About Lean Leaders Plus
Lean Leaders Plus was built on a simple belief: better leadership creates better outcomes. Not as a slogan — as a practice.
Leadership Drives Everything
Lean Leaders Plus works with organizations to align leadership behaviors, strengthen execution, and build cultures that sustain performance over time.
Rather than applying generic frameworks, the focus is on practical, real-world leadership systems that drive measurable outcomes.
Shannon Carver
Shannon Carver has spent his career in the trenches of operational leadership — working alongside decision-makers who are accountable for real results. His career began on the manufacturing floor at Sauer-Danfoss, where over a decade of operational and Six Sigma roles taught him that culture and execution rise and fall on the behaviors of leaders.
He has been coaching executives since 2008, first at Lean Partners and, since 2016, as founder of Lean Leaders Plus. In that time he has helped leadership teams across manufacturing, healthcare, and professional services close the gap between strategy and consistent follow-through — including a Mexican operations rebuild that doubled output inside eighteen months.
His approach isn't about theory or motivation. It's about developing the leadership behaviors that improve how organizations execute, how teams align, and how culture strengthens over time. Caring, candid, and deeply practical, his work sits at the intersection of leadership, culture, and continuous improvement.
Effective organizations are built through consistent leadership behaviors — not one-time initiatives.
Education & Credentials
- MBA, Marketing — Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
- BS, Mechanical Engineering — Iowa State University
- Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (ASQ); former Master Black Belt
- Organizational Coach — Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership
My Amazon Best Seller
Your Leadership Currency of TCR
The framework behind the work — Trust, Credibility, and Respect as the currency leaders build through consistent behavior.
View on Amazon →Press & Recognition
Selected appearances, honors, and features.
Honor · 2025
Marquis Who’s Who in America
Selected for inclusion based on position, noteworthy accomplishments, and prominence in business consulting.
Read the announcementPodcast Feature
Close Up Radio Spotlight
Featured episode on building Trust, Credibility, and Respect as the foundation of effective leadership.
Author · 2025
Your Leadership Currency of TCR
Gain Ultimate Influence by Building Trust, Credibility, and Respect — the framework behind every Lean Leaders Plus engagement.
View on Amazon
What Makes Lean Leaders Plus Different
We are practitioners, not theorists.
Our work is grounded in real operational environments. We have led teams, managed P&Ls, and dealt with the same pressures our clients face.
We partner, we do not prescribe.
Every organization is different. We do not arrive with a pre-built program. We build the engagement around what your organization actually needs.
We measure what matters.
We hold ourselves accountable to the same outcomes we ask leaders to pursue. If execution does not improve, we have not done our job.
Team TCR changed the culture and the results in my department.
Daniel Pastran
Manufacturing operations leader
Read Daniel's story →Ready to Put This Work Into Practice
Start with the diagnostic to see where the gaps are — or open the conversation directly. The first conversation is always free and focused on whether there is a fit, no program, no pitch.