Integris - Achieving Lean Culture in Washington

Achieving Lean Culture

February 2013
© 2013 James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner, Integris Performance Advisors. All Rights Reserved.

Agenda

  Why We Are Here
—  Washington’s Lean Journey

  The Big Picture
—  Proven Framework for Organizational Excellence & Lean Transformation

  Building the Foundation
—  Deﬁning Lean Culture

  Taking Action
—  Developing Leadership Practices that Enable Lean Culture


Why We Are Here

Washington’s Lean Journey


“ “ The work of gov’t is noble.
The people of gov’t are great.
The systems of gov’t are a mess.
– Ken Miller, We Don’t Make Widgets and Extreme Government Makeover

”

“
“The best solutions to our
problems come from those on the
line everyday seeing what works
and doesn’t work, and how to ﬁx it
and solve it.”

–  Governor Gregoire


Lean Thinking

“Those who do the work are
responsible for improving the work.”

This concept applies just as much to
leaders as it does front-line staﬀ.
As a leader, YOU must improve the
work you do!

Washington’s 2012 Lean Journey

Category Accomplishment

Trained more than 6,400
Awareness Training employees on Lean thinking, tools
and techniques

Lean Practitioner/ Trained more than 180 Lean
Facilitator Training practitioner/facilitators

Conducted more than 700 events
Lean Events
related to Lean

What are people saying?

“
“Roles and expectations for leaders,
managers and supervisors need to be
clearer”.

“Lean can ﬂourish only in an environment
where every leader understands how to
create a supportive environment, where
employees’ ideas are heard, and the
customer receives value.”
– 2012 WA Lean Report


Governor Inslee’s Vision

Video clip at http://IntegrisPA.com/lean-washington/


The Big Picture

Proven Framework For Organizational Excellence & Lean Transformation


The Path to Sustained Transformation

Tool-Driven System-Driven Principle-Driven
•  Lean knowledge •  Leaders, or PMO, •  Focus throughout
and expertise is select projects organization is on
not widely that are delivering value to
distributed connected to the customer
relevant goals
•  Heavy focus on •  Employee
tools training and •  Performance is engagement is high
“proving” that transparent
Lean works through visual •  Lean thinking is
management broadly understood
•  Popcorn Kaizen
•  Lean metrics •  Improvement eﬀorts
•  Common starting used to “keep the occur organically
point for Lean eye on the ball”
eﬀorts •  Leaders talk the talk,
and walk the walk

Shingo Framework for Operational Excellence

•  Create Value
for the
Customer

•  Consistency of
Purpose
•  Think
Systemically

•  Embrace
Scientiﬁc
Thinking
•  Assure Quality
at the Source

•  Lead With
Humility
•  Respect Every
© 2013 James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner, Integris Performance Advisors. All Rights Reserved. Individual

Building The Foundation

Defining Lean Culture


Descriptors of a Lean Culture
  Respect
  Value to the customer

  Eﬃcient

  Employee empowerment

  High morale
  Safe work environment

  Teamwork

  Alignment

  Personal accountability

(A partial list…)

“ “ Culture consists of group norms
of behavior and the underlying
shared values that help keep
those norms in place.

”
–  John Kotter

Two Elements of Organizational Culture

How We Act

What We Believe


Descriptors of a Lean Culture

BELIEFS ACTIONS
  Customers deﬁne value   Lean tools and techniques
  People should be treated are used regularly
with dignity and respect   All people, including
  Employees should be customers and employees,
empowered are treated with respect
  “Waste” should be   Leaders ensure that vision
eliminated wherever possible and goals are aligned
  Collaboration yields better   Wins are celebrated;
ideas and results failures used to learn

(Another partial list…)

“ “Leaders Go First”


Taking Action

Developing Leadership Practices that Enable Lean Culture


Houston Municipal Courts

2005 2006 2008 2009

Overall department is well run
26% 47% 48% 66%
and effective

I feel productivity is improved 38% 45% 59% 79%

My division is high quality 44% 55% 63% 79%

I am comfortable talking with my
39% 52% 54% 69%
supervisor

I am satisfied with my job 50% 61% 62% 70%

My supervisor is competent 38% 54% 68% 75%


“ “ Only three things HAPPEN
NATURALLY IN ORGANIZATIONS:
friction, confusion AND
underperformance...

”

“ “ . . . everything else
requires leadership.

”
–  Peter Drucker

Sahira Abdool — Houston Courts


“ “ Being a leader means
taking responsibility for
what actually happens in
the world.
”
– Marc Roberts

Management & Leadership

Manage
To control the movement
or behavior of

Lead
To go, to guide, to travel


“ Leadership is the ART OF
mobilizing others TO want
TO STRUGGLE FOR shared
aspirations.
”
– Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner


So, What Is Leadership?

