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How Do We Create Leadership Pull for Operational Excellence?

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Several times a year, over the last decade, in multiple Operational Excellence (OPEX) focused conference workshops, we have asked the same question. What’s the #1 obstacle to successfully deploy OPEX? The #1 answer has invariably remained “lack of top management commitment”.

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Docherty, P. (2013). How Do We Create Leadership Pull for Operational Excellence?. In: Friedli, T., Basu, P., Bellm, D., Werani, J. (eds) Leading Pharmaceutical Operational Excellence. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35161-7_24

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