Quality improved, errors reduced, training time lowered. Huge win. Overwhelmingly positive.
Mark Anderson, Amazon Fulfillment (Leadership Dev and Distribution Page)
Solutions Through People
Leadership Development Training and Programming
Overview
Leadership is the ability to translate vision into reality, and good leaders inspire others to follow them to where the organization needs to go in order to succeed. But, as we say in TWI Job Relations, “A person with no followers is not a leader,” no matter what title you give yourself. Just because you’re the “boss” does not necessarily mean you are the “leader.”
Many people make the incorrect assumption that leadership skill and acumen is something a person is born with – you either have it or you don’t. However, leadership can be learned. TWI Institute has a long track record of developing essential leadership training programs and teaching the skills that transform ambitious workers into a dynamic leaders.
Our strength, and your greatest value, is building the right foundation for your leadership team. Our training programs – TWI, Kata and Standardized Work – generate results by advancing leadership skills and developing strong relationships between supervisors and workers. The work we do with you and your teams provides the ideal foundation or complement to current or planned Lean, continuous improvement, kaizen, operational excellence or talent development initiatives.
Results that make a difference
45
% increase in productivity
31
%improvement in employee engagement
101
% increase in improvement ideas
50
% reduction in downtime
These statistics represent documented composite results from actual improvements measured in client engagements and tracking metrics from the U.S. government.
20 Essential Skills Your Frontline Leaders Need
Programs for Leadership Development Training
Our programs make a big difference for a simple reason – they are foundational. They focus on developing the skills and relationships you need for more successful leadership development training.
Job Instruction (JI)
Develops process stability by developing the “one best way” to do a job, and creates a solid training foundation for improvement programs.
Job Methods (JM)
Encourages higher productivity and output by improving the way jobs get done and eliminating, combining, rearranging and simplifying steps in the process.
Job Relations (JR)
Teaches supervisors how to handle relationship issues with a people-centric view and prevent them from happening.
TWI Problem Solving (PS)
Consolidates and integrates the proven TWI programs of JI, JR and JM, enabling frontline supervisors and workers to be self-sufficient and solve the problems they face more quickly and collaboratively.
Introduction to Practicing Kata
Provides expert guidance in Improvement Kata by setting your goal, establishing current and target conditions, identifying obstacles, introducing PDCA-based experimentation, and practicing Coaching Kata while being mentored by TWI Institute Certified Trainers.
Driving and Coaching Improvement
Gives executives and managers everything they need to begin the Kata journey and put programs into practice at their organizations through a week-long, hands-on program.
Foundations and Simulation
Melds Kata practice routines with a realistic, hands-on simulation, which creates an authentic foundation for teams in a variety of industries and organizational roles.
Job Safety (JS)
Provides a framework for supervisors to engage employees in identifying potential hazards, eliminating them and preventing their recurrence.
Standardized Work
The bedrock foundation for all improvement programs, Standardized Work defines a standard for any given process and these standards become the common reference points for the way a task is performed. Standardized Work fights instability and its negative effects.
Problems solved by our coaching and leadership training programs.
Lack of Engagement
Involving supervisors, teams and workers in ideation and solutions
Stalled Improvement Initiatives
Providing an improvement foundation; recognizing problems and root causes; achieving buy-in across the organizational spectrum
Resistance to Collaboration
Creating alignment with your vision for leaders; building productive relationships and teamwork between supervisors and workers
Skills Gaps
Identifying gaps; upskilling, reskilling and cross skilling your team
Instability
Developing the baselines for improvement: standards and standardized work
Our Experience Offers You Insights to Improvement
Effective leadership is always the essential ingredient to manage change, competitive advantage and customer demand in any business strategy. TWI Institute’s leadership development training includes insights and experience from markets and marketplaces worldwide. This track record helps global players – and locals who play globally – leverage the power of people to ignite ideas, solve problems and spur growth.
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Our end-to-end approach sets us apart
Our proven methods stretch far beyond essential TWI, Kata and Standardized Work training. From initial preparation to ongoing consulting, we prepare people and workplaces for continuous improvement, better outcomes and increased engagement.
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