What practices do
leaders engage in that
distinguish them from
otherwise competent
people?


Learning From Example


Born or Made?


“ “Among the leadership
lessons I learned, the impact
of making time for practicing
good leadership strikes me as
the most important.”

–  Colin Powell

When Managers First Get Leadership Training


“ “One of the tenets of a good
leader is to never stop learning.”

–  Colin Powell

Not only is leadership learnable…

It is measurable!


The Leadership Practices Inventory

Your Leadership Behaviors

  Take a few moments to think about your daily
actions as a leader

  Complete the LPI-Self survey

  Assess how frequently you engage in each behavior

  Score the results


Compare Notes On The LPI

With a partner, discuss:

  Which of the behaviors are most familiar to you? Where
are your strengths?

  Which behaviors are less familiar to you?

  How would your colleagues rate you on the frequency
with which you engage in these behaviors?


Research Based Programs

  Empirical evidence

  Broad base of investigation

  Cross cultural validation

  “Common sense”

  Implementable

  Proven over time


Jim Kouzes

Barry Posner

LPI Research

70 countries
450 + dissertations
70,000 “personal best” examples
400,000 “self” ratings
3,000,000 “observers” scores


The Leadership Challenge Framework

30 Behaviors

5 Practices


Five Practices of Exemplary Leaders


MODEL THE !AY


People Are Watching!


The leaders who have
the most inﬂuence
are the leaders
who are closest to us.


The Power of Role Models

  Business leader
  Community leader

  Entertainer

  Family members

  Political leader

  Professional athlete
  Teacher or coach

  None/Other/Not sure

Leader Role Models

46%
Family Members 40%

14%
Teacher or coach 26%

8%
Community leader 11%

23%
Business leader 7%
Over 30
4%
Political leader 4% Age: 18-30

0%
Professional athlete 3%

0%
Entertainer 2%

4%
None/Other/Not sure 7%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

YOU are the
most important leader
in your organization!


The First Question

Who are you?


The First Law of Leadership

If you don’t believe in the messenger,
you won’t believe the message!


Model The Way

LPI BEHAVIORS
1. I set a personal example of what I expect of others
6. I spend time and energy making certain that the
people I work with adhere to the principles and
standards we have agreed on
11. I follow through on the promises and commitments
that I make
16. I ask for feedback on how my actions aﬀect other
people’s performance
21. I build consensus around a common set of values for
running our organization
26. I am clear about my philosophy of leadership

What do you look for
and admire in a leader?

What characteristics does that
person need to have for you to
willingly follow them?


Characteristics of an Admired Leader

n > 50,000

NORMS CHARACTERISTIC NORMS CHARACTERISTIC

16% Ambitious 89% Honest
35 Broad-Minded 17 Imaginative

22 Caring 4 Independent

68 Competent 69 Inspiring

25 Cooperative 48 Intelligent

25 Courageous 18 Loyal

34 Dependable 15 Mature

25 Determined 10 Self-Controlled

39 Fair-Minded 36 Straightforward

71 Forward-Looking 35 Supportive


n > 50,000

NORMS CHARACTERISTIC NORMS CHARACTERISTIC

16% Ambitious 89% Honest
35 Broad-Minded 17 Imaginative

22 Caring 4 Independent

68 Competent 69 Inspiring

25 Cooperative 48 Intelligent

25 Courageous 18 Loyal

34 Dependable 15 Mature

25 Determined 10 Self-Controlled

39 Fair-Minded 36 Straightforward

71 Forward-Looking 35 Supportive


n = 529

THIS THIS
GROUP NORMS CHARACTERISTIC GROUP NORMS CHARACTERISTIC

26% 16% Ambitious 74% 89% Honest
51 35 Broad-Minded 23 17 Imaginative

26 22 Caring 10 4 Independent

65 68 Competent 45 69 Inspiring

42 25 Cooperative 42 48 Intelligent

19 25 Courageous 10 18 Loyal

48 34 Dependable 15 15 Mature

20 25 Determined 12 10 Self-Controlled

41 39 Fair-Minded 36 36 Straightforward

57 71 Forward-Looking 29 35 Supportive


Source Credibility

 Trustworthiness

 Expertise

 Dynamism


Leadership = Credibility

 Honest Trustworthiness
 Inspiring Dynamism
 Competent Expertise

 Forward-Looking + Vision


The Secret of Credibility

DWYSYWD


Laws of Leadership

If you don’t believe in the messenger,
you won’t believe the message.

