Author name: Forrest Breyfogle

This webinar will cover the benefits related to adding a Master Black Belt (MBB) certification to your resume. We will cover the body-of-knowledge associated with this certification and how Smarter Solutions provides it in a two-week course. What will be covered: – Advanced analysis tools (For project execution and coaching, covering how and why the tools are used.) – Adult learning and instruction (To support coaching and instructional assignments.) – Business leadership skills (To provide skills to help when you have responsibility for change but no authority to drive it.) – Improvement program management (To provide insight and lessons learned related to managing the improvement program for your employer.) – Plus a chance to have any questions that you may have on Lean Six Sigma or statistics answered. Even if you are not assuming a MBB role in your job, these skills will prepare you for success in almost any business situation. We will also introduce a new analytic role being created in many businesses, that a MBB is perfectly trained to fulfill.

The toughest challenge many six sigma leaders face is getting buy-in. A plant is working at 105%; a business is quite profitable–how do you get that plant manager or business leader to consider using six sigma as a tool to do even better. Like it or not, there are politics to ideas in every organization. Good ideas, like six sigma, don’t sell themselves. Instead, you have to advocate for them. In this webinar, John Daly, author of Advocacy: Championing Ideas and Influencing Others, will describe some of the key skills of great advocates. You’ll learn very specific tactics for more effectively influencing others in conversations and meetings.

Hypothesis testing is a concept that is taught in Lean Six Sigma and statistics courses. It is likely the least understood concept taught in both genre. In this webinar, we will walk through the concepts of a and b risk along with power and confidence choices using a completely different method than you would have been taught in a class. Through the use of diagrams and simulations, we will make the hypothesis concepts real and understandable. This could be the most informative hour your have every experienced! This may make much of your LSS training finally make sense. At the end of this webinar, the participant will be able to understand all hypothesis tests concepts and to be absolutely confident of the testing conclusions.