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The Power of Leadership Principles and Positive Leadership - Michael Foss
NEW EPISODE #142
“To build trust, you need to do the right thing, do the best you can, and show people you care. And when you do that, it builds commitment. Trust and commitment are how teams do best and win the most.”
Michael Foss is a leadership coach and the founder of CoachFoss LLC. In this episode, we discussed the power of leadership principles and positive leadership. Michael started by sharing the important principle of building trust and creating a shared commitment with the people we work with. He then shared what he learned from his time at Amazon and explained why creating leadership principles is important for any company to thrive. Michael also explained the powerful techniques for leading a successful process improvement: creating standard work and using Andon from the Toyota Production System. Towards the end, as a certified trainer, Michael summarized leadership essence of both John Maxwell’s Leadership and John Gordon’s Power of Positive Leadership. So many leadership insights you can learn just from this summary alone!
Listen out for:
- Building Trust
- Creating Standard Work
- Pulling an Andon
- Power of Principles
- Building Shared Commitment
- John Maxwell & Positive Leadership
- Mental Health & Wellbeing
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3 Key Takeaways
- To build trust with the people you work with, you need to:
• Do the right thing,
• Do the best you can, and
• Show people you genuinely care.
And once the trust is established, it builds a shared commitment.
Trust and commitment are how teams do best and win the most.
- As a leader, you can't give what you don't have.
Your first job is to be intentional about your own personal development.
When you become a better version of yourself, you can help others to grow and become the best versions of themselves.
- Nothing sustains unless you have systems and mechanisms.
Willpower, motivation, and good intentions are great, but they don't last for long.
Create systems and mechanisms to ensure people can consistently create a predictable output over time.
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💡 Andon System
An Andon system is a visual signaling system used in lean manufacturing to notify operators and managers of problems in real time so that corrective measures can be taken immediately.
The Andon system originated from the Toyota Production System, which has the premise that stopping the work in the moment will save the organization from major and costly issues in the future.
When an operator encounters a problem, they can signal the Andon system. The visual signaling device will light up, and the manager will be notified. The manager can then investigate the problem and help to take corrective action.
The only way Andon works is if you truly empower operators to use it. This means giving operators not only the permission, but the obligation to stop the line when issues arise. Employees are normally hesitant to stop the line because of the cost of downtime or for fear of being wrong.
The Andon system provides several benefits:
- Visibility and transparency in the production process
- Increased productivity, communication, and efficiency
- Decreased waste
- Empowered people
- Reduced costs and downtime
- Better quality products
- Long term improvements to production process
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