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Mindset KPIs

Avatar photo By Jon Miller Updated on May 23rd, 2017

Before cars, make people

By S.M. Junaid

[Admin’s note: our friend Junaid has contributed articles on TPM, on wet blankets, the cost of poor quality, kaizen for energy-saving and team member motivation.]

A Quote by Eiji Toyoda san: “Before Cars, Make People.” It’s not a simple quote it’s a Mentor Management philosophy, Toyota is working in this mindset up till today. I never ever heard such mind-blowing and remarkable words on management.

I am trying to understand and further define this saying in these words that…

“Before making your Products, make your Employee first”

Growth of our employees is very important, even not less than our business!

For implementation of this culture change we should start finding KPIs……… right now.

Mindset KPIs for evaluation

  1. Change your mindset. Fixed mindset to…. Growth mindset
  2. Respect everyone means ………………….…True respect mindset
  3. Initiate thrust to get and give ………..……..Trainings mindset
  4. Criticize less …………………………………..….Appreciate more mindset
  5. Productivity means both quantity and……Quality mindset
  6. Paying good…………….………………………..Saving best mindset
  7. Don’t hide knowledge, believe on………….Yokoten mindset

Insha Allah… One day we will find the right KPIs, it is our dream!

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Jon Miller

Jon has dedicated his 25+ year career to the field of kaizen, continuous improvement, and lean management. Jon spent the first eighteen years of his life in Japan, then graduated from McGill University with a bachelor’s in linguistics.

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