Advanced
Lean Coach

(Lean Competency
System: Level 2a)

We’ve designed our Advanced Lean Coach course specifically for lean and continuous improvement (CI) professionals looking to take a step into truly transformational change, either at organisational or value stream level.

About the course

Participants will benefit from a combination of training and coaching support that will enable them to drive and sustain the implementation of lean and CI principles in their organisation, supply chain or value stream. They’ll learn how to drive strategic change, demonstrate their technical knowledge and leadership, and link improvement projects to the delivery of business objectives.

Advanced Lean Coach

Who is the course for?

It’s for lean and CI professionals who want to build on their knowledge of lean principles and problem solving.

Step 1: the training

The 3-day training course will deepen your understanding of advanced lean tools and techniques, particularly in relation to value stream redesign and end-to-end organisational change.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Facilitate and influence strategic goal-setting – and how to link improvement activity to the delivery of these goals
  • Track project progress and plan resources to ensure delivery targets are met
  • Align lean leadership principles to change delivery
  • Set standards by demonstrating appropriate coaching and leadership behaviour

Step 2: putting the theory into practice

Supported by coaching from one of our expert lean coaches, you must demonstrate how you’ve designed and led a sustainable programme of improvement across your organisation. You’ll also need to show how this programme has delivered a significant – and potentially transformational – benefit to the business.

Key benefits

  • As an advanced coach, you’ll be able to train and coach your colleagues to have an improvement mindset

  • You’ll be able to apply advanced lean principles to the redesign of whole value streams

  • Organisations will develop their own internal lean and CI expertise – capable of leading improvement projects and teaching others

  • You’ll be able to facilitate strategic objective setting and policy deployment activity with leadership teams

  • You’ll be able to put theory into practice through delivery of a strategic improvement programme that benefits your organisation

  • Organisations get a return on investment when an advanced coach uses advanced lean principles to tackle a strategic challenge

Programme outline

  • 3 days of face-to-face training delivered in a single block, supported by access to extra reading, course materials and templates
  • Knowledge verification via a combination of a multiple-choice test and open questions

  • 6 x 2-hour-per-delegate of coaching support with one of our expert lean coaches

  • Submission of a case study (or extended A3 project) showing the application of learning in a practical context, with strong record of benefit and ROI (about £100,000 p.a. cost saving or equivalent quality or delivery performance improvement)
  • A curated forum for delegates to exchange ideas and receive ongoing support and direction from their peers and PCE coaches
  • Certificate of completion and approval to Lean Competency System Level 2a
  • Maximum number of delegates per cohort: 6

Course topics

  • Strategy Deployment through Hoshin Kanri and cascaded objective setting through X-matrices and Toyota Kata Improvement and Kata Coaching.

  • Value Stream Mapping and Design – including Levelled Pull, Theory of Constraints, Kanban and Pull Systems, and demand analysis: Runners, Repeaters and Strangers (RRS) and Glenday Sieve.

  • Asset Intensive Improvement Strategies through overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and total productive maintenance (TPM).

  • Project Management through visual management and control (including how to build your Obeya room).

  • Lean Transformation Frameworks and Models.

  • How to Lead Change – assessing change readiness, communication, coaching skills, and leading by example through leader standard work.

  • Performance Management through visual management and cascaded mission control boards.

Requirements

Delegates must already be certified to Lean Competency System Level 1c or currently working in a senior lean or CI role.

For direct entry to the course, participants must complete a short qualification interview. They must also submit evidence of understanding and application of lean/CI tools and techniques, delivered through a structured problem-solving approach where the delegate has led the improvement activities.

Please allow 6-9 months to complete and pass the accreditation.

Location

This training is most effective when delivered face-to-face at your premises or a location of your choice. But it can be delivered online if you prefer. We also run open training sessions at locations around the UK.

Pricing

£2,557 + VAT per delegate (contact us for details of discounts for multiple delegates and our payment plans).

The price includes LCS assessment and certification fees.

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