Toyota Talent: Developing Your People the Toyota Way (BUSINESS BOOKS) - Hardcover

Liker, Jeffrey K.; Meier, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071477454 ISBN 13: 9780071477451

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2007

Synopsis

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.

Toyota Talent provides 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.

About this title

Review:

getAbstract highly recommends studying this book [which explains] how to
organize a training program for Toyota-style success.
-- getAbstract, July 22, 2007

Synopsis:

Toyota credits its status as a global powerhouse to its people. Now two of the leading authorities on the company give you the methods for developing an exceptional workforce the Toyota way. Toyota has changed the economic and business landscape with its model for organizational excellence. Jeffrey K. Liker's international bestseller, "The Toyota Way", summarized this management approach with his 4P model consisting of Philosophy, Process, People, and Problem Solving. The Shingo Prize-winning "The Toyota Way Fieldbook" went a step further showing how to apply the 4Ps to other companies. "Toyota Talent" explores the critical importance of People in the Toyota model. Without an exceptional workforce, the other principles would be useless. Liker and Meier describe how the company develops high-performing individuals and an outstanding workforce. With illustrative examples, guidance, and proven techniques, this book also shows the best ways to grow talent from within.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0071477454
• ISBN 13: 9780071477451
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352