Leadership Through Kaizen

In Japan, continuous improvement has been a key part of personal development and business culture for decades, but it’s a relatively new concept in the western culture. The Japanese term for continuous improvement is Kaizen which simply means change for the better.

Making “change for the better” is vital for all businesses. In fact, Kaizen is the secret behind the huge success of companies such as Toyota, General Electric, Google, Apple, Motorola, Microsoft, and prominent celebrities and athletes such as the famous Bruce Lee.

This course offers practical introduction to Kaizen techniques and concepts. It is designed to help individuals and businesses to adopt kaizen tools and technique, boost productivity, improve resilience, eliminate waste, and reduce their costs.

Managers, team leaders and supervisors who are looking for performance improvements on both an individual and team basis.

Day 1

• KAIZEN - A Powerful Strategy for Sustained Success
• Key Concepts of KAIZEN
• KAIZEN Roadmap
• KAIZEN Start up
• KAIZEN Roles
• LEAN, SIGMA and KAIZEN Philosophy

Day 2

• Project Selection – The key to successful improvement
• Identify core processes and key customer
• Defining Requirements
• Measuring Current Performances
• Type of KAIZEN belts

Day 3

• KAIZEN Process Improvement
• Expanding and Integrating the KAIZEN systems
• Describe your role and responsibilities in KAIZEN
• Generate a Process Map
• 8D
• 5S | Sort, Set, Shine, Standardize, Sustain
• 5Ws

• Presentation & Slides
• Audio Visual Aids
• Interactive Discussion
• Participatory Exercise
• Action Learning
• Class Activities
• Case Studies
• Workshops
• Simulation