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Real lean thinker win in commoditized markets

Like death and taxes, commoditization of your products is a given. John Quelch offered a few tips in the Harvard Business Review Dec 14, 2007. But there is more to think about and act on: The focus of your lean activities needs to shift urgently! If you heard a manager blaming „commoditization“ for failing to deliver …

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indicators for company burnout

„It’s not just individuals who burn out – companies do, too!“

This headline is taken from the harvard business review april 2010 [HBR2010]. It is an important message to all decision makers but even more important to all interim managers and lean practitioners as their constant companion in business life is change. How do you know? What should you do? How do you know? There are …

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596 minutes every lean thinker have to invest

„The Gold Mine“  by Freddy and Michael Ballé  climbed my personal olymp of  audiobooks. My current assignment force me to drive three hours per day by car. I see this as a great opportunity to listen to as many audiobooks as possible and extend my horizonts. After listening to the „old stuff“ like Womack and Jones  „Lean Thinking“ …

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The stages of an interim management assignment

The following stages show the assignment lifecycle by which interim managers and executives enter, engage with and exit their assignments. The early stages have much in common with consultancy, as the later stages have with project management, but the combination of insightful analysis and results-driven implementation is the differentiating hallmark of the interim management approach. …

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Interim Management Definition

Interim management is the provision of effective business solutions by an independent, board or near-board level manager or executive, over a finite time span. Such complex solutions may include change, transformation and turnaround management, business improvement, crisis management and strategy development. Interim managers are often experienced in multiple sectors and disciplines. Interim managers are leaders …

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Was ist Lean-Interim&#174?

Zwei Grafiken, als kleiner Auszug aus meiner wissenschaftlichen Arbeit, sollen dies verdeutlichen. Meine Leser kennen Lean-Thinking und Interim Management. Jedoch dürfte mein Blog bisher nicht den Kern der realen Umsetzung wiedergegeben haben. Dies soll hier in der Form geschehen, dass Ihre Interpretation dieser beiden Grafiken gefragt ist. Dieser Ansatz „LEAN-INTERIM® ist inzwischen ein gesetzlich geschützter …

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Interim und Change Management in CFO Positionen

Interim CFOs sollten bisher primär überbrücken (Stellvertretung) oder „kleinere“ Projekte leiten (z.B. Umstellung HGB auf IFRS oder US-GAAP). Doch die führende Rolle im Change Management wurde nur sehr selten beim CFO oder Interim CFO aufgehängt. Das könnte sich in Zukunft ändern. CFOs sind schon lange keine Erbsenzähler mehr. In der Mitte des Netz(werks) sitzt die …

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LEAN und plötzliche Veränderungen (z.B. disruptive Innovationen)

Vorurteile, Schubladen-Denke und mediengeprägte Wahrnehmung beherrschen das mehrheitliche Wissen bezüglich LEAN. Erlaubt der Lean Gedanke überhaupt auf plötzliche Veränderungen, z.B. bedingt durch disruptive Technologien oder Innovationen, zu reagieren? Die Antwort ist ein klares „JA, nicht nur reagieren, sondern agieren“! Im Gegensatz zu der  verbreiteten Meinung ist LEAN nicht nur KAIZEN, kontinuierliche Verbesserung oder ein Qualitätssystem, um …

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Root Cause for Corporate Decline [SLAT99, S.19-52]

Successful interim manager need to analyze each interim assignment upfront. As a very good starting point, you should check the thirteen principal causes of decline: INTERNAL CAUSES Poor management Inadequate financial control Poor working capital management High costs Lack of marketing effort Overtrading Big projects Acquisitions Financial policy Organizational inertia and confusion EXTERNAL CAUSES Changes …

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