Hearing the Voice of the Shingo Principles

6Lead with Humility

The most powerful place to begin the process of cultural transformation is with leaders focusing first on their own behaviors.

The Voice of the Principle … Lead with Humility

The principle of Lead with Humility is also, like Respect for Every Individual, one of the key enablers of cultural transformation. Humility brings with it teachability, and learning to hear the voice of any principle requires teachability. It means being willing to consider the possibility of something new, something important that might fundamentally change your way of thinking and acting. For most of us, if we are being honest with ourselves, this is frightening.

Leading with humility runs counter to most graduate school training and leadership ...