EPISODE · Sep 27, 2012 · 32 MIN
Why Lean Must Be Led by the CEO — Art Byrne on The Lean Turnaround
from Lean Blog Interviews: Real-World Lean Leadership Conversations in Healthcare and Beyond · host Mark Graban
My guest for podcast #158 is Art Byrne, author of the new book The Lean Turnaround: How Business Leaders Use Lean Principles to Create Value and Transform Their Company. Art is very well known in the Lean community for his successful run as CEO of Wiremold, having previously worked at GE and Danaher. He is currently Operating Partner at the private equity firm J. W. Childs Associates L.P. In this podcast, Art talks about operations improvement as a business strategy, why the CEO needs to be directly involved in a Lean transformation, why “stretch goals” aren't demoralizing when you have the right leadership and culture, and more. Also, listen to my podcast with Bob Emiliani (who documented the Wiremold story in the book Better Thinking, Better Results: Case Study and Analysis of an Enterprise-Wide Lean Transformation), where he talks about what happened to Lean at Wiremold after the company was purchased and Art left. For a link to this episode, refer people to www.leanblog.org/158/. For earlier episodes, visit the main Podcast page, which includes information on how to subscribe via RSS or via Apple Podcasts.
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Former Wiremold CEO Art Byrne explains why Lean transformations only succeed when CEOs lead from the front and treat Lean as a business strategy—not a toolbox. Drawing on his experience at GE, Danaher, and Wiremold, Byrne shares lessons on stretch goals, no-layoff commitments, respect for people, and how Lean leadership creates lasting cultural and financial results.
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