Why CEOs fail creating their continuous improvement cultures

Dr. Bob Emiliani explains why the majority of CEO’s fail in creating a continuous improvement culture in their organization. The pattern is the same regardless of industry. Dr. Emiliani will explain the difference between traditional management and lean leadership, and your managements addiction to maintaining the status quo.

Dr. Emiliani first published his research findings in his 2018 book, "The Triumph of Classical Management Over Lean Management" – the first of six books on the topic - which solves a 100-year-old problem, and one that you most likely still struggle with today. During this webinar we’ll cover why lean and related transformative efforts struggle and usually fail. We’ll summarize the underlying forces that shape leadership culture, and give you valuable insights into understanding and overcoming obstacles to major change.

Cubic LLC is a leadership and management development firm that offers advising, executive coaching, webinars, and online training that is tailored to individual or corporate. Bob Emiliani, principal owner, is also the author or co author of nearly 28 books on topics such as kaizen, Lean leadership, strategy, and management history. He draws on over 15 years of industry experience and 23 years of academic experience. https://bobemiliani.com

Dr. Bob Emiliani has 15 year industry background including management responsibility in engineering, R&D, manufacturing and supply chain management with Pratt & Whitney during the early stages of its Lean transformation efforts. Dr. Emiliani then became a full-time professor for 23 years teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in areas such as leadership, strategy failure analysis, the history of progressive management, and holds the honorary title of Professor Emeritus. Dr. Emiliani’s has authored or co-authored over 40 peer-reviewed papers, over 1000 blog posts, and is the author or co-author of 28 books. His work is described as essential and groundbreaking by executives and professionals alike. As Laura Gerrits Gedvile, Founder of The Holistic Enterprise put it: “Bob Emiliani’s voice should be heard by every CEO on the planet.” Bob’s contributions to business thinking are highly praised for their originality, historical accuracy, and the profound impact they’ve had — and will continue to have — on companies across the globe. His readers and followers have been inspired by Bob’s work for over two decades and regard his teachings as "phenomenal contributions" that have shaped their growth. With a clear, insightful approach that is respected from CEOs to supervisors, Bob’s mission is to bring clarity to leadership though a unique lens.

Thursday, July 31, 2025

Agenda

12:00 p.m. Welcome and Introcution

12:05 p.m. Presentation begins

12:45 p.m. Q&A

1:00 p.m.  Program concludes

Attendees will:

• Challenge their assumptions about leaders and what they value most
• Discover the network of countervailing forces that obstruct progress
• Learn about the Institution of Leadership and how it entrenches the status quo
• Discover how the “System of Profound Privilege” disables rapid progress
• Understand why classical management survives despite the many challenges to displace it

• Owners
• Presidents, CEO’s, VP’s, senior executives, management
• Private equity owners
• Change agents, lean practitioners, turnaround specialists
• Management consultants
• Management and employees who wonder why managers and executives do not make obvious changes or listen to what their employees tell them
• Anyone struggling to implement major change within organizations, whether that be lean (continuous improvement) or other progressive management initiatives
• Anyone interested in understanding the underlying forces that shape leadership culture