Lean roles
Practioners and Leaders
The Lean Six Sigma framework for Continuous Improvement distinguishes its practitioners across several roles, each with their own tasks and responsibilities. Two of these specialised Lean roles are Lean Practitioner and Lean Leader.
Lean Practitioners specialise in leading their team’s daily improvement initiatives and process improvement projects. They have the skills and mindset needed to improve processes, resulting in higher efficiency and productivity.
Lean Leaders play a crucial role in guiding their team or department towards a culture of continuous improvement. They are able to implement a blueprint of Lean mechanisms to create a system that facilitates continuous improvement. Combined with their ability to coach team members in their Lean initiatives, they are well equipped to embed and sustain this culture over the long term.
Benefits of Lean
Why practice Lean?
Lean training empowers individuals with the skills to eliminate waste, optimise workflows, and enhance daily operations. Participants learn to identify inefficiencies at their root, streamlining processes to reduce delays, lower costs, and improve overall productivity. This hands-on approach delivers quick, measurable results while promoting operational excellence.
Lean principles also encourage teams to embrace a mindset of continuous improvement, enabling employees to take ownership of small, impactful changes that build lasting value. By focusing on practical solutions and fostering collaboration, Lean training helps organisations achieve higher efficiency, maximise resources, and stay competitive in fast-paced industries.
Less waste, more value
Lean helps you identify all those little things that slow us down or don’t add any real value to our work. We cut out these wasteful steps, making processes smoother and more efficient. This means less time wasted, more work done.
High-level teamwork
Lean isn’t just about what one person can do, it’s about everyone working together. When we all share ideas and suggestions, we find better ways to do things. This teamwork boosts morale and makes the workplace a happier and more productive place.
Maximize customer satisfaction
Lean isn’t only about doing things faster; it’s also about doing things right. By catching mistakes early and ensuring quality, we make sure customers get what they want, when they want it. This means happy customers who keep coming back.
Hands-on approach
Each student will be guided towards their first project from day one. By discussing project ideas, hurdles and insights, we effectively help you bridge the gap between training and achieving results that create support for future initiatives.
From Lean to Green Belt
Become an expert in Lean and Six Sigma by upgrading your Lean course to a Green Belt course.