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Removing barriers for continuous improvement
From the course: Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement
Removing barriers for continuous improvement
- Basketball icon Michael Jordan famously said, "Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." Navigating the barriers that hold you back related to leadership, people and talent, and structures and systems will keep you on the road to continuous improvement. Changing the collective mindset of your leaders can be a huge barrier for most organizations. If leaders maintain a fixed mindset, for example, it can be difficult to achieve the objectives of continuous improvement. We also know that mindsets can be developed and changed through training and repetition. But if they're stuck in the past in how we've always done it, there's some work that needs to be done in shifting that perspective. When it comes to people and how they do the work, I've long been a fan of standardization. Figure out the one best way to do…
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