Books co-authored by Chris
Leading Excellence
5 Hats of the Adaptive Leader
Chris Butterworth, Brad Jeavons and Stephen Dargan
This is a practical leadership handbook full of real life stories, insights and tips based that will appeal to leaders and aspiring leaders in every type of organisation. It explains the why and how of creating successful organisations with amazing cultures where people flourish.
A key insight is the need for leaders to recognise that one size does not fit all in the way they lead their organisation and interact with their people. Leaders need to be adaptive to the context and the person. To enable this the authors have developed the concept of the “5 hats of the adaptive leader”. These enable leaders to understand why, when and how to adapt their style as appropriate in any given context.
How Thriving Individuals Create Thriving Cultures of
Continuous Improvement Within Organizations
Chris Warner, Caroline Greenlee and Chris Butterworth
When people are valued and respected it improves their overall mental well-being and workplace experience, which in turn, makes them more motivated to help meet the purpose and objectives of the organization and adapt to external drivers.
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This book explores how mental well-being
and aculture of continuous improvement
are intertwined and mutually reinforcing.
Why Care ?
Why Bother?
Why and How to Assess Your Continuous Improvement Culture
Chris Butterworth, Morgan L Jones and Peter Hines
This book focuses on the importance of creating an internal assessment system for your continuous improvement culture and how to build this system to embed ideal behaviours.
The book includes many case studies and real life examples and shares the authors' experiences of what works and what doesn't.
All author proceeds from the book are donated to the Black Dog Institute mental health charity.
The Essence of Excellence
Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement
Peter Hines and Chris Butterworth
Published by S A Partners
Winner of the Shingo Publication Award (2019).
The authors researched over 100 companies worldwide to find out what it is that separates the really great from the merely good. The answer they concluded, lies in the mindset, the language, the confidence and the sheer passion for excellence.
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In this book they explore what they learned, develop a framework for their thinking and illustrate this with examples, cases and anecdotes from those organisations that have captured the Essence of Excellence. This is guaranteed to inspire and guide you in your own search for excellence.
A must-read reference book .....learn from some of the best experts in Lean!
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Philippe Brun, STMicroelectronics
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Peter and Chris do a great job of providing a picture of what it takes to turn engaged people into excellent results.
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Jeff Liker, Author
This book summarises in a nutshell what C I is about. Though focussed on financial services, it is a must read for every leader who wants to improve their business.
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It captures the C I essentials to transform your business to become best in class.
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Embedding a Culture of Continuous Improvement in Financial Services
Dr Morgan L Jones, Chris Butterworth and Brenton Harder
Winner of the Shingo Publication Award (2019).
In this book, the authors combine their seventy years of collective experience in Lean and business improvement to present 5 basic habits to the reader that are easy to learn yet take years to master. A Culture of Continuous Improvement in your organisation will start to develop almost as soon as the habits are applied and continue to mature as they are mastered.
This practical guide includes tips and examples from case studies in two of the world’s leading banking organisations, demonstrating how the Culture of Continuous Improvement has been applied in real-world situations.
The authors also discuss the underlying neuroscience to explain why these habits actually work. Essential reading for leaders and business improvement professionals alike.
Enterprise Alignment & Results
Published by the Shingo Institute
Edited by Chris Butterworth
To succeed, an organisation must cultivate management systems that effectively align their work and behaviours with principles and direction.
These systems should be simple, comprehensible, actionable and standardised. Establishing alignment in every value stream of an organisation will ultimately create value for the customer and produce the desired results. This alignment stems from an understanding of why an organisation exists, where it is going and how it will get there.
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This book from the Shingo Model Series, guides readers to understand how to create alignment within their organisation, thereby increasing the consistency of delivering ideal results.