Frame of Mind
Middle Management and CI/Lean
January 2015
Drs. Freek Hermkens CMC
Frame of Mind*
This slide deck is a dynamic document to assemble
different models and theories that feeds my frame of
mind regarding Middle Management and continuous
improvement/ Lean.
*Denkraam kader waarbinnen iemands denken verloopt
(Bommellexicon 2006)
Strategic roles Floyd and Wooldrige
Floyd and Wooldridge (1996) the strategic middle manager
Lean leadership development model
Liker (2014) Developing lean leaders at all levels
Toyota product Systems
Liker and Convis (2012) The toyota way to lean leadership
Level 5 leadership
Collins (2001) Good to Great
Level 5 leadership
Collins (2001) Good to Great
Toyota Kata
• The improvement Kata is a systematic and scientific
way to successfully navigate through unknown
territory together
• It’s a routine practiced to make striving and scientific
working a daily habit:
Rother (2010) Toyota KATA
Five kata questions
Rother (2010) Toyota KATA
Policy Deployment
Wiegel en Maes (2013) Succesvol Lean
High performing organisation
De Waal (2008) Maak van je bedrijf een toporganisatie
Lean iceberg model
Hines (2011) Staying lean
Three Types of Organizational Learning
Chris: http://www.infed.org/thinkers/argyris.htm Argyris and Schon: http://www.12manage.com/methods_organizational_learning.html
Leiderschap OBBommel
Mulder (2011) ‘T wordt tijd dat ik de leiding neem
Middle Management in the bermuda triangle
Hermkens (2014)
Demanding playingfield of middlemanagement
Hermkens (2014)