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Components of One-on-One Coaching + Certification |
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Our 1-o-1 coaching programs are for senior executives
requiring strategic and tactical coaching on specific and specialized
skills. Depending on your proficiency, we tailor the program. All
our programs are unique because we coach on specific & specialized
skills, not generic management/leadership. We are the first to offer
1o1 coaching and certification in Six Sigma.
We carefully choose and limit the number of candidates so that
we can give personal attention on every candidate. If our program
doesn’t suit you, we upfront discourage you to register. All
our candidates are directly coached by Neil.
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Vikram Bhat, AVP- Master Black Belt, BA Continuum
recommends "Neil is one of the best Six Sigma, LEAN and
Change Deployment Leaders that I have come across in my decade
long career. His passion and technical knowledge comes through
very vividly in his coaching. And to top it all he has the
ability to energize and create Quality thought process in
people with varied backgrounds and experience levels." |
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| Neil’s Coaching Approach |
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Once registered, for the duration of the program you have unlimited
access to me by e-mail, chat, phone or fax. I return all phone calls
within same day, and all written correspondence within 24 hours.
If required, for specific modules within a program, I will bring
in experts to coach you. I build peer-level relationship with you
right from the beginning which provides a comfortable platform for
you to learn
- You and I reach a mutual decision as to whether the program
is right for you. If it is, we begin with my studying your current
proficiency. We then establish our program curriculum.
- Each program has definite number of One-on-One coaching sessions
spaced conveniently and spread over a definite duration
- Based on the number of sessions and duration, we upfront agree
on coaching calendar
- Course material with templates, tools, instructions, literature
& reference list are part of the courseware.
- One-on-One sessions can be through tele/video conference as
you prefer. We can meet in person, as well, if convenient for
both of us.
- In every session, concepts are covered and your understanding
is tested side-by-side. Coaching is both strategic & tactical.
- Between sessions you have ample time to work on case studies,
assignment & literature reading
- You can get live problems to discuss where I will coach you
to derive solutions yourself
- All programs are open for a year from registration and hence
you can break, if required
- For Certification programs, I may invite a panel of industry
experts to interview you. And all exams are open-book
Key focus is on ‘quality’ coaching, so only limited
candidates are inducted at a given point. Program fees distinguishes
those who are serious about their career, and is easily recouped
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Sujatha Merchant, Lean Coach at IBM Global
Services recommends "Neil is a subject matter expert
on six sigma and one can approach him anytime for help on
various tools and improvement techniques. He is one of the
experts on the isixsigma site.He is a great mentor and has
a great talent in developing people." |
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| Green Belt Certification Program |
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First of its kind, this 1o1 coaching and certification module
is designed for senior leaders(CXOs) across industries who want
to acquire six sigma skills and effectively use them. Six Sigma,
by and far has become a basic qualification for every leader. Classroom
trainings may help fill up your CV but rarely do they give you the
confidence to apply and take decisions at work place. You will be
able to customize the module, set the pace and discuss live problems
in all the 1o1 sessions. If your basics are weak, we will start
with the basics and then build further.
Duration : 3 months
One-on-One Sessions : 8 - 10
What’s in it for you
Here are just some of the areas and attributes that will
improve as a result of this experience:
- Basic concept of quality, different methodologies, six sigma
concepts
- Basic statistics for executives
- Problem definition, scoping, building a business case and workable
project plan
- Sampling techniques, designing surveys, data collection techniques,
checking adequacy of measurement system
- Visual & graphical analysis of data, establishing baseline
performance, process capability
- Analytical techniques – statistical hypothesis testing
such as ANOVA, regression, etc
- Solution generation, filtering and piloting
- Risk analysis, implementation and validation of results
- Control charts
- Soft skills to manage smooth execution of project
- Usage of statistical software ‘Minitab’
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| Black Belt Certification Program |
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First of its kind, this 1o1 coaching and certification module
is designed for practicing BBs & MBBs across industries who
want to become experts in Six Sigma. A certificate from 2 week crash
course can surely help you get a BB job, but will not help you retain
it. Your ability to apply concepts at various situations, react
quickly and mange change effectively will surely help you retain
and grow in BB role. This is exactly what we coach in our program.
We start from what you know, and build further.
