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Scheduling Date(s):
1) Mar 13, 2025 (classroom)
2) Jul 18, 2025 (classroom)
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Lean Leadership Skills
1 Day Executive workshop on lean management skills for leaders, champions & managers
Many leaders, while leading their respective company, aspire to continuously grow the company in a sustainable way. There are many approaches to improve & sustain company top line and bottom line. One of the most successful approach is "Lean Thinking" and "Lean Methodology" using proven techniques from Toyota Management System. Based on the feedback & suggestions from various leaders from different industries on their desire to learn Lean Methodology, this one-day hands on executive workshop is exclusively designed for busy executives in such a way, the participants should be able coach, mentor, influence & lead their respective teams in implementing & practicing lean methodology in a more practical way. The workshop facilitator is an accomplished, hands-on lean leader with extensive experience in successful implementation of lean methodology across many organizations in a multinational & multi-cultural environment both at leadership level as well at workfloor level. The facilitator brings to the workshop, real experience-based case studies & best practices of lean methodology for various situations & organizational structures across multiple industries.
Many leaders, while leading their respective company, aspire to continuously grow the company in a sustainable way. There are many approaches to improve & sustain company top line and bottom line. One of the most successful approach is "Lean Thinking" and "Lean Methodology" using proven techniques from Toyota Management System. Based on the feedback & suggestions from various leaders from different industries on their desire to learn Lean Methodology, this one-day hands on executive workshop is exclusively designed for busy executives in such a way, the participants should be able coach, mentor, influence & lead their respective teams in implementing & practicing lean methodology in a more practical way. The workshop facilitator is an accomplished, hands-on lean leader with extensive experience in successful implementation of lean methodology across many organizations in a multinational & multi-cultural environment both at leadership level as well at workfloor level. The facilitator brings to the workshop, real experience-based case studies & best practices of lean methodology for various situations & organizational structures across multiple industries.
Objective
- Case studies of successful adaptation of lean methodology in SMEs and large companies in Asia
- Templates for linking financial KPI & lean operational KPI for improved profit
- Guidelines on Calculating and capturing financial benefits while implementing Lean methodology
- Facilitator brings real case studies on alignment of financial gains through lean initiatives
- Participants will learn industry best practices in lean journey
- Specific focus on "How do lean leaders engage, coach & mentor the employees" during the Lean Journey to ensure the desired positive effect on the enterprise
Outline
- Overview & approaches to Enterprise Excellence
- Overview of Lean Methodology, philosophy, terminology
- Lean Leadership vs Traditional Leadership - Comparison & Contrast
- Techniques for aligning lean initiatives to organizational mission & strategy
- Lean KPIs & aligning them to operational KPI & Financial KPI (Participants can bring their own KPIs for hands on learning)
- Overview of Lean tools & techniques, when & where to use (Hands on activities using proprietary lean simulation tools)
- Employee development plans to ensure successful & sustainable lean journey
- Kaizen approach to execution, sustenance & continuous improvement
- Challenges in implementing lean methodology & techniques to address these challenges
Who should attend
- Senior management (MD, GM, CEO, COO, CFO, Directors) who are interested in learning more about lean methodology and are planning to implement or enhance lean initiatives
- Senior Management, Lean Leaders & Practitioners, Senior Manager & Manager who require to coach & mentor their employees on lean implementation in their organizations
- HR Leaders who are looking at a framework for Talent Development & training for Lean transformation
- Finance leaders who want to know "How to capture real benefits of lean efforts" in a practical way that is aligned with accounting principles & audit needs.
Profile of Ramesh Rao
Mr Ramesh Rao holds a degree in engineering as well as in Finance and an MBA in Strategic Finance & Supply chain. He also is a certified Lean Leader, a certified Master Black Belt in Six Sigma & a certified Supply Chain Specialist and comes with 26 years of leadership level hands-on experience in organizations such as Product design, Process Engineering, Industrial automation, Quality Management system, Industrial Engineering, Operations & Finance. He gained immense experience working across multiple industries such as Consumer Electronics, Industrial Consumables, Electronic Manufacturing, Semiconductors across 3 continents.
As Operations director, using lean methodology, the facilitator successfully transformed 5 business units (with a total of 4500 employees & 2500 SKUs) across 3 countries resulting in contribution of USD 100 M positive cash flow. He last held the position of Group Finance Controller (CFO) for a leading US MNC responsible for Assembly & Test business unit managing USD 500 M that encompasses 3 factories, R&D, outsource management & Product Lines. With hands on leadership, he was responsible for permanent improvement of 3% profit using Lean methodology as well as other business excellence initiatives.
Currently the facilitator runs business and management consulting company helping SMEs, hospitality industry, health care industries in improving their revenue, cost & profit.
