Kaizen Teian (Maximizing Employee Involvement & Performance)

Type: Class lectures, practical exercises
Number of sessions: 10 sessions
Length of sessions: 4 hours
Total hours: 40 hours

Target audience:

The course is designed for employees from all organizations, profit or non-profit, public or private, service or manufacturing. The skills learned apply to transforming your organization to a more fully-integrated and involved culture. It is beneficial for everyone in your organization.

Summary of content:

• Understanding the importance of creating a new workplace culture of full empowerment and participation.
• Understanding how to Accelerate organizational change and Managing Complex Change.
• Virtual Tours of other successful Kaizen Teian implementations.
• Video: Accelerating Organizational Change & Continuous Improvement, Sustaining the Effort.
• Team building simulations and questionnaires, including mini-360-Degree evaluations.
• Data collection methods and establishing potential target goals.
• Reviewing organizational Mission and Vision and realigning to new Workforce Development Plan that we will develop together to fully integrate the organization.
• Identifying management and organizational deficiencies and proficiencies. SWOT Analysis.
• Reviewing job descriptions and looking at competency-based descriptions.
• Balanced scorecard and other metrics.

Objectives and benefits:

The objectives are for organizations to experience a significant transformation and establish new standards which lead to significant reduction of internal costs through employee participation and contribution. Benefits include a reduction of internal costs and increase in competitive advantages, market share, and profits and achievement of long-term business goals. Benefits also include an increase in both employee and customer satisfaction.