Common questions for Lean implementation

Q & A

Choose your area of interest

Leadership and Learning, for you or your organization

Solving problems and getting more done

Understanding what its like to work with LPM

Deploying and implementing, top to bottom

Aligning with values and beliefs

 


 

Leadership and Learning, for you or your organization

"What makes LPM different?”

With LPM services you gain capability faster and develop abilities more completely. You accomplish your goals and objectives more easily and without the hassle and stress that slows others down.

LPM researches and develops better ways of accomplishing Lean Management and Policy Deployment objectives and then provides you with innovative products and services.

Through decades of single-minded pursuit, LPM has discovered a variety of leading edge methods which boost results delivered by Lean. Among the methods LPM provides are advanced educational techniques that deliver deeper understanding and new ways of thinking that enable you to achieve now and throughout your career.

"How do I know I’ll appreciate LPM training?”

If you enjoy challenging conceptual presentations and thought provoking application examples, you’ll appreciate the high value of LPM.

If you are looking for new perspectives that can take you to the next level, you will like what LPM has to offer.

If you are looking for a wide range of important topical material relevant to solving complex cross functional problems, you’ll find LPM brings a variety of topics in a very efficient form; a form tailored to application in the technical business improvement realm.

If you are looking for training and thinking along the lines of an inexpensive, one-size-fits-all package you can just buy off-the-shelf and apply, then LPM is not for you. LPM training is always specially tuned for impact directly against the difficult real-world implementation problems business improvement leaders must solve.

Solving problems and getting more done

"What makes LPM better?”

LPM presents mindset-shifting ideas with the passion and creativity to expand your thinking and accelerate your change leadership development. You find you have greater ability to see and solve bigger problems from more angles. You ability to solve the more difficult problems organizations face makes you more valuable.

"Can you tell me more about the LPM difference?”

You gain holistic problem solving capability by the fastest route possible.

Here’s the secret – LPM knows the biggest problems in business improvement today are behavioral. If you want to solve problems completely you must see how and understand why behavior is the biggest obstacle and LPM can do that for you better than others can.

When you choose LPM you have a partner truly dedicated to your success. The LPM staff is made up of real world implementers who want to work in the way that is best for you by:

  • merging with you and your circumstances
  • evaluating your needs
  • moving you quickly forward to accomplish your objective

LPM’s tailored approach provides the specific form of products and services you need to succeed in your circumstances. This accelerates your learning and your success.

"What can LPM do when I can’t get the people on board?”

Your initiative has something compelling to offer to all stakeholders. The key is to help them see the benefits for themselves. LPM can help sell initiatives to every level of your business, from the executives, to middle managers and associates.

Understanding what its like to work with LPM

 

Deploying and implementing, top to bottom

"Policy deployment seems like such a large undertaking. How can I convince my organization that it is doable?”

LPM can show you how to divide your implementation into a series of phases. Each phase can be designed to provide compelling stand alone benefits. The plan for each phase can be made realistic from everyone viewpoint. With realistic plans and bottom line results delivered step by step, most organizations have no problem moving forward with a policy deployment initiative.

"I don’t think my organization is ready to fill out all of the complicated forms typically associated with policy deployment. I could see this making it very difficult.”

Through many years of experience, LPM knows many practitioners choose the wrong approach for overcoming complexity and by doing so, they virtually doom their efforts to failure. LPM makes sure you don’t fall into these same traps. LPM may have the best methods available for overcoming the complexity factor, making management easier, and delivering better results.

"My company is excited about Policy Deployment and Lean, but it doesn’t have a large budget to work with. How can Lean Project Manager help?”

Lean Project Manager can help you craft the kind of launch for your initiative that will deliver a first success in a matter of weeks. The savings will demonstrate how your new initiatives can fund themselves.

Aligning with values and beliefs

"Is there an ideology or philosophy behind LPM?”

LPM does not promote any ideology. The LPM mission is straight-forward and tactical — help leaders and organizations engaged in business improvement efforts accomplish more and achieve greater success.

LPM does apply a powerful philosophy to its products and services. The LPM philosophy emphasizes the positive nature and strong desire of people to do good. LPM recognizes these excellent qualities as being in far greater abundance than most people realize.

By applying this mindset in the field of business improvement, LPM builds its philosophy into the technical innovations the company develops. When organizations apply the “capability multiplying” processes, tools and technologies LPM provides, a quantum leap in performance takes place. This causes leaders to dig deeper to find out how such a great impact occurred.

Many then discover the limiting nature of previously held assumptions and experience a powerful shift in mindset. With a new perspective they go on to accomplish more with their careers. As a result, everyone who depends on the organizations these leaders work for experiences the stronger benefits and greater success.

These benefits then reflect back on the LPM staff. When they see the positive impact their work has on others, they redouble their efforts. That is why LPM will always be in constant pursuit of better ways to accomplish great improvements at work.