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“How can I get the most from my employees?” This is a universal question that I hear a lot. Business leaders don’t necessarily know how to motivate their employees to be their most productive and effective selves.

I’d be lying if I told you there was one easy answer…but you probably already knew there wasn’t!

The people in an organization are driven by the written, and more often unwritten, rules about behavior – what is and isn’t acceptable, what is and isn’t noticed, what is and isn’t rewarded, what is and isn’t valued by management, and what they can and can’t get away with. These “rules” create the driving force within an organization – the “organizational culture”.

Jim Womack and Dan Jones, in the forward to Learning to See and in their book Lean Thinking, have succinctly defined a formula to start the lean transformation. This methodology is effective and proven.

Why is it then that fewer than 20% of companies who embark on the lean journey succeed at their efforts and can truly be said to be “Lean Thinkers” five years later?

The reason is simple. A great start does not make a great finish. To finish well, a company needs to transform their culture. Paying attention to these 10 lessons will maximize your opportunity to finish well.