Facilitating Rapid Process Improvement Workshops: The Self-Study Guide for Lean

Description: Facilitating Rapid Process Improvement Workshops by Sheilah O'Brien Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description This is self-study guide for facilitators of rapid process improvement workshops helps those who feel they are not truly gaining the full results of improvement initiatives and kaizen events. They know they can do better, but dont know how. Publisher Description This is a self-study guide for facilitators of rapid process improvement workshops that helps anyone who feels like they arent truly gaining the full results of improvement initiatives and kaizen events. They know they can do better, but dont know how. The author, an experienced facilitator in government and nonprofits, speaks to the facilitator through coaching notes and actual workshop documents and techniques so the reader can fully understand how greater results are achieved. This guide takes the reader through a step-by-step path of a newly created workshop agenda. The author has parsed the workshop path into more manageable parts, easier for both the facilitator and the team. These parts split the improvement work into two sections: "removing the unnecessary" and "smoothing out the flow." "Smoothing out the flow" is divided further into: When the work is coming in When the product/person is going through the process How the work is performedIn addition, the author includes newly created tools and training content. For example, a data-gathering table points the facilitator to what data need to be collected when. Training for the team includes making sure they understand the structure of a process as well as to instruct them and define how a Lean process actually functions. This distinction is important because all improvements are not necessarily Lean improvements.Several bodies of knowledge are incorporated into this guide––not only Lean and Six Sigma, but internal auditing, organizational development, and statistics. Essentially, this guide includes tips, nuances, and original tools that are missing from the traditional training of facilitators of kaizen events. It provides enough information for the facilitator to think in a creative way. Author Biography Paddy Sheilah OBrien has an MPA from Cornell University, a BA from Pitzer College and is certified in Lean, project management, and communications. She was instrumental in pioneering Lean in many state government services, ranging from child adoptions, the motor pool, and the revenue department. She also extended her technical assistance to the non-profit providers in 33 counties. Her real contribution is sharing lessons learned from running over 24 rapid process improvement events. Her recipe for success: stick to the original intent of kaizen and believe that frontline workers know the problems best. With the right tools and guidance, they can solve them. OBrien has learned from the best consultants, taken all the professional courses, and collected research from multiple Lean databases. But out of all these resources, she states there are many gaps for the practitioner. In here recent book, Lean for the Nonprofit: What You Dont Know Can Cost You, she has filled them in with her well-thought out connections between technique, experience in developing workshops, and calling out what historical management innovators have already given us. Her career, both in the private and public sectors, is a tapestry of different kinds of knowledge and skills. For instance, as a former internal auditor, she brings the importance of internal controls. As a practitioner in organizational development, she brings knowing the stages of team development to facilitation skills. With her program evaluation experience in collecting data, she created a list of simple tools easily taught to any staff member of improvement teams. And being an associate in project management helped in preparing, facilitating, and closing out an improvement event. OBrien has presented at national conferences, been the recipient of multiple awards, and has developed and delivered multiple courses on Lean, performance measures, and quality tools. She has recently taken leave of full-time state employment to embark on a second career of being an author and lecturer. Details ISBN 0367724677 ISBN-13 9780367724672 Title Facilitating Rapid Process Improvement Workshops Author Sheilah OBrien Format Paperback Year 2021 Pages 222 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd GE_Item_ID:132977859; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! 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