A Lean Capabilities Coach is a facilitator and coach. They provide both training and follow up coaching services, offering the unique Lean Capabilities insights to Continuous Improvement in both manufacturing and service based businesses.
Some of the common reasons that companies enlist the services of a Lean coach are to: -
- Assist people who have been charged with Continuous Improvement responsibilities to learn, plan and progress the implementation of Lean and generate results more quickly.
- Assist people in leadership roles in understanding their responsibilities, in Leading and Managing the Change process, sustaining the momentum, developing their peoples capabilities and communicating effectively.
- Assist the workforce in understanding the Lean principles and Best Practices and how they will be involved and personally benefit from the changes.
- Assist individuals and groups of employees to effectively deal with increasing change.
- Assist in the development of effective and focused teams.
Lean Coaches provide the following range of products and services
- Individual coaching
- Group coaching
- Group workshops
- Team training
- Lean Thinking workplace seminars
- Corporate speaking engagements
- Related books, DVD’s, CD’s
Lean Coaching
The focus of a Lean coach is to provide seminars, workshops or courses and coaching on the principles and practices of Lean Thinking to individuals and groups of employees within manufacturing and service industries.
The Lean Coach will conduct workshops of various duration e.g. 1 day, 2 day, 3day etc. aimed at developing the capability of participants in the process of eliminating waste and making value flow. Clients will include: -
- Employees of medium and large companies,
- Government departments,
- Multi-national organizations etc.
These workshops are highly interactive and hands on, demonstrating in an easy to understand way, the key principles of Lean Thinking and Continuous Improvement.
The International Coach Federation defines coaching as "a process for equipping individuals and teams with the tools, knowledge and opportunities they need to be creatively productive and effective in their commitment to themselves, their organisations, and their work".
Lean Capabilities Coaches are either contracted by organisations to coach personnel on an individual or group basis, or are enlisted by executives and managers personally to coach them in specific areas.
Coaches will also conduct specific team workshops and training days for employees and executives.
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