Lean Problem solving for team leaders
Problem Solving Is The Core Activity of Continuous Improvement that Every Team Member Should Know
Your personal success depends on your ability to lead teams! High performing team leaders are promoted and are successful entrepreneurs. Leading teams is the critical competence for leaders at all levels today. And, problem-solving is the basic methodology that drives improvement by teams and lean organizations. This short course provides the basic skills and philosophy of effective problem solving.. We recommend that you go through the course with your team so that you can together practice each of the methods in your real work setting. This is not an “academic” course, but rather it is based on working in manufacturing, healthcare and other industries with hundreds of teams tackling real world problem and engaging in continuous improvement.
This lectures reviews the basic principles of lean that apply to problem solving.
The principles of lean that are important to how we solve problems include the following:
- Respect for People
- Continuous Improvement
- Going to Where the Work Get's Done
- Know the Facts - Graphing the Data and Understanding Trends
- Applying the Scientific Method of Experimentation
The course covers the following:
The Lean philosophy of problem-solving and continuous improvement.
Healthy attitudes toward problem solving.
Simple situation analysis.
Root cause analysis - the "five why's?"
Brainstorming causes of problems.
The skill of brainstorming.
Pareto or the 80/20 rule.
Action-Planning and follow-up
Learn To
- develop the attitudes and habits of team problem-solving that produce performance improvement.
- learn three models of problem-solving associated with Toyota Production System or "lean management."
- learn and apply a simple and direct approach to root cause analysis and situation analysis.
- develop and practice the skills of brainstorming and consensus reaching.
- practice a simple and effective model of action planning and follow through that is critical to achieving results.