Shingo Principles Podcast
Shingo Principles Podcast
Shingo Institute, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University
Episode 48: Leading Excellence
34 minutes Posted May 27, 2025 at 2:00 pm.
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Today’s podcast explores how leaders can thrive in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous (VUCA) environment by embracing adaptive, principle-based leadership rooted in the Shingo Model™. Drawing on insights from the book Leading Excellence, the episode introduces the concept of the “5 Hats of the Adaptive Leader”—Inspire, Coach, Teach, Support, and Direct—as practical tools to guide leaders in responding effectively to different situations. It emphasizes the importance of understandin...