Toyota Talent Developing Your People the Toyota Way

by Liker, Jeffrey; Meier, David

• ISBN13: 9780071477451
• ISBN10: 0071477454
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-05-14
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

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 inThe Toyota Way Fieldbook. Now, these authorities on Toyota reveal how you can develop talented people and achieve incredible results in your company. Toyota Talentwalks 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. Toyota Talentprovides you with the inside knowledge you need to Identify your development needs and create a training plan Understand the various types of work and how to break complicated jobs into teachable skills Set behavioral expectations by properly preparing your workplace Recognize and develop potential trainers within your workforce Effectively educate nonmanufacturing employees and members of the staff Develop internal Lean Manufacturing experts 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.

Author Biography

David P. Meier is President of Lean Associates, Inc., a consulting company dedicated to supporting other organizations in their efforts to learn from the Toyota Way.

Table of Contents

Getting the organization ready to develop exceptional people	p. 1
What can we learn from toyota about developing talent?	p. 3
Toyota works hard to develop exceptional people	p. 17
Toyota and the training within industry program	p. 35
Prepare the organization	p. 53
Identify critical knowledge	p. 83
Begin at a high level to understand skill requirements of the job	p. 85
Standardized work and the job instruction method	p. 109
Analyzing routine work and ancillary tasks	p. 125
Breaking a job down into pieces for teaching	p. 149
Identify key points and reasons	p. 163
Job breakdown examples	p. 177
Transfer knowledge to others	p. 203
Prepare for training	p. 205
Present the operation : the training session	p. 225
Try out performance	p. 245
Handling challenging training situations	p. 257
Verify learning and success	p. 281
Follow up to verify learning and ensure success	p. 283
Organizational follow-up	p. 295
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