Whaddaya Mean I Gotta Be Lean? Book Review

Here’s a new book you should have handy to help you through change and continuous improvement in your organization. Whaddaya Mean I Gotta Be Lean? Building the bridge from job satisfaction to corporate profit by Jeff Hajek can help you work though the most difficult issues that can undermine change. Don’t be deceived by the title, this book is not just about making your organization lean. It’s about how to engage the people in the organization in the process to help you be more successful.

Hajek says the main goals of the book are to 1) increase the collaboration between overwhelmed employees and overburdened managers and 2) help the frontline workforce find job satisfaction in highly productive, fast-paced, rapidly changing workplaces. And he’s hit the target. This book will help you achieve both of those goals … and more.

Written in very practical, actionable language, Hajek walks you through the steps necessary to get your organization where you want it to go. But my favorite part is Chapters 8 through 11. These four chapters can be your handbook for dealing with the people side of the change equation — the most important part in my opinion. These chapters are written in a problem / solution format, and answer key questions:

How this affects you
Action to take
Why this works

If your organization is struggling through making improvements — lean or not — this book will help your journey be a successful one. Get your copy of Whaddaya Mean I Gotta Be Lean? Building the bridge from job satisfaction to corporate profit today.

What about you reader? Do you have a copy of this book? Let me know what you think about it by leaving a comment.