 The recent COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of managing the workforce in healthcare settings around the world. Lean thinking has been applied to healthcare operations for many years, resulting in improvements in quality, cost savings, and process efficiencies. Human resources, HR, are also benefited from lean strategies, including increased job satisfaction and perceived job autonomy. This paper reviews the application and implementation of lean strategies in healthcare, with a specific focus on HR management. A case study of a private healthcare group in Turkey is used to illustrate how lean can be successfully implemented in this setting. This article was authored by Gülfer Bektiz and Fikri Kuiper.