Lean is a system-wide approach that can help develop future leaders by transforming company culture and creating a collaborative learning environment. This approach identifies problem solvers who can drive change and identifies future leaders. Lean teaches the importance of execution and sustainability, which are critical skills for future leaders. By incorporating Lean practices like standard work and waste elimination, developing leaders can structure activities to effectively execute plans for success and sustainability, creating an environment where the business can evolve.

1. topic: MANUFACTURING
How can utilizing a Lean approach help in
developing the next generation of leaders in
your organization?
advice:
Lean is a system-wide approach to transforming company
culture, driving change, and creating an environment
which enables your future leaders to emerge. The Lean
approach empowers employees to identify and eliminate
wasteful activities while encouraging improvement to
daily operations in a collaborative learning environment.
This approach helps identify future leaders by identify-
ing problem solvers, who are crucial to driving change for
the future viability of your organization. Lean teaches the
importance of execution and sustainability, both of which
are critical to the success of future leaders.
By incorporating Lean and its focus on standard work,
visual management and waste elimination, your organi-
zation’s developing leaders can structure activities and
processes to effectively execute its plan for success. The
final and perhaps most important success factor is sustain-
ability. Organizations with a company culture focused on
execution and future sustainability are constantly setting
a vision and ideal state, which creates an environment for
successfully evolving the business. Lean thinking always
has an eye toward the future – the most critical consideration
for any aspect of developing leaders in your organization.
Brian Wilson
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
MANAGER
513-948-2095
Wilson@techsolve.org
www.techsolve.org