Role-Based Training Courses
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Everyone: In a high-performing organization, everyone is engaged in doing their work and helping to improve it every day and everywhere. These courses provide a basic understanding of continuous improvement and skill development including: value and waste detection, goal setting, performance measurement, simple problem solving, and working well as a team.
- Introduction to Improvement: Seeing the Possible course provides a basic understanding of the continual improvement approach, concepts, methods used, and the degree to which positive change and benefits are possible. White Belt (Quality, Lean, Six Sigma) certification can be achieved.
- “Working With Others – Active Communications” course helps everyone improve communications and working relationships.
- “Continuous Improvement for Everyone” course provides the knowledge and skills to perform a personal improvement project. This course can lead to Continuous Improvement (Quality, Lean, Six Sigma) Yellow Belt certification can be achieved.
Improvement Project Leader:
These courses provide knowledge and skills (for Project leaders and Process owners) in each step of the improvement cycle, change management,
and project management techniques to effectively lead a team through a successful improvement project. Bring a project to training and receive one-on-one coaching during and after the training. This can lead to Green belt certifiation. Training modules are also available as stand-alone courses.
- Improvement Project Leader (Lean six sigma Green Belt)
- Helping Others Embrace Change – Understand, Plan, Communicate
- Learn from the Past, Change the Present, Create the Future
- Process Mapping
- Problem Solving
- Standardize and Implement Work Processes
- Statistical Analysis basics
- Working with Others – Active Communication
Continual Improvement Champion: If your role includes leading improvement projects and the improvement structure there are numerous ADVANCED improvement courses and certifications to create bigger results. These courses apply adult education principles of Tell, Show, Do, Recycle (tell the topic, show you the topic, immediately do/apply the topic, recycle feedback to confirm knowledge transfer). Upon completion of a method, certification is available.
- 5S, Visual Controls
- Advanced Facilitation
- Annual Improvement Planning
- Failure Mode Effect Analysis
- Flow – Balanced Work – Kanban
- Innovation
- Kaizen
- Six Sigma Black Belt
- Strategic & Annual Planning
- Total Productive Maintenance
- Value Engineering / Design for Excellence
- Mistake Proofing
- Quick Change - SMED
- Nonconformance Management Process
Leader: Gain more knowledge and skills to improve yourself and help your team and organization achieve/exceed performance goals. Getting results is key. These courses apply adult education principles of Tell, Show, Do, Recycle (tell the topic, show you the topic, immediately do/apply the topic, recycle feedback to confirm knowledge transfer).
Leader certification can be achieved. Training modules are also available as stand-alone courses.
- Leadership Education: Leading a High-Performing Culture
- Annual Improvement Planning
- Helping others embrace change – understand, plan, and communication
- Systemwide Focus
- Problem Solving – getting to the root of problems
- Working with others – active communication
- Your Purpose – Mission, Vision, and Values
- Strategic and Annual Planning
Supervisor: Gain more knowledge and skills to improve yourself and help maximize the potential of your team and achieve/exceed performance goals. Supervisor certification can be achieved. Course modules are also available as stand-alone courses.
- Supervisor Education: Leading an Improvement Culture
- Create Standard Procedures
- Engage team members in huddles
- Helping others embrace change – understand, plan, and communication
- Learn from the past, Change the present, Create the future
- Problem Solving – getting to the root of problems
- Working with others – active communication
- Process Mapping
- Effective goals and performance measures
All Courses
Getting results is key!
All training includes education and knowledge transfer. We rely significantly on the adult education principles of TELL, SHOW, DO, RECYCLE (provide feedback). Application, in the classroom and in the real world, are keys to knowledge transfer and results.
