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Lean Leadership: Lean Management & Continuous Improvement
Lean Leadership: Lean Management & Continuous Improvement
Lead lean culture: gemba walks, daily management, A3 problem solving, Toyota Kata, value stream mapping, Hoshin Kanri
Created byIntelligence Gain
Last updated 10/2026
English
What you'll learn
- Lead a lean transformation that lasts, with the daily routines and leader behaviors that keep continuous improvement going after the first push
- Apply the five lean principles and the 8 wastes to any process, in manufacturing, healthcare, services, office and software work
- Run gemba walks that coach instead of audit, and follow up so what you see turns into action
- Design a lean daily management system: visual boards, tiered huddles, escalation and leader standard work
- Solve problems with PDCA, A3 problem solving, 5 Whys and fishbone diagrams, and coach others with Toyota Kata
- Map a value stream, measure lead time and flow efficiency, and turn a future-state map into a plan with owners
- Deploy strategy to the front line with Hoshin Kanri, the X-matrix, catchball and bowling charts
- Lead the people side of lean change: resistance, stakeholders, communication and middle managers
- Measure lean maturity and culture, and sustain gains with layered audits and leadership routines
- Build a 90-day lean leadership plan using 16 templates, and present it to senior leadership
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Course content
13 sections • 96 lectures • 8h 6m total length
Requirements
- No prior lean or Six Sigma training needed: every term is explained the first time it's used
- Some experience leading people, a team or a process helps, but it isn't required
- A process at work, in any industry, that you can use for the hands-on activities
- Excel or another spreadsheet app, and Word or similar, to use the downloadable templates
Description
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.
Most lean transformations stall. Not because the tools are wrong, but because leaders install boards, value stream maps and kaizen events, then stop running the routines that keep them alive. This lean leadership course teaches the side of lean management most courses skip: what leaders do every day so continuous improvement lasts.
You'll follow Tecvia, a mid-sized equipment manufacturer with an order-to-cash office, through a full lean transformation, with real decisions, setbacks and results. At each step you'll make the call yourself, then see what happened.
What you'll learn
Lean thinking: the five lean principles, the 8 wastes, flow, pull and standard work, with examples beyond the factory
The lean leader's mindset: respect for people, psychological safety, humble inquiry and coaching instead of fixing
Gemba walks that build trust and lead to action
A lean daily management system: visual management, team boards, tiered huddles, escalation and leader standard work
Problem solving with PDCA, A3, 5 Whys, fishbone diagrams and Toyota Kata
Value stream mapping, from current state to a future-state plan with owners
Strategy deployment with Hoshin Kanri, the X-matrix, catchball and bowling charts
Change management for lean: resistance, stakeholders, communication and middle managers
Lean in healthcare, services, government, software, remote teams and AI
Measuring lean maturity and sustaining gains with the Shingo Model and layered audits
What you'll build
Every section ends with an activity, and the outputs combine into a 90-day lean leadership plan you can present to your own leadership. You get 16 downloadable templates, each with a blank version and a worked Tecvia example, plus a Lean Dictionary that defines every term, and a final practice test to check your decisions.
Who this course is for
Supervisors, team leaders and managers leading improvement in their area
Senior leaders sponsoring a lean or operational excellence program
Continuous improvement, OpEx and quality professionals who coach leaders
HR and organizational development staff supporting culture change
Anyone in manufacturing, healthcare, services, government, office or tech work
No prior lean training is needed. Every term is explained the first time it's used.
Who this course is for:
- Supervisors, team leaders and managers who want lean improvements to stick in their area
- Senior leaders sponsoring a lean, continuous improvement or operational excellence program
- Continuous improvement, OpEx and quality professionals who coach leaders through a lean transformation
- HR and organizational development staff supporting culture change
- Leaders in manufacturing, healthcare, services, government, office or tech work who want a practical lean management system