You can’t believe in the messenger if you don’t
know what the messenger believes.

You can’t be the messenger until you’re clear
about what you believe.


“ “In order to become a leader…
it’s important that I ﬁrst deﬁne
my values and my principles.”

– Olivia Lai
Manager Customer Service Support
Kimberly-Clark

Defining Your Values

 Use the worksheet to identify your
top ten values

 These represent what you stand for,
your personal “bottom line”

 Keep narrowing this down to reveal
your top ﬁve values

Demonstrating Your Values

How do you express your values in
the workplace?

If I followed you around at work,
how would I know
what your values are?


Inspire A Shared Vision

“Any gate will do”

The Second Question

Who are you?

Where are we going?


INSPIRE A SHARED VISION


Inspire a Shared Vision

Envision the future by imagining exciting
and ennobling possibilities

Enlist others in a common vision by
appealing to shared aspirations


What is exciting and
ennobling about the
real work we do?

What excites us about
our future?


Why should I invest
my heart and my mind?

Why should any of us?


“So, Jim,
where do
you see
yourself in
ten
minutes?”



BIG “V”
little “v”

. . . but this is no small thing . . .

What will it be like to live here
in 50 years?


A Vision Is An ideal and

unique image of the
future for the common
good.


“I have a list of
measurable
objectives”


“I have a
dream”


“ “Leadership is more than
inﬂuence. It is about reminding
people of what it is we are
trying to build — and why it
matters. It is about painting a
picture of a better future.”
– Michael Hyatt, CEO, Thomas Nelson


Over all the years Kouzes
and Posner have been
collecting LPI data, leaders
consistently score lowest
in Inspiring a Shared Vision.


Where Leaders Need LPI Improvement

#7 - I describe a compelling image of
what our future could be like.

#12 - I appeal to others to share an
exciting dream of the future.

#17 - I show others how their long-
term interests can be realized by
enlisting in a common vision.

Lean Requires “Inspiring a Shared Vision”

  Create an inspirational vision of the future
that results from Lean
  Where could we go?
  Use visual imagery, metaphors, and symbols,
pictures, stories . . .
  Seek opportunities to communicate the
vision and enlist others
  Excitement is contagious!


“ “Leadership begins with
something that grabs hold of
you and won’t let go.



CHALLENGE
THE PROCESS


The Third Question

Who are you?

Where are we going?

What are you going to do?

““While the content of leadership
has not changed, the context has.”



Challenge The Process

3. Seeks out challenging opportunities that test his/her
own skills and abilities
8. Challenges people to try out new and innovative ways
to do their work
13. Searches outside the formal boundaries of his/her
organization for innovative ways to improve what we do
18. Asks “What can we learn?” when things don’t go as
expected
23. Makes certain that we set achievable goals, make
concrete plans, and establish measureable milestones for the
projects and programs that we work on
28. Experiments and takes risks, even when there is a chance of
failure


Small Wins

“A concrete, complete, implemented
outcome of moderate importance.”
-Karl Weick
Organizational Sociologist


Lean Requires “Challenging The Process”

  Seek and ﬁnd opportunities to improve the processes
you own

  View processes from the Voice of Customer
perspective rather than a departmental perspective

  Eliminate NVA (Non Value Adding) steps in the process

  De-brief successes and lessons learned


Must Everything Change?


“
“I’ve missed more than nine thousand
shots in my career. I’ve lost three
hundred games. Twenty-six times I’ve
been trusted to take the winning shot
and missed. I’ve failed over and over
again in my life…

…and that is why I succeed.
– Michael Jordan


Supporting Lean Implementation

If we (individually and collectively)
engage in these practices more
frequently, how will that advance
the Lean Journey?


ENABLE OTHERS TO ACT


“ “Great leaders grow their constituents
into leaders themselves”
– Edmar Soriano, Tutoring Club of Fremont


“ “We don’t get our power from our
stars and our bars. We get our
power from the people we lead.”

– John Stanford
US Army; Seattle Public Schools


POWER

The ability to do or to act


Enable Others to Act

4. Develops cooperative relationships among the people he/she
works with

9. Actively listens to diverse points of view

14. Treats others with dignity and respect

19. Supports the decisions that people make on their own

24. Gives people a great deal of freedom and choice in deciding how
to do their work

29. Ensures that people grow in their jobs by learning new skills and
developing themselves


Lean Requires “Enabling Others To Act”

  Work collaboratively. Involve others in the planning
process.

  Find ways to bring people together face-to-face and
build trust in teams

  Give your people problems to solve, not solutions to
implement
  Stripe the ﬁeld, get out of the way and let them play
the game

  Support team decisions within the established
boundaries

  Set time on the calendar to coach and mentor

“ “Until most individuals
recognize that sustained
training and eﬀort is a
prerequisite for reaching expert
levels of performances...”


