Lean Essentials for School Leaders - Paperback

by Shannon R. Flumerfelt (Author)

This book is a foundational introduction to the application of lean for school administrators. Five lean essentials, paired combinations of lean tools and concepts, are described in detail within the context of typical leadership practice. The book deals with familiar problems in schools today, such as with handling instructional remediation, aligning instructional delivery to mission, conducting special education budget reductions, evaluating administrators, and standardizing instructional best practice in reading. Regardless of the problems faced by school leaders, the book highlights how lean concepts and tools are particularly helpful in engaging employees, achieving outstanding results and sustaining continuous improvement.

Author Biography

Dr. Flumerfelt is an Associate Professor in Organizational Leadership in the School of Education and Human Services at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA. She is also an Endowed Professor of Lean and the Director of Lean Thinking for Schools at The Pawley Lean Institute at Oakland University. In this capacity, she has pioneered an initiative, Lean Thinking for Schools, where she conducts research and provides basic information seminars to high level transformation training. Dr. Flumerfelt is owner of Charactership Lean Publishing and Charactership Lean Consulting. She writes, speaks and trains widely on the topics of lean, organizational development, management practices, leadership development and systems thinking.