The Importance of LEAN Education and Training for Your Workforce 

LEAN education and onsite training can help improve your workforce in many ways. Training your staff and team of employees can not only benefit the entire business but will also help to ensure that a positive work environment is maintained.

There are many ways that LEAN consulting services can aid in the education and training of employees, upper management, and even business owners. Below, we will look at some of the available training packages that are offered for employee education. Additionally, will look at the three main focus topics that will be highlighted in these training sessions. All three focus topics are important for sustainable profit growth and LEAN management within a business.

Flexible Training Options

Onsite training and educational classes are offered in a few different configurations. You can choose to train up to 10 staff team members in 2, 4, or 8-hour instruction sessions.

Three main topics can be discussed and taught in these training sessions. Each topic is reviewed in-depth so that staff members can have a good understanding of how things will be operating. The sessions will focus on either the management of new changes, LEAN manufacturing and making your company more efficient, or positive culture changes. If you choose to go with a 2-hour session, you can have it focus on any of the three main topics. If you choose to have a 4-hour session, it can be either an introductory lesson on two subjects or an in-depth lesson on one.

Lessons can either be at beginner or advanced levels as well. Beginner ones are recommended for companies starting their LEAN journey or for new employee training.

Instruction sessions can also be either management or worker focused. Any of these training session options can be extremely beneficial to employees and upper management alike.

Topic 1: Learning How to Properly Manage New Changes in Your Business

Workers need to accept and assist in the changes if you wish to obtain a fully optimized workforce. Learning how to properly manage changes within your organization will give you the tools to help your employees understand why change occurs and why they are an important part of it.

It’s important that everyone on your team learns the “why’s” and “how’s” of the changes that may occur within your company after you begin to receive LEAN consulting services.

This will allow for a smooth transition into the new practices needed for your company to thrive. Understanding why things are changing allows for acceptance and creative problem-solving in the future. Additionally, understanding how things are going to change allows staff members to prepare mentally and assist the business and each other in the upcoming changes needed to maximize efficiency in your company.

Proper change management will allow your business to make a smooth transition into the future with reduced frustration and employee resistance.

Topic 2: Understanding LEAN Manufacturing Practices and Waste Reduction

 

Understanding how LEAN and waste reduction practices will impact employees is important. Not only do staff members need to be aware of the effects of new practices, but they also will need to be able to participate in them.

Learning the proper LEAN manufacturing and waste reduction techniques offered by instructional classes can save time, energy, and money for your business and your employees. These LEAN instruction sessions are very helpful for getting everyone on board and on the same page, therefore, leading to a more positive work environment for everyone.

In these lessons, they will learn about the most powerful waste, the people, and how their involvement is essential to the success of change within the business.

Topic 3: Integrating Positive Culture Change

Understanding how to integrate positive culture change is also important. Your workers will be able to find ways to interact beneficially with each other and their work environment. This is a helpful session for workforces that are diverse or have been set in the same routines for a long time. Once employees have been trained on positive change in habit and culture, you will likely find that they know how to maintain an optimized workforce more easily and more efficiently than ever before.

Businesses depend on their employees in order to be successful. This training will help employees identify strengths and weaknesses within themselves and their co-workers regarding the overall corporate culture. Investing in your corporate culture is very important as it brings team members together, improves employee retention, and provides normalization and structure to a busy organization to keep everyone on the same page.

The training will give them some tools to help the business drive towards the type of culture that is required to remain successful. Having a culture that employees want to be a part of is essential for the success of both the business and today’s employee.

Conclusion

As you can see, many benefits can be gained by properly training your workforce. Training and education for your staff can lead to benefits that are both financially helpful and useful in a working environment.

You aren’t boxed in by training courses or having to take employees away from the job site either. These flexible training sessions can be specified for multiple lengths and customized to focus on any of the three topics used to promote sustainable and efficient LEAN practices within your business.

Growth and change will take place naturally when your workforce is educated and trained in what will be taking place, the applicable changes that are being made, and the upcoming tasks that must be completed. With proper training and information, your team can accomplish more in less time.

To learn more about how LEAN practices can help your organization, contact Robert Helm today for more information.  Contact Us online, or by phone at (306) 241-8449.