Webinar: Unlock the Power of Leadership: The Electrolux Manufacturing System (EMS) Way

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Sandro Casagrande discusses the importance of leadership behaviors in sustaining Lean transformations at Electrolux over two decades.

Webinar page with video, slides, and more What makes a Lean transformation last not just a few years, but two decades? At Electrolux, the answer wasn’t more tools, more training, or more Kaizen events. The breakthrough came when the company realized that leadership behaviors — not Lean mechanics — were the deciding factor in whether improvement stuck. In this episode, Sandro Casagrande shares the story behind the Electrolux Manufacturing System (EMS), now in its 20th year. He explains why the early years of EMS produced uneven results, what changed when Electrolux shifted its focus to leadership habits, and how coaching routines, visual management, and leader standard work became the backbone of a sustainable improvement culture. Drawing from more than 30 years with Electrolux, Sandro details: • Why early EMS efforts succeeded in some plants but stalled in others • How leadership behaviors became the turning point in creating organizational habits • What neuroscience and habit loops taught Electrolux about sustaining change • How coaching — not directing — accelerates team development and problem solving • How sites reach gold and platinum performance levels, and why those gains…

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Guest: Sandro Casagrande

Topics covered

• Lean transformation
• Leadership
• Organizational habits
• Coaching
• Sustainable improvement culture

Keywords

• Electrolux Manufacturing System
• leadership behaviors
• coaching routines
• visual management
• sustainable improvement culture

Mentioned in this episode

Products: the Electrolux Manufacturing System (EMS), Electrolux

Books & works: Unlock the Power of Leadership

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