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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>
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		<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>Making Everyone Whole &#8211; from Jim Womack, Lean Enterprise Institute</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2009/making-everyone-whole-from-jim-womack-lean-enterprise-institute</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Womack&#8217;s newsletter this month, posted here, very clearly explores one of the underlying reasons that Lean or Operational Excellence initiatives are often difficult to sustain (and sometimes even get off the ground).  Every affected stakeholder -whether the executive leadership team recognize it &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/making-everyone-whole-from-jim-womack-lean-enterprise-institute">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SPECIAL REPORT:  Strategic Recruiting &#8211; Executive Leadership for the Lean+Green Revolution</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2009/strategic-recruiting-executive-leadership-for-the-leangreen-revolution</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recruiting Strategic Leadership for the Lean+Green Revolution, from Adam Zak With each passing day, recruiting and retaining the right executive talent to lead Lean &#38; Six Sigma efforts and Green &#38; Sustainability initiatives poses a greater challenge… Today’s most experienced Lean &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/strategic-recruiting-executive-leadership-for-the-leangreen-revolution">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>
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		<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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		<title>Time for Deep Lean</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2009/time-for-deep-lean</link>
		<comments>http://leanconnections.com/2009/time-for-deep-lean#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A guest posting by Andrew Dillon Extraordinary times call on us to look again to the core of the Toyota revolution and how we can make it our own Strange things happen in a crisis. Consider, for example, that some &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/time-for-deep-lean">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>February 12 &#8211; Global Sustainability Conference, Executive Level, Chicago</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2009/february-12-exec-level-sustainability-conference-chicago</link>
		<comments>http://leanconnections.com/2009/february-12-exec-level-sustainability-conference-chicago#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://leanconnections.com/?p=214</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Sustainable Advantage: Who Will Survive and Why&#8221; Developing a strategy that focuses on global sustainability can ensure future productivity and strong consumer confidence &#8211; but only if companies do it right. As we move forward into an increasingly interconnected &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/february-12-exec-level-sustainability-conference-chicago">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lean Executives Fast-Track Green Success</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2008/lean-executives-fast-track-green-success</link>
		<comments>http://leanconnections.com/2008/lean-executives-fast-track-green-success#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent launch of IBM’s “Green Sigma” Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) consulting service underscores a growing realization that operational excellence principles and practices can offer much in the way of direction to the rapid acceleration toward Green business. More and &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2008/lean-executives-fast-track-green-success">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lean Leaders Fast-Track Green</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/lean_leaders_fast-track_green</link>
		<comments>http://leanconnections.com/lean_leaders_fast-track_green#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lean-Trained Executives Fast-Track the Successful Transition to Green   by Adam Zak The recent launch of IBM&#8217;s &#8220;Green Sigma&#8221; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) consulting service underscores a growing realization that operational excellence principles and practices can offer much in the way &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/lean_leaders_fast-track_green">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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