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Some Examples of Waste

(typically, above the front-line employees):

-          Useless Meetings

-          Traveling to Abilene

-          Pretending to Work

-          Unnecessary Reporting

-          Poor or No Planning

-          Poorly-thought-out Tasks

-          Duplicate/Unnecessary Work

-          Doing Something No One Needs

-          Waiting for an Assignment

-          Performance Evaluations

-          Inadequate Decision-making Authority

-          Poorly Thought-out Roles

-          Unclear Accountabilities

-          Abusing Employees

-          Raiding the Organization

-          No Vision Whatsoever

-          Feararchy / Management by Fear