Why the role of the lean leader is so important for future-oriented companies
Today, companies are under enormous pressure to become more efficient and flexible. Lean leadership is what makes managers the fundamental levers for the company’s success in the future. Why? Lean leaders inspire their teams to implement improvements on their own instead of just setting targets. They eliminate waste, encourage personal responsibility, and create a culture of continuous improvement. This not only ensures short-term success but also establishes a long-term competitive advantage—which is especially crucial right now.
Investing in your own management team and empowering them to become lean leaders is one of the best decisions you can ever make – it will lead to sustainable success, satisfied employees and continuous growth.
Lea Buchmüller
Head of Academy
Staufen AG
Phone: +49 7024 8056 151
E-Mail: academy-service@staufen.ag
Costs
Per training session (seminar): EUR 2,990 plus VAT
Special terms if booking the entire
training program: EUR 5,790 plus VAT
Note: The discount is granted at each
subsequent level
Optional: Additional coaching 2×0.5 days on
site EUR 2,500 plus VAT or 3×60 min. online EUR 900 plus VAT
Target group
Mid-level and process-oriented managers aiming to pave the way for excellence within their areas of responsibility.
Open Badges
You will receive the “Lean Leader” certificate and the open badge
after successfully completing both training courses, submitting the progress report, and passing the final exam.
Training structure
Leadership Excellence
Learn how you can effectively implement leadership in practice and work with your team to contribute to the success of your organization.
Learn how to respond to challenges in any situation and how to make the best possible use of the resources available to you to achieve operational excellence. In the process, discover the important success factors for your own high-performance organization.
Duration: 2 x 2 days
Seminar
LEan Leadership
Discover your leadership role in the improvement process, and learn how to establish the framework that will optimize value from the customer’s perspective.
Acquire knowledge in achieving customer satisfaction and operational excellence. Become an effective enabler in your role, learning how to prepare and support your team in successfully implementing lean transformation.
Duration: 2 x 2 days
Seminar
Report and review
The practical implementation of effective leadership will be documented in the form of a progress report completed from your own professional environment (experiences, results, learning progress, etc.).
At the end of the training,
there will be a final exam that covers all essential seminar/learning content.
THE BLENDED LEARNING JOURNEY IN THE
Lean Leader TRAINING PROGRAM
Our blended learning approach is perfectly suited to the dynamic workday of executives. Your time is precious – to ensure that “learning” can be optimally combined with your daily work routine, we combine in-person and e-learning formats on your learning journey: for maximum flexibility and efficiency.
Included in this training program:
- Web-based Training “Giving Feedback – Accepting Feedback”
- Web-Based Training “Lean Management Basics”
- E-learning nugget bundle “Leadership Principles”
- E-learning Nugget Bundle “Shop Floor Management”
Lean Leader Program
Discover our 2025 training program now! Download the digital brochure directly or have the print version conveniently delivered to your home.
This is what makes the lean leader so special
Promotes a culture of continuous improvement
Lean leaders inspire teams to learn on a personal level and continuously optimize processes.
Effective problem-solving competency
With structured and data-driven approaches, lean leaders are empowered to come up with sustainable solutions much faster.
Reinforcing personal responsibility
Lean leaders create an environment in which their staff assumes responsibility and initiates improvements on their own.
Increasing employee satisfaction
A clearer and more efficient framework created by lean leadership boosts the commitment and motivation of teams.
Long-term competitive advantage
Organizations that set their sights on lean leadership secure their position in the marketplace by continuously increasing efficiency.
3 questions to ask a lean leader
Timm Piltz, Deloro Wear Solutions GmbH, Gießereileiter
“Our teams work more independently and the time needed to make decisions is much faster. They have assumed responsibility for independently improving processes, making everyone’s daily work much more efficient and flexible. So, we are not just working on the “right things”, but are also “doing things right”.
“Since we introduced lean leadership, we have increased our productivity and improved our quality at the same time. By eliminating waste and optimizing processes, we have achieved measurable gains in efficiency. Interestingly enough, customer satisfaction has also increased significantly. Process excellence and leadership excellence simply go hand-in-hand!”
“What I found most astonishing was that employees that were at first skeptical were relatively quick to not only accept the change, but they even supported it. I find that all-in-all, our employees are much more motivated and committed to the process, because they can see that their ideas are really bringing about a change for the better – for our company, the customers, and, most noticeably, for themselves. It has positively influenced our corporate culture for the long term.”
The lean leader circle
powered by STAUFEN Academy
After completing your training, we invite you to become a part of our lean leader community. Here, you will find a network of experts, who are just as dedicated and supportive as you are. Together, we remain at the cutting edge of development in terms of lean & leadership, learn from each other, and celebrate our shared successes.
How you benefit from the lean leader circle
Exclusive webinars, workshops, and learning materials
Regular networking events
Best practice sharing
Personal support and consulting
Download a digital copy of the Lean Leader Training Program or request a printed copy now
Is this training right for you?
Lea Buchmüller
Head of Academy
Staufen AG
Phone: +49 7024 8056 151
E-Mail: academy-service@staufen.ag
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