Coaching Green Belts for Sustainable Success.

Cover -- Title Page -- CIP data information -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Coaching Green Belts -- Chapter 1: Overview -- The Sustainability Challenge -- Major Ideas -- Guidance from the Experience of Others -- What Green Belts Want and Need to Know -- Chapter 2: Green Belt Talent Development -- What Green Belts Want to Know -- Project Summary-Typical Front Page of the DMAIC Project Report -- What Green Belts Need to Know About the Project Summary-Internal Coaching Tips -- Leverage These Themes in Training, Projects, and Standards-Project Summary -- Chapter 3: Define Phase -- Define-Typical Page Two of the DMAIC Project Report -- What Green Belts Want and Need to Know -- What Green Belts Need to Know About the Define Phase-Internal Coaching Tips -- Coaching Tip: Do a Simple Puzzle Exercise -- How to Leverage These Themes in Training, Projects, and Standards-Define Phase -- Chapter 4: Measure Phase -- Measure-Typical Page Three of the DMAIC Project Report -- What Green Belts Want and Need to Know -- What Green Belts Need to Know About the Measure Phase-Internal Coaching Tips -- How to Leverage These Themes in Training, Projects, and Standards-Measure Phase -- Chapter 5: Analyze Phase -- Analyze-Typical Page Four of the DMAIC Project Report -- What Green Belts Want and Need to Know -- What Green Belts Need to Know About the Analyze Phase-Coaching Tips -- How to Leverage These Themes in Training, Projects, and Standards-Analyze Phase -- Chapter 6: Improve Phase -- Improve-Typical Page Five of the DMAIC Project Report -- What Green Belts Want and Need to Know -- What Green Belts Need to Know About the Improve Phase-Coaching Tips -- How to Leverage These Themes in Training, Projects, and Standards-Improve Phase -- Chapter 7: Control Phase.

Control-Typical Page Six of the DMAIC Project Report -- What Green Belts Want and Need to Know -- What Green Belts Need to Know About the Control Phase-Coaching Tips -- How to Leverage These Themes in Training, Projects, and Standards-Control Phase -- Chapter 8: Summary-DMAIC -- Summary-Key Questions for Coaches -- Project Summary -- Define Phase -- Measure Phase -- Analyze Phase -- Improve Phase -- Control Phase -- Chapter 9: Technical Resource Guide -- Key Roles -- Role Definitions -- Project Selection -- Governance/Change Management -- Coach Reference Manual -- Summary -- Part II: Collaboration Approach -- Chapter 10: Meeting the Team for the First Time -- Engagement Counts! -- What Is the Agenda for the First Meeting After Training? -- Example of a Completed First Meeting -- Summary -- Self-Reflective Questions for the Coach -- Planning Checklist for the Coach -- Chapter 11: Now What? -- How About This? -- What Does This Mean in Terms of Green Belts? -- The Follow-Up Process -- Flyover Tour of the Follow-Up Model -- Why Is It Necessary to Use the Follow-Up Model? -- Summary -- Self-Reflective Questions for the Coach -- Planning Checklist for the Coach -- Chapter 12: Collaborative Culture -- Facing Challenges -- Meeting Space -- Other Key Principles -- Summary -- Self-Reflective Questions for the Coach -- Planning Checklist for the Coach -- Chapter 13: Each Meeting -- Project Documentation -- Idea Generation -- File Accessibility -- Summary -- Self-Reflective Questions for the Coach -- Planning Checklist for the Coach -- Chapter 14: DMAIC Collaborative Culture -- The Easy Part -- The More Difficult Part -- Kotter Model Demystified -- Kotter Model Planning Template -- Example 1: Process Changes -- Example 2: Innovation -- Example 3: Career Growth -- Example 4: Member Learning -- Summary -- Self-Reflective Questions for the Coach.

Planning Checklist for the Coach -- Chapter 15: Lessons Learned -- Role of the Coach -- Another Simple Tip for Promoting Shared Learning -- Summary -- Self-Reflective Questions for the Coach -- Planning Checklist for the Coach -- Part III: Field Case Study -- Chapter 16: Louisville Metro Government -- Applying the Ideas from Parts I and II -- The Practical Application of Problem Solving in City Government-Background -- Lean Start-Up-Partnership with Humana -- First Six Sigma Project-The Partnership Continues -- Creating a Quality Culture Through LouieStat -- The Strategic Approach to Building a Reinforcement Mechanism for a Quality Culture -- Quantitative Reasoning Skills (Data Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, and Inferential Statistics) -- Systematic Critical Process Identification -- Build-Measure-Learn Feedback Loop -- Commitment to Structured Problem Solving-Plan-Do-Check-Act -- Strategic Introduction to Lean and Six Sigma Process Improvements -- Skill and Capability Building-Sustainability is Part of the Partnership -- Value of the Partnership -- Conclusion and Lessons Learned -- Part IV: Appendixes -- Appendix A: Example Continuous Improvement Story -- Appendix B: Perceived Drivers of GreenBelt Projects "Data" -- References -- About the Authors -- Index.

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