Toyota Talent: Developing Your People the Toyota Way

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Toyota doesn't just produce cars; it produces talented people. In the international bestseller, The Toyota Way, Jeffrey Liker explained Toyota's remarkable success through a 4P model for excellence-Philosophy, People, Problem Solving, and Process. Liker, with coauthor David Meier, provided deeper insight into the practical application of the principles in The Toyota Way Fieldbook. Now, these authorities on Toyota reveal how you can develop talented people and achieve incredible results in your company.

Toyota Talent walks you through the rigorous methodology used by this global powerhouse to grow high-performing individuals from within. Beginning with a review of Toyota's landmark approach to developing people, the authors illustrate the critical importance of creating a learning and teaching culture in your organization. They provide specific examples necessary to train employees in all areas-from the shop floor to engineering to staff members in service organizations-and show you how to support and encourage every individual to reach his or her top potential.

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Guiding you with expert tips and training aids, as well as real-world examples drawn from the authors' two decades of research and field work, Liker and Meier show you how to get the most out of people who live and breathe your company's philosophy-and who work together toward a common goal.

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There have been a number of pundit opinions as to why Toyota has been so successful. While the pressing need for a "body" says that a worker needs to get to the line as soon as possible, there isn't time to properly train. This book perhaps gives one of the best explanations -- well-trained and engaged workers. Training is usually something that has been of a secondary thought in many companies. But there's always time to correct the errors of a poorly-trained worker.If you want to know the mechanics of Toyota's method, this is a very good place to get it. And you'll find -- once again -- that Toyota didn't invent it.

Information on the Toyota Production System has been widely available for over 30 years - yet, no other company has been able to completely duplicate its success. Another key point is Toyota's success lies not in simply picking the best people - it took one of GM's worst performing plants (NUMMI) and made it successful while retaining 80% of its original work force. The missing piece, according to the authors, is Toyota's people. Toyota believes that this is its true sustainable competitive advantage.A key point is made early in the book - managers want to manage; however, they must also be teachers. (My recollection is that all were offered jobs - some, however, declined).The vast bulk of "Toyota Talent" is taken up with breaking down various H.R. functions to not only provide readers with an understanding, but lead them into implementation as well.

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Liker and Meier did a good job to explain the TWI and Standard Work in different types of industry. This book also provides many detailed examples with implementation instructions for developing talented people within organizations. As a lean practitioner, this book becomes very handy when I work with cross-functional teams. This is a must read book to all decision makers who work with people.