“ “…they will continue to
misattribute lesser achievement
to the lack of natural gifts, and
will thus fail to reach their own
potential.”

– Dr. K. Anders Ericcson
Florida State University

!hat If It !ere Just Four Practices?


ENCOURAGE THE HEART


““Without ceremonies, there are no
beginnings, no endings.
Life becomes an endless series of
Wednesdays.”

– David Campbell, Senior Fellow
Center for Creative Leadership

The Importance of Encouragement

Do you need encouragement to
perform at your best?

60%

When you get encouragement, does it
help you perform at a higher level?

98%

Encourage the Heart

5. Praises people for a job well done

10. Makes it a point to let people know about his/her conﬁdence in
their abilities

15. Makes sure that people are creatively rewarded for their
contributions to the success of projects

20. Publicly recognizes people who exemplify commitment to
shared values

25. Finds ways to celebrate accomplishments

30. Give the members of the team lots of appreciation and support
for their contributions


The Essentials of Encourage the Heart

  Expect the best
  Personalize recognition
  Create a spirit of community
  Be personally involved

And don’t forget:
  Focus on clear standards
  Set the example


Lean Requires “Encouraging the Heart”

  Show patience with the learning process

  Let people know it’s ok to make mistakes, we’re here
to learn

  Tell employees “Thanks” for participating in
workshops and project activities

  Be excited about continuous improvement
  Recognize and celebrate success. Be creative about
recognition – have fun!

  Share compelling stories about continuous
improvement success or lessons learned

“ “Without the heart,
the other systems
don’t matter.”


Influencing Lean Culture

What can we do to build the
“People Culture”
to enable Lean to thrive?


So?


“ “You can act your way to a new
way of thinking
easier
than you can think your way to a
new way of acting.”
– Millard Fuller
Founder, Habitat for Humanity


Possibility Thinking

What would happen if every leader
in your agency – execs, managers,
supervisors, team leaders, front line
staﬀ – made a focused eﬀort to
practice these 30 behaviors?


Model The Way

1. Sets a personal example of what he/she expects of others

6. Spends time and energy making certain that the people he/she
work with adhere to the principles and standards we have
agreed on

11. Follows through on the promises and commitments
that he/she makes

16. Asks for feedback on how his/her actions aﬀect other people’s
performance

21. Builds consensus around a common set of values for
running our organization

26. Is clear about his/her philosophy of leadership



2. Talks about future trends that will inﬂuence how our
work gets done
7. Describes a compelling image of what our future could be like
12. Appeals to others to share an exciting dream of the future
17. Shows others how their long-term interests can be realized by
enlisting in a common vision
22. Paints the “big picture” of what we aspire to accomplish
27. Speaks with genuine conviction about the higher
meaning and purpose of our work


Challenge The Process

3. Seeks out challenging opportunities that test his/her own skills
and abilities
8. Challenges people to try out new and innovative ways to do
their work
13. Searches outside the formal boundaries of his/her organization
for innovative ways to improve what we do
18. Asks “What can we learn?” when things don’t go as expected
23. Makes certain that we set achievable goals, make concrete
plans, and establish measureable milestones for the projects and
programs that we work on
28. Experiments and takes risks, even when there is a chance of
failure


How Do Leaders Influence Engagement?


“
What is Employee Engagement?

“A heightened emotional connection
that an employee feels for his/her
organization, that in turn inﬂuences him/
her to apply additional discretionary
eﬀort to his/her work.”
– The Conference Board


The Value of Employee Engagement

Profitability 16%

Productivity 18%

Customer Satisfaction 12%

-60% Quality (Defects)

-49% Safety Incidents

-49% Turnover

-37% Absenteeism

-70% -60% -50% -40% -30% -20% -10% 0% 10% 20% 30%
Difference between top & bottom quartile performance
Source: Gallup research

Correlating Engagement & LPI Scores

60

LPI Scores (globally)

54

48

42

36

30

Low PWA

Low
Moderate PWA

Moderate
High PWA

High

Engagement Engagement Engagement
Score Score Score

Conclusion: Leadership Matters!

The more frequently leaders
demonstrate each of the
Five Practices, the more engaged
people are in their workplace.

Employee engagement is central
to creating a
Principle-Driven Lean Culture.

YOU
are the
most important leader
in your organization!

YOUR ACTIONS
will help achieve Lean Culture
in the State of Washington


“Well, I would have exhibited more
leadership qualities if someone
would have told me to.”

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