Senior Vice President, Operations & Supply Chain $700+ Million NYSE-Traded Automotive Components Manufacturer Nashville, TN or Bowling Green, KY Board-level visibility, high-impact position with an amazing company. Reports directly to CEO. Executive Summary There are three critical aspects to the position: Run both day-to-day manufacturing and supply [...]
As Mark Graban writes in the show notes, in Episode 26 we accidentally celebrate St. Patrick's Day with some Irish whiskey, lightly mourn some NCAA March Madness losses (or absences), and Jamie Flinchbaugh and Mark Graban welcome guest co-host Adam Zak.
When CEOs, private equity partners, and senior HR leaders seek top talent, they’re looking for someone who can do more than just run a business; they expect an executive who can change it. And they expect their headhunter to get the search done right and done fast. Expertise, speed. Which [...]
Hey, Adam Zak here. I found this message fascinating. It brings Lean processes to life in a way that has helped millions of leaders around the world significantly improve themselves and their organizations, and achieve their organizational, professional and personal goals. Without using a single word of Lean jargon! Hats [...]
Hey, Adam Zak here. It's a New Year. Time for a fresh start maybe? A renewal of sorts? A reach back to the basics of building and sustaining Lean operations in your organization? All of those? You might like this podcast from LEI, The Lean Enterprise Institute, in which Tom [...]
Hey, it's Adam, on January 1, 2021. Did you make a bunch of resolutions last night? Break any yet? Mine will be a snap because they don't involve doing anything new. In fact, they're about NOT doing stuff. Most people plan (yet only about 46% actually succeed) on exercising more, [...]
Accountability.* It's something in which I believe very strongly, one of my core values. I expect to hold myself accountable and I expect others with whom I have a relationship to reciprocate. Mutual accountability is the key to building trust, personally and professionally. I don't think I'm overstating the case [...]
“We have customers to serve and we can’t frickin do that if nobody is here. I like competitors that are still sitting at home. They’ll miss the trains when they go by.” David Farr, CEO, Emerson Electric “Everything is fubar.” Jamie Dimon, CEO, JPMorgan, commenting on the COVID economy. Mark [...]
Why "Simple Excellence?" Today more than ever, to help today's leaders figure out how to more effectively organize and align themselves and their management teams to create sustainable Operational Excellence in their spheres of influence. It was 10 years ago this month that we published Simple Excellence: Organizing and Aligning [...]
Naples, Florida, August. It's too hot for tennis. I'm too impatient for golf. Fishing bores me. But I sure do love hunting. Heads. Headhunting, the ultimate competitive sport. Adam Zak, the Lean Executive Headhunter.