One thing that stands out to class members is the remarkable consistency of philosophy and thinking of leaders at all levels. In one class, the first observations that class members made were (1) “Consistency of the principles and values across all levels and time,” (2) “They repeat historical Toyota stories so often,” and (3) “There is a strong culture that is evident everyplace.” Even in a one-day visit, it is evident that Toyota leaders walk the talk. And the people in the class would have come to the same conclusions if they had visited any other Toyota manufacturing plant in the world.
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