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The Lean Post / Articles / Creating a System to Achieve Ambitious Goals: A WLEI Podcast

Creating a System to Achieve Ambitious Goals: A WLEI Podcast

Executive Leadership

Creating a System to Achieve Ambitious Goals: A WLEI Podcast

By John Cotter and Tom Ehrenfeld

October 28, 2022

A lean veteran describes a system that can help leaders take their organizations to the next level.

Billy Taylor Transcript

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Lean veteran Billy Taylor, author of the new book The Winning Link: A Proven Process to Define, Align, and Execute Strategy at Every Level, discusses with WLEI Host Tom Ehrenfeld how to cultivate “extreme leadership” as a means of building a cohesive and top-tier organization.

Bill shares a “connected operating system” that, he says, helps people and organizations define and achieve ambitious goals. He learned and developed this approach through decades of success at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

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About Tom Ehrenfeld

Tom Ehrenfeld is a writer and editor living in Cambridge, MA. A former writer/editor with Inc. Magazine and Harvard Business Review, he is the author of The Startup Garden: How Growing A Business Grows You. He works as a consulting editor for LEI and with many other lean authors. Nine of his edited books have won the Shingo Research…

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About John Cotter

John Cotter is a podcaster, journalist, and storyteller. A 2020 graduate of DePaul University, John has completed interviews and press runs with the likes of Warner Brothers, Disney, Paramount, and more

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Jobie Roachsays:
November 4, 2022 at 4:47 am

Great common sense discussion and teaching on what is normally (complex) and (jargon).

Well done.

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