Much has been said about The Toyota Way; the car manufacture company’s leadership philosophy. It always worked for Toyota in the past and some say now, it’s helping them through arguably one of the toughest times for the company in the past 20 years. Maybe this old philosophy is still worth a look.

Whatever it is they do at Toyota, company leaders around the world are obviously very confident in the organisational culture and process. Hylton Bannon, Managing Director, Toyota Kenya Limited, said the confidence comes from the belief in Toyota’s internalised ‘lean leadership’ principles.

“I have applied the lean leadership principles in eight different countries around the world over the past 12 years; there is no doubt that this form of leadership works,” he said. And those at UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB) must agree with him because the school has invited Bannon to design and deliver a course which takes the principles of lean leadership to executives from 19 to 21 September this year.

For more information about the Lean Leadership executive education course running in September at the Graduate School of Business contact Mario Pearce on (0)21 406 1268 or visit www.gsb.uct.ac.za

Coming soon: a full interview with Hylton Bannon, Managing Director, Toyota Kenya Limited

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