Duration : 6 months
One-on-One Sessions : 15 -18
What’s in it for you
Here are just some of the areas and attributes that will
improve as a result of this experience:
- Advanced statistics – Distributions, CLT, power &
sample size, multi-vary charts, continuous GRR
- Nuts & bolts of ANOVA, multiple regression, logistic regression
- Design of Experiments, Advanced SPC
- Leading the change – scenarios & solutions
- Mentoring skills
- Reviewing projects progress
- Soft skills to manage smooth execution of project
- Usage of statistical software ‘Minitab’
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| Black Belt Refresher |
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For practitioners who are BB certified for over 2 years and who
want to brush up and hone their skills in specific topics which
are more relevant to their industry, such as a certified BB from
manufacturing moving to service sector will be coached on topics
of choice.
Duration : 1 month
One-on-One Sessions : 3-4
What’s in it for you
We agree on topics that will be covered in this 1o1 refresher
module. Live problems and case studies for related to the topics
will be dealt during the coaching sessions. An example of refresher
curriculum is : Statistical Process Control, DOE, Multi-regression,
Gage R&R |
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| Managing Business Excellence (for Head of Business
Excellence) |
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First of its kind, this module is designed to gear up senior
staff with vast experience in other facets of business who have
taken up the responsibility to lead Business Excellence or Quality
team. It is very common for an organization to rotate its talent
pool into challenging roles to test their leadership skills. With
business excellence, operational excellence, quality, strategy,
etc., require specialized skills without which the leader may only
be half-effective. Purpose of this module is to groom them for such
a role.
Duration : 3 months
One-on-One Sessions : 6-8
What’s in it for you
By the end of the session you would have learnt :
- To develop a workable business excellence strategy based on
business needs, people, skills and other factors
- To create multi-gen roadmap and tactical plans, establish measures
of success of business excellence
- About methodologies such as TQM, ISO, Six Sigma, Lean, CMM
- Basics statistics and tips to examine the work of BBs
- To review improvement projects and help you with tacit knowledge
which wouldn’t there in books
- About tips to engage your peer group in business excellence
program, change management program for middle & junior management
staff
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| Lean Practitioner |
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First of its kind, this 1o1 coaching module is designed for practicing
professionals across industries who want to become specialists in
Lean. Lean goes beyond 5S and kaizen and its hardly covered in any
Lean Six Sigma curriculum. Again the emphasis is not in creating
awareness about single piece flow and TAKT times. Its about you
learning to use lean techniques for live problems. We start from
what you know, and build further
Duration : 6 months
One-on-One Sessions : 15-18
Whats in it for you
By the end of the session you would have learnt :
- Lean approach, basics & manufacturing Vs service situations
- How to implement 5S
- How to establish Single Piece Flow, TAKT time, Cellular concepts,
Man-equipment charts
- How to develop effective Poka-yoka & SMED
- How to design and implement Kanban effectively
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| Fact Based Management for Leaders |
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Specially designed for senior management who would like to refresh
their basics or increase orientation on fact based management style.
This module will up-skill leaders to assume larger roles such as
P&L responsibility, site leadership, geographically diverse
teams, functional responsibility, etc. One assumes that general
management skills and experience are sufficient to excel, but in
today’s information world requires that data and fact are
used for management.
Duration : 2 months
One-on-One Sessions : 6-8
What’s in it for you
- Basic statistics for daily use
- How to decode customers mind -customer requirements & their
priorities
- Operations Management & Process Management
- Capacity Planning - Identifying constraints, their impact and
ways to improve
- Strategy Planning, metrics, measurement accuracy, interpretation
- Knowledge Management
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| Emerging Managers’ Program |
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Designed for middle/junior management staff who have moved to
responsibility of managing teams of few tens of associates. This
program equips you with Customer, People and Process Management
skills which are fundamental for Managers and AVPs to excel on job.
Duration : 2 months
One-on-One Sessions : 6-8
What’s in it for you
- How to see through data and combine soft skills to improve
attrition, staff engagement
- Understand how to conduct customer surveys, analyze, interpret
and improve scores
- Metrics, dashboards and review mechanism
- Cycle Time estimation, Capacity estimation & Process Management
- Productivity & accuracy improvement, staff coaching techniques,
conflict resolution
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