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The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership
- Achieving and Sustaining Excellence Through Leadership Development
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
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Summary
The missing link to long-term Lean success! Despite the fact that companies worldwide have adopted Lean production, none has sustained the same levels of excellence as Toyota. Why? Leadership. In The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership, Jeffrey Liker and Gary L. Convis, a former executive V.P. and managing officer of Toyota, help executives and senior managers get employees to refocus their efforts - from simply performing their singular function to continuously improving in collaboration across the organization.
Case studies from Toyota clearly illustrate the methods that create powerful, effective Lean leadership. Jeffrey Liker, author of the popular Toyota Way books, is the acknowledged expert on Toyota processes. He is professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. After his executive leadership at Toyota, Gary L. Convis became the CEO of Dana Holding Corporation, a $6.1 billion supplier to the global automotive, commercial vehicle, and off-highway markets, and helped lead it to a successful turnaround from bankruptcy.
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- Arturo
- 14-03-15
Very general content
What would have made The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership better?
This book is riding on the success of Toyota and the Lean Leadership but it does not offer many practical and actionable insights or advices if that is what you are looking for.
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- Kamal Mamedov
- 25-07-18
Great book, but...
... The Lean Start up is a better version of this one. Less story & more useful content
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- Alex Madison
- 07-03-19
not bad but was glad when it finally finished
maybe not suited to an audiobook. the information is good but a somewhat tedious and uninspiring listen
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- Florian
- 23-09-15
interesting
quite comprehensive...if one wants to learn how Toyota works.
Also interesting to see how things are supposed to be and how they actually are in most of the other organisations.
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- Joe
- 08-10-14
Truly Inspirational!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Absolutely! This is a must read book for anyone in any managerial position and/or anyone who wants to understand how business is run efficiently and why it is important to spend 'quality time' on the floor with the employees.
Who was your favorite character and why?
The founder of Toyota -
Which scene did you most enjoy?
The whole book was very interesting and it was full of insightful information from the very beginning to the end. Listened to it twice in a row!
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
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Any additional comments?
Brilliant book full of brilliant ideas!
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- Grant Hamel
- 26-12-19
Personal application of the Toyota way
The most amazing part of this book was that it acts as your own sensai and that it is about a lifestyle of learning. Nd evolution. Being committed to constant improvement especially in a time of crisis helps you to progress more rapidly and to be a true leader your commitment to lifelong self development is critical. I recognise that I’ve been living the Toyota way all my life and that I’m now even more inspired to leverage the principles even better in my life and new roles at work. Thank you to Jeff and Gary I’m deeply grateful for your sharing these insights and wisdom with me and the rest of the world.
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- Craig B.
- 08-02-19
mmm
Average listen, difficult to stay focused for longer periods of time as an audio book
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- Dan Gui - Director
- 28-12-23
I liked the history, but thats where my likes end
The main point of the book, invest in future Leaders.
Second point... The customer is first priority.
There, I saved you 10 hours of your life
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- Anonymous User
- 13-12-23
Management lessons from the earlier incarnation of Toyota
This was a fafascinating read with a lot of learning. Having a background in Lean and TPM, I was interested in how things were developed. I would love a follow up now that Toyota is struggling again, especially on the electric vehicle sales
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- Mr. G. D. Allen
- 27-03-22
Just a long advert for Toyota
This is a very thinly veiled, elongated advert for Toyato and not much use fir anything else.
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