Description

Focused, practical executive education for busy leaders. In this two-day experience, we respect your time and your desire to make your organization better. We will provide a quick but detailed review of lean systems through interactive discussions, simulations and practical exercises. This is a high-impact workshop with demanding objectives and critical outcomes.

Target audience

This workshop is designed for senior leaders in organizations, including leaders of supporting departments such as sales, finance, and HR. It is appropriate for any leader responsible for single or multi-site activity. Versions of this workshop are also available for mid-level managers, shop-floor/office managers, and value-adding operators.

Outcomes and Objectives

Become a lean organization
- Understand the philosophy behind the success of great companies, and how you can use it to lead yours to higher levels of success, even in a tight economy
- Describe how a Daily Management System supports the execution of your action plan and builds discipline
- See the value and the waste in your processes and systematically enhance the value while eliminating waste, increasing your capacity and profitability
Become a Lean Leader
- Describe the importance of a lean vision and strategic plan and your role in creating bothSee the value and the waste in your processes and systematically enhance the value while eliminating waste, increasing your capacity and profitability
- Create work flow to improve delivery to your customers while ensuring perfect quality
- Gain new insights into leadership roles & behaviors for employee development, focusing on building confidence and commitment
Create a better work culture
- Describe how to build teams to establish new relationships and new skill sets within your organization – the leader’s role as teacher
- See the value of standardized work from multiple perspectives
- Understand how making changes in the physical structure of your work systems is the only way to reshape the culture of your organization

Workshop schedule

Day 1 - 8:30 AM - 8:30 PM

Day 2 - 8:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Please avoid early departures.

Logistics

We conduct this workshop onsite for company leaders. It is often held as part of an overall education program for a company to ensure that the organization uses a common language in communicating the lean vision. This workshop requires no special facilities. The ideal meeting space is approximately 30’ x 30’.