Lean Leadership Training II

Lean management is the key to a more efficient and sustainable organisational culture. In this intensive two-day training, you will learn how to use Lean thinking to become more than just a toolkit for process improvement - it will become a strategic strength for your organisation. An internationally experienced trainer has designed a power package that will help you learn how to guide your organisation towards a sustainable culture of continuous improvement.

The training is aimed at anyone who wants to deepen their Lean management skills and create structures that support long-term improvements in their organisation.

✅ Effective Lean Management: the training provides practical tools and strategies to help you integrate Lean thinking into your organisation's daily operations.

✅ A culture of continuous improvement: learn how to steer your organisation towards continuous improvement and ensure that Lean is not just a one-off project.

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Learn how to create a permanent culture of continuous improvement in Lean

In this two-day training you will learn and experience how improvement can become part of everyday work throughout your organisation. The training is an inspiring and interactive package of Lean change leadership. The training will equip you to lead an organisation, or part of an organisation, towards a lasting Lean transformation.

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Internationally experienced trainer, DI Marja Jaatinen-van der Harst, has put together a power pack for the Lean Leader. The trainer will share her own experiences and examples and give you advice on how to succeed in your own organisation. The training is based on proven change management theories and the trainer's international experience of successful Lean culture changes in some of the world's most successful companies, not forgetting some instructive failures.

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We will go through the lessons interactively, using examples and participants' experiences. At the end of the training, we will work together to apply what we have learnt to the participants' own change objectives.

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After the training, you will have an understanding of the biggest challenges your organisation faces in Lean culture change and will be equipped to lead the change in your organisation based on the plan you developed during the training.

You will learn concrete and practical methods to facilitate the implementation of Lean:

You will understand which factors are critical to creating a culture of continuous improvement.
You will learn a concrete model on how to successfully implement a Lean culture of continuous improvement at all levels of the organisation.
You will learn how to measure the state of change in your organisation. Based on this measurement, you'll see what the biggest challenges are in your organisation.
You will learn how to deal with the challenges your organisation faces.
You will learn how to make a change plan for your organisation.
You will learn how to use Lean in your day-to-day management.

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At the end of the training, you will have a plan for implementing a Lean culture of continuous improvement in your organisation.

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You can read more about Lean Leadership and our approach in our trainer's blog "Lean and Leadership: How to achieve more results".

Lean Management Training II Who is suitable for

Who is the training suitable for?

The training is suitable for managers, leaders and change agents who want to improve their (Lean) Leadership and use Lean Thinking faster and easier. The training is also suitable for leaders who are responsible for Lean change in their organisation and need additional support in implementing the change.

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Participation in the training requires knowledge of Lean principles (e.g. Lean book or basic training in Lean thinking). You will get more out of the training if you have thought in advance about what you want your team/organisation to achieve in the next 1-5 years.

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If you are interested in other Lean and Six Sigma trainings for management, read more about the different options: Lean and Six Sigma training for leadership.

1. Training day:

Morning (9.00-11.30)

Presentation & mapping of change objectives
Lean culture and how to create it in your organisation
- The forces needed for change
- The role of management
- Steps in the Lean change process for successful, lasting change
- Ways to implement Lean change
- Measuring organisational readiness for change
- When is the readiness for change sufficient for successful change
- Work methods: after the introduction, the theory will be interactively discussed using examples and participants' experiences and challenges + exercise: measuring change

Lunch
Afternoon (12.15-16.00)

How to implement a Lean culture in your company.
- Participants will work together to make a follow-up plan using the morning measurement and the methods they have learned. Finally, the plans will be evaluated together.
- Work format: workshop

2. Training day:

Morning (9.00-11.30)

Recap exercise
Lean in day-to-day management
- The cycle of continuous improvement
- Indicators for daily management
- Visual management and improvement boards
- Lean stand-up meetings
- Systematic problem solving in daily management
- Mistake Proofing (Poka-Yoke)
- Guiding employees
- Working methods: discussions + lecture + video

Lunch
Afternoon (12.15-16.00)

Lean daily management in practice
- Again, we apply the theory we have learned to the situation of the participants. Together, participants will design a daily management board and we will practice using the board. After the exercise, there will be time for feedback.
- Work format: workshop

Training material in the language of the training will be distributed to participants. Additionally, participants will receive an action plan for implementing Lean changes in their own work environment after the training.

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Certificate of participation in Lean Management II training

At the end of the training "Lean Management II" you will receive a certificate of participation. This certificate is a sign of your commitment to continuous improvement and to deepening the Lean mindset in your organisation. It proves that you have acquired concrete skills and competences to guide your organisation towards a sustainable Lean culture and continuous improvement. The certificate also serves as an excellent addition to your professional profile, demonstrating your ability to lead effective and sustainable change through Lean management.

Why choose Jaatinen B.V. as your trainer?

The instructor is certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt: DI Marja Jaatinen-van der Harst. Marja has more than 20 years of experience in applying Lean Six Sigma from international companies to SMEs in industry, public sector and services.

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Examples of the training's strengths:

Concreteness of the training: The training is based on the participants' own situation, objectives and challenges, for which the training will provide appropriate approaches.
Measuring your own organisation's readiness for change and creating an action plan: The training will measure the participants' readiness for change in their own organisation using a unique Change Readiness Meter based on General Electric's teachings. Based on this measurement, we will work with participants to develop a follow-up plan.
Tailored to the participants' situation: Very small training groups (maximum 8 participants) to allow for an interactive approach and personalised guidance. The trainer will challenge participants to discover and guide them deeper into Lean Leadership.
The instructor's extensive, international experience:We do not just go through what the books say and the studies show, but we use the instructor's own practical experience of more than 20 years in the world's most successful Lean (Six Sigma) organisations (e.g. General Electric), without forgetting the lessons learned from failures. We build Lean transformation on the participants' own strengths, drawing on international lessons.

Find out more about our training style: our training style.

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The price of training

Price open training: 1.650,- € + VAT / participant. Price includes catering and training materials.

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4.6/5 Based on 413 evaluations

Duration, time and place

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The Lean Leadership II training will last 2 days and the next open group in Finnish will be held remotely:

24-25 April 2025, distance learning

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We also organise in-house training in Finnish and English.

Experiences of those who have participated in our training courses in the past

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You can also read more about our references at the link: customer experiences and company references.

Practical learning with a top expert.

Our trainings offer you more than a traditional course:

Clarity

The learnings have been structured into clear steps so that you know exactly how to proceed.

Practicality

The teachings of the training are immediately applied to the participants' own work environment, strengthening learning and its practical usefulness.

Efficiency

By focusing on the essentials and offering plenty of practical exercises, we can offer effective and concise training at an affordable price.

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Lean Leadership Training II

Register for Lean Management Training II

Learn how to create a permanent culture of continuous improvement in Lean

You will learn concrete and practical methods to facilitate the implementation of Lean:

Who is the training suitable for?

1. Training day:

2. Training day:

Certificate of participation in Lean Management II training

Why choose Jaatinen B.V. as your trainer?

The price of training

Duration, time and place

Experiences of those who have participated in our training courses in the past

Practical learning with a top expert.

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