Well, LEAN is much more than just a set of Tools and Methods which speed up your business, reduce non-value added costs and improves quality. Although, Lean is simple to understand it takes courage and absolutely a different mindset to achieve success in making your business Lean. Because you will be dealing with people while making Lean a success to make your business more profitable, you need to change the mindset of people around you. Because you will always face challenges from people around you for their resistance to change. Lean Experts have experienced that more than 60% of the time you will hear from people that we have already tried that before, our industry is different and so on. Before you attempt to understand Lean yourself as well as make your people know about it, You must build foundation to make your efforts toward Lean Business a success. You must read these 5 books if you want to succeed in your Lean Journey and in turn take yourself and your business to the next higher level of excellence. If you step up properly you will achieve three things by adopting Lean techniques in your business…Increase delivery speed to your customers, Reduce non-value added cost, Improve Quality of your Product and Services.

Here are the books which will kickstart your Lean Journey:

The Power of Being Different

The book  The Power of Being Different will teach you The power behind belief. How the mind   controls the body. How to get enthusiasm back in your life. Understanding negativity and how to avoid it. How to use your mind as a filter. How to use “positive self-suggestion”. How to maximize your sub-conscious mind. How to use “positive visualization”. The Power of Being Different can help you transform your life and achieve all you truly desire. Stand up, Stand out, Be Different Today.

Who Will Cry When You Die?

Who Will Cry When You Die? is the one of the greatest book I have ever read. It shows you the lighter side of your life. When you are upset or things are not going your way. This is a must read. You will miss the purpose of your life and your business if you don’t read this one.

Think and Grow Rich

Think and Grow Rich written by the author named Napoleon Hill has shared his real life story with his son and taught us nothing is impossible in life. If we can dream we can achieve it. It teaches us to set financial goals and how to achieve them.

How to Win Friends & Influence People

How to Win Friends and Influence People will teach you how to:

– make friends quickly and easily
– increase your popularity
– win people to your way of thinking
– enable you to win new clients and customers
– become a better speaker and a more entertaining conversationalist
– arouse enthusiasm among your colleagues

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People focuses on the values which comprise of character ethics on which the personality ethics has to be built. These values include integrity, courage, a sense of justice and honesty. This book discusses the seven main habits which one must adopt to live a more fulfilling life. The author also takes the readers through three stages of character development. The stages of character development range from the time when a person is born and is dependent on others for survival to the time he grows and later learns to live with others. The first three habits denote the progress level from dependence to independence. The next three habits are all about interdependence and the final seventh habit deals with renewal. From business perspective it talks about how to create synergies between different people and teams which is the most essential pre-requisite for the success of Lean Business.

These 5 books will make your Lean Efforts smooth and more effective in achieving results for your business.

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