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		<title>Shingo Award &#8211; the New Critical Criteria for Hiring a Lean Leader?</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2011/shingo-award-the-new-critical-criteria-for-hiring-a-lean-leader</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today I happened to stumble upon a position description for a Director, Lean Enterprise within a Fortune 1000 company. While the company identified itself in the posting, I’m not going to name names because it’s not my intention to &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2011/shingo-award-the-new-critical-criteria-for-hiring-a-lean-leader">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What If 25% of Your Top Talent Didn&#8217;t Show Up for Work on 1/3/11?</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2010/what-if-25-of-your-top-talent-didnt-show-up-for-work-on-1311</link>
		<comments>http://leanconnections.com/2010/what-if-25-of-your-top-talent-didnt-show-up-for-work-on-1311#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m generally skeptical of surveys. Too many ways to skew results by how you formulate and ask the questions, massage the data, or just plain &#8220;fudge&#8221; the final outcomes.  But more and more of these things are popping up in &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2010/what-if-25-of-your-top-talent-didnt-show-up-for-work-on-1311">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Think Lean to Prevent Executive Defections</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2010/think-lean-to-prevent-executive-defections</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps you too have seen the recent survey by the Corporate Executive Board (CEB).  Looks like 25% or so of the executives whom surveyed companies have identified as &#8220;high-potential&#8221; leaders plan to exit their respective companies within the next 12 months. Oops!  (Not &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2010/think-lean-to-prevent-executive-defections">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Executive Moves: Begin With the End in Mind</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2010/executive-moves-begin-with-the-end-in-mind</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Treat the executive you&#8217;re recruiting as well or better than you would your best customer&#8230; The recruiting process to identify your company’s new CFO has been thorough and professionally executed. Your search committee, your retained search firm, and all key &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2010/executive-moves-begin-with-the-end-in-mind">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>No No NO-This is NOT Operational Excellence</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2010/no-no-no-this-is-not-operational-excellence</link>
		<comments>http://leanconnections.com/2010/no-no-no-this-is-not-operational-excellence#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 22:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again the general business press, writing about UC San Francisco, really has this all wrong. This is not Lean Thinking; it is not operational excellence; it is not &#8220;transformation.&#8221; It is misguided, misleading and, pure and simple, misinformation.  And it &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2010/no-no-no-this-is-not-operational-excellence">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Your After-the-Recession Executive Recruiting Plan</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2010/your-after-the-recession-executive-recruiting-plan</link>
		<comments>http://leanconnections.com/2010/your-after-the-recession-executive-recruiting-plan#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it official?  Is the “Great Recession” over? Should we be launching new executive leadership hiring initiatives now? Are we sure? When will we be sure?   No, I don’t know either. But at some point this year, or early next, &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2010/your-after-the-recession-executive-recruiting-plan">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Executive Engagement &#8211; the Lean Thinker&#8217;s Approach</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2010/executive-engagement-the-lean-thinkers-approach</link>
		<comments>http://leanconnections.com/2010/executive-engagement-the-lean-thinkers-approach#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your executive search was a smashing success.  Done in record time. Attracted the interest of top players in your market sector. Interviewed the best of the “A players”. And won over Sarah, a true global leader and supply chain visionary, &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2010/executive-engagement-the-lean-thinkers-approach">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Money, the ultimate job performance motivator? Daniel Pink TED video.</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2009/is-money-the-ultimate-job-performance-motivator</link>
		<comments>http://leanconnections.com/2009/is-money-the-ultimate-job-performance-motivator#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been on the waiting list to attend the TED conference (subtitled: Ideas worth spreading&#8220;) for a while now and unfortunately I&#8217;m still pretty far down the totem pole.  So in the meantime I&#8217;ve had to make do with reading &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/is-money-the-ultimate-job-performance-motivator">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Cost of Talent</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2009/the-cost-of-talent</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  In every conversation with senior leadership I&#8217;ve had during the past two weeks this one truth stands out loud and clear:  Acquiring, orienting and deploying the right new talent is an expensive business to get right, and even more &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/the-cost-of-talent">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hiring Lean and Green Executives, a live Web event &#8211; August 4, 2009</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2009/hiring-lean-and-green-executives-a-live-web-event</link>
		<comments>http://leanconnections.com/2009/hiring-lean-and-green-executives-a-live-web-event#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When “Hiring Lean and Green,” you’re hiring change agents, quite often the executives who will outline a new vision for your company, and then inspire your team to make that vision a reality.  So what does it take to recruit &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/hiring-lean-and-green-executives-a-live-web-event">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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