Summary
This workshop for senior leaders will help them understand the pivotal role they play in leading Lean transformations.  Senior leaders learn the process of leading and sustaining organizational change.  The program helps senior leaders understand how critical their ongoing leadership is in creating the conditions for Lean methodologies to take root over the long term.  Participants will learn the key roles they need to play during each of the three critical stages of change and how they can create strategies to overcome resistance to change.  Successful Lean Manufacturers see Lean as a vital part of their culture and something that permeates all aspects of their operations.  Implementing and sustaining Lean techniques requires executive leadership and the skills associated with managing behavioral change. This program will enable senior leaders to leverage and sustain Lean initiatives, minimize the number of setbacks and roadblocks and develop the capabilities to make continuous performance improvement a central part of their organization’s manufacturing culture.

Course Outcomes
As a result of participating in this program, senior leaders will:

• Understand how organizations change and how to
  not repeat the mistakes of others;
• Be able to apply a proven change model to gain alignment to Lean goals and Six Sigma initiatives throughout their organization;
• Lead all employees through large-scale Lean initiatives;
• Understand how to align people, resources and operating practices in order to maximize performance and results;
• Open up communications to create stronger trust and mutual support;
• Balance the often conflicting demands of achieving day-to-day results while taking the actions needed to realize the organization’s vision of Lean manufacturing; and
• Master ways to reduce resistance to change and build support for planned changes.