Executing Lean and Six Sigma Initiatives
Organizations are attracted to Lean and Six Sigma for their dramatic financial impact. Numerous success stories tout significant savings in process improvements, waste reduction, and productivity. But leading in a “Lean” environment is about more than cost savings. About more than being disciplined and data-driven. And about more than aiming for virtually defect-free products and processes.
The viability of a truly impactful Lean initiative depends on the motivation of employees to do things in new ways, using new procedures, and relying on new levels of collaboration within both work teams and cross-functional teams.
DDI knows that, when implemented correctly, using powerful statistical tools and methodologies combined with the appropriate leadership approaches and workforce skills, Lean or Six Sigma initiatives can have a tremendous positive impact on the organization’s culture.
Support for the People Side
We have many solutions to support the people side of your lean initiative. Among our specific capabilities or solutions:
- People Leader Skills Development: Our Interaction Management®: Exceptional Leaders . . . Extraordinary Results® leadership development system develops the critical skills leaders need to empower, coach and develop their teams to drive the lean initiative.
- Workforce Skills Development: DDI’s Interaction Management®: Exceptional Performers Series provides a robust curriculum to give your team leaders, team members, and individual contributors the soft skills they need to improve collaboration, receptivity to change, and communication, which drive quality and cost controls.
- Leadership Pipeline: We have solutions to help you forecast leadership needs, identify high potential talent, and develop an effective leadership development process to ensure an ongoing talent pool of leaders aligned with the intended lean work environment—at all organizational levels.
- Performance Management: We offer proven performance management systems and training, to help you create a lean work culture by clearly defining consistent performance expectations throughout the organization.