book reveals decades of organizational transformation knowledge deeply rooted in the Toyota Production System and Toyota's culture.

Lean Culture Change is based on the teachings of Rodger B. Lewis, former General Manager of Quality at Toyota during the Georgetown ramp up. Lewis via the Transformation Curve has successfully transformed divisions of General Motors and organizations around...

As a field, Human Resources has been slow to evolve, despite a great need and opportunity for change. Human Resource Excellence delivers the newest findings about what makes HR successful and how it can add value to organizations today.

For over twenty years, USC's Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) has conducted the definitive longitudinal study of the human resource management function. Analyzing new data every three years, the Center consistently charts changes in HR, and offers guidance on how human resource professionals can drive firm performance. In this latest...

This book is a pioneering work that maps out the ideological evolution of HRM research and practices, with a particular focus on our contemporary era of multinational corporations. It explores the ideological evolution of Human Resource Management (HRM) from the 1950s to the present day and maps out the development of HRM research and practices from a Critical Theory perspective. Its findings open up avenues for metatheoretical development within the HRM research field and provide employees under modern capitalism with emancipatory awareness.

Both the theoretical framework and the...

You are a leader. You have what it takes to positively influence people. Yet you may find that your business isn't as nimble and good things don't happen continuously, or you fear you are going to lose your nimbleness as your business matures. Good leaders anticipate, poor leaders react. Great leaders orchestrate change to generate extraordinary momentum, and to never stall.

The Pivot introduces four stages of a well-orchestrated Pivot, and identifies six Key Indicators to track, starting now, as you position for a...