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.
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.
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.
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.
At the end of the training, you will have a plan for implementing a Lean culture of continuous improvement in your organisation.
You can read more about Lean Leadership and our approach in our trainer's blog "Lean and Leadership: How to achieve more results".
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.
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.
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.
