The document outlines five leadership strategies advocated by Jamie Flinchbaugh for effective leadership in a lean context. These strategies emphasize the importance of teaching, building tension without stress, eliminating fear and comfort, leading through participation, and integrating lean principles into personal practices. Each strategy is supported by quotes from notable figures to highlight its significance.

1. People Need
Leadership, Not
Management:
5 Leadership Moves for Lean
Jamie Flinchbaugh
Co-Founder
Lean Learning Center

2. Leadership Move One:
Leaders Must be Teachers
“Leadership and
Learning are
indispensable
to each other.”
- John F. Kennedy

3. Leadership Move Two:
Build Tension, Not Stress
IDEAL
STATE “The first responsibility
of a leader is to
define current reality.
The last is to
say thank you.
In between, the
leader is a servant.”
- Max DePree
CURRENT
REALITY

4. Leadership Move Three:
Eliminate Both Fear and Comfort
“Do not let
what you cannot
do interfere with
what you
can do.”
- John Wooden

5. Leadership Move Four:
Lead Through Visible Participation, Not
Proclamation
“Practice
is the best of
all instructors”
- Publius
Syrus

6. Leadership Move Five:
Build Lean into Your Personal Practices
“You must
be the change
you wish to see
in the world”
- Gandhi

7. Questions?
Jamie Flinchbaugh
The Lean Learning Center
www.LeanLearningCenter.com
www.JamieFlinchbaugh.com
Jamie@LeanLearningCenter.com