Operational Excellence for Leaders

This Operational Excellence for Leaders training course is based on a combination of (a) coach led training, (b) practical application of techniques through individual and group activities, and (c) discussion and reflection of delegates’ real-life experiences. The training course manual provides a guide to all tools, techniques, and methodologies covered for future reference.

By the end of this Operational Excellence for Leaders training course, participants will be able to:

• Align strategy and operations management to enhance organization’s competitive advantage
• Prioritise and link improvement activities to achieve the organisation’s strategic objectives
• Review processes, suggest improvements and monitor the progress of the changes
• Evaluate proposed projects and work processes to improve effectiveness and efficiency of business operations
• Focus on developing people and having a clear understanding of where the business is going
• Lead the implement lean organization principles, methodologies to achieve key operational excellence goals – easier, better, faster, and cheaper
• Influence organisational culture and employee behaviour to support Operational Excellence

This is appropriate for everyone in the organisation but may be of special interest to anyone charged with driving the improvement of operating performance.

This Gulf Rowad Operational Excellence for Leaders training course will benefit personnel in the executive roles in all types of organisations. It will particularly benefit:

• C-level Personnel
• Departmental Heads
• Managers
• Team Leaders
• Operations Personnel

Organisational Impact

Organisations will benefit from participants adopting holistic thinking, avoiding the sub-optimisation that can result from fragmented improvement activity. The benefits are as follows:

• A business that can adapt to changing markets and customer needs rather than react to them
• A culture of striving for Op Ex to enhance value creation and sustain business growth
• Aligning improvements to strategic imperatives
• Engaging all stakeholders in the improvement efforts
• Reducing defective products and waste across the whole value stream
• Promoting organisational learning and engagement
• A significant competitive advantage - it will be hard to compete with a company that has achieved Operational Excellence

Personal Impact

This Operational Excellence for Leaders training course will enable the participants to identify, evaluate, and improve issues affecting them in the workplace.

• Leading and guiding implementation and practices for operational excellence
• Applying project-based management skills to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of initiatives for operational excellence
• Mastering practices and methodologies for operational excellence
• Guiding and supervising the implementation of lean management in their organizations
• Leading the corporate cultural transformation effectively in the contexts of operational excellence