Being a leader always reminds me of an old movie, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. The workload is enormous, the goal is far away, and even though there are supporters, family members, friends with whom you can share problems, somehow you are still alone
I remember when I was part of a large organization, at the beginning of each year, we'd gather to set our annual goals, documenting them in Workday, and we reviewed what we've achieved in June and at the year-end. The system theoretically worked quite well
The fact that I bring up the topic of cleanliness and order in the plant again and again is no accident, because my experience shows
Yesterday my friend Laci, whom I haven't heard from in a while, called me and asked how I was doing. After a short conversation, he blurted out that he saw that I had started working with organizational development
I came across two confusingly similar stories the other day, both dealing with the issue of empowerment. In the first case, an old colleague of mine joined a small business. As a group leader
I think it is true for all kinds of production that we want to produce good quality at low cost, only the definition of good quality and low cost changes. The two endeavors can be completely well handled
The fact that I grew from a simple assistant to an executive position, and in this process my colleagues did not change much, so they had to adapt to the change, brought some funny
"You see, what you say is good, I didn't even think about that, that it's not enough to develop myself, see things, and move forward, but I also have to pull them along
From the beginning, my desire, if you like my vision, was that I would like to work in a calm and stable manner, if possible, not to do firefighting daily, but to focus on essential tasks. As a leader
I am re-reading Robert Maurer's book: One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way, which is the best book I know for understanding the kaizen philosophy and its practical application
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