Performance-Minded Leadership – Workshop 1 (Improvement Strategy)
The Appleton Greene Corporate Training Program (CTP) for Performance-Minded Leadership is provided by Mrs. Sherwood Certified Learning Provider (CLP). Program Specifications: Monthly cost USD$2,500.00; Monthly Workshops 6 hours; Monthly Support 4 hours; Program Duration 12 months; Program orders subject to ongoing availability.
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Learning Provider Profile
Mrs. Sherwood is passionate about empowering people and organizations to achieve extraordinary results. For over 20 years she has served in and partnered with a diverse array of organizations including financial services, insurance, healthcare, information technology, government (Federal, state, and local), higher education, energy, medical device, and manufacturing.
Mrs. Sherwood specializes in designing, launching, growing, and maturing continuous improvement and organizational effectiveness initiatives. She began her career in a leadership development program in the financial services business unit of one of the largest multinational corporations. After establishing a solid foundation in continuous improvement and leadership abilities, she transitioned to consulting with Fortune 500 companies, large Federal government organizations, and other industries to design, build, and expand their continuous improvement capabilities. Over the past 10 years Mrs. Sherwood has operated her own consulting practice and continues to serve large and medium size organizations to ignite transformation through workshops, advisory services, and content solutions.
Mrs. Sherwood’s core services include Lean Six Sigma deployment strategy and execution, development and delivery of Lean Six Sigma training programs (all levels), leadership development and coaching, performance metric development, reporting, and monitoring, project and team facilitation and coaching, and risk management deployment planning and execution. She is certified as a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and John Maxwell Team Leadership Coach, Trainer, and Speaker. She also serves as a senior fellow and faculty member at multiple leading universities. Through her various experiences, Mrs. Sherwood partners with clients to defy established thinking and practices to spur positive change.
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Mission Statement
Building and cultivating a culture of continuous improvement is essential for organizations to be resilient, adaptable, and to create problem solving capabilities. Senior leaders are at the forefront of driving a continuous improvement culture. In this workshop, participants will learn the basic principles of continuous improvement methods and how they can improve their organization’s performance. Participants will set the strategy for continuous improvement within their organization and align it with the broader short- and long-term goals and objectives. An effective continuous improvement initiative requires governance, supporting infrastructure, and standards of consistency. After this workshop participants will be able to develop a continuous improvement strategy and create the building blocks for operational governance, infrastructure, and standards to ensure its success. …
Objectives
01. Continuous Improvement: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
02. Role of Leaders: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
03. Method Principles: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
04. Improving Performance.: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
05. Setting Strategy: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
06. Aligning Goals: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
07. Building Infrastructure: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. 1 Month
08. Standards & Consistency: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
09. Developing Strategy: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
10. Operationalizing CI: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
11. Ensuring Success: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
Strategies
01. Continuous Improvement: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
02. Role of Leaders: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
03. Method Principles: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
04. Improving Performance.: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
05. Setting Strategy: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
06. Aligning Goals: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
07. Building Infrastructure: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
08. Standards & Consistency: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
09. Developing Strategy: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
10. Operationalizing CI: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
11. Ensuring Success: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
Tasks
01. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Continuous Improvement.
02. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Role of Leaders.
03. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Method Principles.
04. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Improving Performance.
05. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Setting Strategy.
06. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Aligning Goals.
07. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Building Infrastructure.
08. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Standards & Consistency.
09. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Developing Strategy.
10. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Operationalizing CI.
11. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Ensuring Success.
Introduction
An Overview of Continuous Process Improvement
Your plan is a dynamic document. a work that is constantly evolving. Too much time left in the dark will cause it to decay. You’ll be rewarded if you take care of it.
How? By incorporating your strategic processes with this easy process improvement methodology.
This is the reality.
When the world wasn’t shifting as quickly, the old manner of doing strategy with static tools and bad habits worked well. However, something’s past success does not guarantee that it will continue to be successful in the future.
The outdated method of doing things doesn’t work in the world of Netflix and Airbnbs today.
But do not be perplexed. Large firms’ greatest threat today is not some unseen competitor. Complacency is the enemy.
Blockbuster did not suddenly find itself overthrown. Although it was aware of the new player, it seriously underestimated its competition. It became smug. Before it secured its stores.
Stagnation in strategy is a result of complacency. Additionally, stagnation cannot be overcome with the conventional methods. It requires updated tools, better routines, and procedures.
These issues will be covered in this course manual:
• How does a strategy for process improvement work?
• The business strategy’s process improvement methodology
• The key to process improvement for strategy is workplace culture
• The three advantages of the process improvement approach to strategy
What Is Process Improvement In Strategy?
The set of organizational practices that enable the creation, evaluation, revision, and execution of the organization’s strategic plan is known as process improvement in strategy.
The continuous improvement of certain organizational practices is known as continuous process improvement.
The primary goal of a strategy’s continuous process improvement is the proactive adaptation to environmental changes through workforce alignment with the strategic plan for a lean, focused execution.
In layman’s words, it refers to how the company is enhancing and modifying its strategy to remain relevant in the modern, evolving world.
It’s the contemporary approach to dealing with business issues of today.
The 4 Parts Of The Process Improvement Methodology You Need In Your Strategy
Building habits in four crucial stages of your strategy management process is part of the technique to enhance your organization’s strategic process:
• Planning
• Executing
• Reviewing
• Refining
Your efforts to improve your processes should center on these.
Planning
The top leadership of most companies meets once a year to develop the business’s strategy utilizing tools like a strategic planning template. They then organize their strategy and choose where to focus their attention.
Today, though, that rarely works. You cannot expect to lead the market if you revisit your approach only once a year because the world is changing so quickly.
You must therefore learn to be flexible if you want to improve the planning process. so that you can evolve to surf the waves of change, you must be able to recognize them early. You must develop a new routine to check in with your strategy more frequently.
Participate in a quarterly meeting to plan your strategy.
Instead of going over every detail of your plan every quarter, concentrate on what’s important and always question your presumptions. Make sure the trajectory of your company makes sense.
Here is a suggestion for successfully enhancing your planning procedure:
Quit using Excel.
Discussing the effectiveness of your plan so regularly is a taxing task. Static tools simply won’t do. You require a flexible platform that can accommodate all phases of the development of the plan.
However, if you’re not quite ready to leave Excel, utilize this gap analysis form to conduct an objective internal evaluation and determine precisely where you should concentrate your efforts.
Executing
Getting your teams to concentrate on carrying out your strategy plan is one of your company’s most difficult issues. particularly the upgraded edition. Because if your staff doesn’t implement the new initiatives, what good is having a flexible planning process?