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Toyota Leadership Lessons: Part 5 – “If you believe you are perfect, you won’t find the answer”

October 12, 2015 13

This is the final part in my recent series of posts about my visit to Nagoya in June to talk with Isao Yoshino about his experiences as a Toyota leader for 40 years. CLICK HERE […]

Toyota Leadership Lessons: Part 4 — Helping to Develop People

October 5, 2015 17

During my visit Nagoya in June, Isao Yoshino and I spent many hours talking about leadership and Lean/TPS in Japan. Yoshino-san is a retired 40-year Toyota executive who was one of John Shook’s first managers in […]

Toyota Leadership Lessons: Part 3 – Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology

September 4, 2015 10

After running into the former Chairman of Toyota, Mr. Cho, moments earlier at the Nagoya train station, I arrived at the first stop of the day – the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology. My tour […]

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