精益文化變革的最大障礙是什么?
By Art Byrne
阿特?伯恩
1How do you get the CEO to embrace lean?
如何讓CEO擁抱精益?
(續上一期)
What can you do about this? In the private equity world, when I was chairmen and owner of various portfolio companies, the solution was simple: fire the CEO.
對此你能做些什么呢?在私募股權領域,當我作為各個投資組合公司的董事長和所有者時,解決方案很簡單:解雇CEO。
This happened quite frequently as our time horizon for an investment was only about five years. We couldn’t wait for the CEO to come around—if they ever would.
這種情況經常發生,因為我們的投資期限只有5年左右,無法等待CEO“回心轉意”——如果他們真的會“回心轉意”的話。
Every time I give a talk on lean the first question I get is invariably “How do I get my CEO to implement lean?”
我每次在精益管理方面發表演講時,第一個問題總是“我該如何讓CEO實施精益管理?”
My flip answer is “Go get a job with a lean company.” This is only partly unfair, as most of their CEOs will never adopt lean.
我通常會開玩笑地回答:“在一家精益公司找份工作吧。”這個回答有些不公平,因為大多數CEO永遠不會采納精益管理。
Even so there are some steps that can be taken that may get their CEO to come around eventually.
盡管如此,還是有一些步驟可以采取,這可能會讓CEO最終轉變態度。
1. Start by trying to educate your CEO about the advantages of lean.
首先,嘗試向你的CEO介紹精益管理的優勢。
There are many great books on the subject, starting with the seminal books Lean Thinking by Womack and Jones, and The Toyota Way by Jeffrey Liker, and even my two books,
The Lean Turnaround and The Lean Turnaround Action Guide.
關于這個主題有很多好書,可以從沃麥克和瓊斯合著的開創性著作《精益思想》和杰弗里·萊克的《豐田模式》開始,甚至包括我的兩本書《精益的轉變》和《精益轉型行動指南》。
2. Next, get him to visit a couple of lean companies and see what they have done.
接下來,讓他參觀幾家精益公司,看看這些公司是如何做的。
3. Then have him attend a weeklong kaizen at another company to see the power of lean firsthand.
然后,讓他參加另一家公司為期一周的改善周活動,親自體驗精益的力量。
4. After that, line up a good lean consultant and convince the CEO to run one or two initial kaizen events in your facilities.
之后,找一位優秀的精益顧問,并說服CEO在你的公司里開展一兩個初步的改善周活動。
If none of that works, and it probably won’t, the next best thing is to just start lean in an area that you control in your company.
如果以上方法都不起作用(而且這很可能),那么最好的辦法就是在你能控制的公司區域開始實施精益管理。
For example, a plant manager can start lean in her plant. Don’t make a big deal about this. Do it quietly but just do it.
例如,工廠經理可以在自己的工廠里開始實施精益管理。不要大肆宣揚這件事,悄悄地做,但一定要做。
After a while the dramatic improvement in results will start to get recognized, and the CEO will ask how did you do this?
過了一段時間,業績的顯著改善就會開始得到認可,CEO會問你是如何做到的。
Once it is understood that it was due to lean it will be hard to deny “that lean will never work here” and you’ll be on you way.
一旦他明白這是由于精益管理帶來的結果,就很難再堅稱“精益在這里行不通”,而你也將在這條道路上取得進展。
原文鏈接:
https://www.lean.org/the-lean-post/articles/What Is the Biggest Cultural Barrier to Lean? - Lean Enterprise Institute