Margie Hagene

Margie has over 20 years experience in helping executives and senior leaders realize their changing roles and responsibilities, and develop appropriate skills, for leading in a lean environment. For 18 years, Margie was a global internal consultant for Ford Motor Company at all levels within the organization - from team leaders to the COO - in Product Development, Design, and Manufacturing. Since exiting Ford, Margie has worked in a variety of service and manufacturing industries helping organizations effectively blend the social and technical elements in complex systems to ensure the sustainability of their lean transformation. Margie is also active with university programs in areas of leadership development, organizational learning, and lean thinking.