Hoshin Kanri Workbook
The 8-Section X-Matrix Build for Leadership Teams Running Their First Strategic Deployment Cycle
The fillable workbook companion to Hoshin Kanri for Leaders. Eight sections — Concept, Method, Worksheet, and Manager Notes per section. A fully populated mid-size manufacturing X-Matrix as the what-good-looks-like reference. Twelve-question Manager Notes Block at the back for the questions every leader hits during deployment. This workbook runs the operating system. The companion narrative title runs the why. Covers setting breakthrough goals and the CEO ratification process, catchball across four rounds of leadership-team alignment, building the X-Matrix with all four correlation grids, selecting leading and lagging indicators and locking their definitions, cascading objectives through every management layer, designing monthly and quarterly review cadences, diagnosing the five failure modes before they stall the program, and preparing for the board and director questions that follow first-cycle reviews. Includes the Manager Notes Block with twelve questions a manager will hit during deployment, a completed example with a full manufacturing company X-Matrix walkthrough, and a recommended reading list for going deeper. Written for VPs, Directors, General Managers, and operations leaders running their first Hoshin Kanri deployment. Pairs with Hoshin Kanri for Leaders by Wade Prescott. Volume 1 of The Executive Playbook Series.
View on AmazonThe fillable workbook companion to Hoshin Kanri for Leaders. Eight sections — Concept, Method, Worksheet, and Manager Notes per section. A fully populated mid-size manufacturing X-Matrix as the what-good-looks-like reference. Twelve-question Manager Notes Block at the back for the questions every leader hits during deployment.
This workbook runs the operating system. The companion narrative title runs the why.
Covers setting breakthrough goals and the CEO ratification process, catchball across four rounds of leadership-team alignment, building the X-Matrix with all four correlation grids, selecting leading and lagging indicators and locking their definitions, cascading objectives through every management layer, designing monthly and quarterly review cadences, diagnosing the five failure modes before they stall the program, and preparing for the board and director questions that follow first-cycle reviews.
Includes the Manager Notes Block with twelve questions a manager will hit during deployment, a completed example with a full manufacturing company X-Matrix walkthrough, and a recommended reading list for going deeper.
Written for VPs, Directors, General Managers, and operations leaders running their first Hoshin Kanri deployment. Pairs with Hoshin Kanri for Leaders by Wade Prescott. Volume 1 of The Executive Playbook Series.
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