This document discusses how operations excellence can lead to leadership excellence. It identifies common issues in customer issues, internal quality, throughput, cost, productivity, safety and the environment, and machine breakdowns. It explains how quality management, flow management, total productivity management, daily work management, business process reengineering, Six Sigma, Lean, and Green relate to operations excellence. The document provides steps to achieve leadership excellence through operations excellence, which includes identifying pain areas, prioritizing issues, developing an improvement program, using appropriate tools, structuring implementation, and sustaining improvements through daily work management.