Lean for Leaders

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Organisation profile

LeanTeams’ goal is to help businesses work smarter, not harder. They achieve this by helping you to unlock the potential of the people behind the processes in your organisation. As a result of their lean business training, their expert 1:1 mentoring and their own experiential simulation game, their clients are more competitive, profitable, and have lower employee attrition rates.

Training aim

Lean for Leaders supports business leaders and senior managers in creating the leadership environment needed to build continuous improvements throughout your organisation. This programme is structured around the Shingo Model and how it relates to improving an organisation’s culture, performance, and profitability through lean principles applied by leaders at all levels of the organisation.

Learning objectives

How leading in a Lean environment is different
The Key Lean Systems that Leaders need to pay special attention to
Leader Standard Work
Vision & Mission for your business
Critical Success Factors, High Level Objectives
Strategy, supporting KPI’s & site dashboard
Hoshin X Matrix
Standardised Visual Management system
A greater appreciation of the role of leadership
Strategies to improve employee engagement

Course outline

Introduction to Lean Leadership & Principles
Lean Business Simulation
Problem-Solving methodology
Gemba Management (Go-Look-See, Gemba Walks)
Standardisation (1 Best Way, Leader Standard Work)
Shingo Model of Enterprise Excellence
Strategy & Alignment – Establish Vision
Communication – Front line Dashboards
Employee Engagement
Link between Continuous Improvement & Employee Engagement
Key Lean Systems 5 Alignment (Tier Mgt System, Today / Tomorrow)
Leadership (Manager v Leader, Transformational / Transactional / Lean)
Cultural enablers / Employee engagement
Next Steps – Developing a Lean Roadmap

Trainer's profile

Steve Halpin has a background in engineering and has worked in Operations Management roles for multi-national corporations for over 20 years. He is also Chairman of the Dublin Lean Network which was set up to bring businesses of all sizes and industries together to share Lean business ideas and best practices.

Course duration

Lean for Leaders is run over 12 weeks consisting of 8 half-day training sessions. and an initial mentor 1-1 session to plan your implementation.

The classroom training programme is delivered over 8 half days. Each participant has an option of follow-up mentor sessions to assist in the application of Lean Principles to their own work. This is highly recommended.