Kaizen team leader guide
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This document provides guidance for leading a Kaizen team. It outlines six basic Kaizen rules, traits of an effective leader, tips for leading meetings, managing differences and decisions. It also gives tips for delegating tasks, coaching team members, using sub-teams, managing the daily schedule, and preparing for closing meetings. Standard processes are defined for opening, daily, and closing Kaizen meetings.
Kaizen team leader guide
- 1. Kaizen Team Leader Guide
- 2. The Six Basic Kaizen Rules 1. Respect others Particularly the local operators, you are in their living room. 2. Tell the truth If you make changes based on data, the data should be based on reality 3. Do your share Everyone has something to contribute (you are a team) 4. Try something new Be open minded. Try it instead of wracking your brain for reasons why it won’t work. 5. Ask why Gain complete understanding, assume nothing. 6. Be safe/think safe Both in your actions and in what you implement as part of change.
- 3. General Traits and Characteristics of a Leader • Eagerness to ‘see things as they could be’, not necessarily as they are. • Appreciation and respect for everyone on the team. • Ability to move through the roughest times with spirit of optimism and determination to get through it. • Maintain a positive attitude at all times. • Unwavering strength of purpose – strong determination to ‘get the job done’
- 4. Leading Meetings Five basic principles for an effective leader: • Lead by example • Focus on behavior • Value others • Build constructive relationships • Make things better Ask yourself: • Am I acting the way that I want others to act? • Am I looking at the facts or generalizing? • Do my actions communicate that I value your contribution? • Is there an opportunity for all to benefit from this change?
- 5. Managing Differences 1. Identify differences • Listen carefully to diagnose what’s going on • Ask questions to clarify differences • Check in often with quiet team members. 2. Analyze the differences • List options on a flip chart. Make options ideas, not opinions • Analyze the ideas. Look for similarities. Consider alternatives. 3. Make the decision • Don’t get stuck in discussion. • Ask: “will this choice help us to achieve our goal?” 4. Implement the decision • Once you’ve decided – Move on!
- 6. Managing Decisions Decision Making Styles: • Command • Consult • Majority • Consensus Not all decisions are equally important. Have the team consider: • How critical is this decision to the success of our project? • How important is it that everyone fully supports the decision? • Do we need to talk about the issues involved to collect more information before deciding?
- 7. Tips for Leading the Kaizen Team Delegate • Ask a team member to execute all tasks • Only take on the work that must be done by the leader • Don’t let yourself be the bottleneck • When the leader is executing tasks, it is difficult to make sure everyone else is engaged effectively • Be on the look out for quiet people and people on the fringes – get them involved helping you.
- 8. Tips for Leading the Kaizen Team Coach • You may have to pull individuals aside and remind them of the Six Kaizen rules and roles of team members. • You may have to ask a disruptive team member to leave the team (rare occurrence). • Tip for engaging resistant team member – give them concrete, focused tasks to keep them busy. Idle hands make it worse. • NEVER belittle a resistant team member. Always coach in private. Company Values are required. • Be very aware of hierarchical barriers and behaviors. Coach any supervisors and managers on the team ahead of time that they are on equal footing with the rest of the team. Make sure they recognize the notion of “being in the operators living room.” • Watch out for team members speaking on behalf of the operators and shutting down the operators. This is quite common, and creates a downward spiral. (Operator = People who actually do the work)
- 9. Tips for Leading the Kaizen Team Divide and Conquer • Sub teams are often the most effective way to accomplish a lot of work in short time. • Sub teams can change purpose and membership throughout the week – be flexible, and let the work define the structure. • Always clearly identify the sub team leaders. • Try to put a “ringer” on every sub team. • Do not allow both the leader and co-leader to be on a sub team. Someone has to rotate across teams to check on progress and engagement, challenge sub teams, facilitate cross-team issues. • When the full team needs to work together, have the leader, co- leader, or KAIZEN facilitator watch carefully to make sure everyone is engaged.
- 10. Tips for Leading the Kaizen Team Managing the Day • Always have an agenda for Day 1 before you start. • At the end of each day, prior to the daily team leader meeting, identify the work to be done the next day. Translate that into time blocks, who, where, etc. before the next morning. Make it visible on a flip chart or white board. • Set specific times for breaks and lunches. START ON TIME. Don’t wait for late arrivals or you encourage bad behavior. • Designate a person(s) to capture learnings and daily accomplishments throughout the day. This could be a role for sub team leaders, KAIZEN facilitator, co-leader, etc. This makes preparation for the daily meeting very simple. Have team members use the kaizen improvement idea form throughout the week, which saves time preparing for the closing meeting. • Save all hard copy of spaghetti diagrams, Standard worksheets, Time observation sheets, etc. to use at closing meeting. • When the sensei arrives, work should not stop. The team leader and KAIZEN facilitator should break away and quietly bring the sensei up to date. Then the sensei may ask to observe the team, and interact with the team. • If electronic preparation is required for daily/closing meetings, DELEGATE.
- 11. Kaizen Newspaper/30 Day Follow Up/Discovery List What are they? How do we use them? Kaizen Newspaper • Start the newspaper immediately. It’s ok to start the newspaper before the event! • Newspaper should contain all countermeasures required to achieve the target sheet. • The objective is to close out 100% of newspaper items during the kaizen. • Use the newspaper to allocate work to team members and sub teams. Use the dates, % complete, and even time of day to set clear expectations. 30 Day Follow Up List • The Kaizen newspaper turns into the 30 day follow up list if there are open items at the end of the event. • The 30 Day follow up list should represent all the work required to deliver the targets. Discovery List • This list is used to capture discoveries about additional opportunities outside the scope of the event. Use this to capture good ideas you don’t want to forget. • The team will not work on these ideas during the week (unless you finish early and want to keep going!). • This list is sometimes shared at the closing meeting to share follow up kaizen opportunities.
- 12. Tips for Leading the Kaizen Team What should I hang on the wall? • Six Rules of Kaizen • Large Area Profile and Target Sheet • Large kaizen newspaper forms • Storyboard of data if appropriate • Current State/Future State Value Stream Maps Useful additions, depending on the team: • Roles of Team Members • Where is the Waste? Diagram • Seven forms of Waste: TIMWOOD • Others?
- 13. Tips for Leading the Kaizen Team Preparing for the Closing Meeting • Read the training guide and understand the closing checklist before the event. Be Prepared is your motto. • Utilize work throughout the week for the closing meeting. This is not a fancy powerpoint presentation. If you gather improvement ideas and materials each day, it’s easy to prepare for Friday. • By mid-Thursday, have an outline of the closing meeting ready. By end of day Thursday, assign the elements to team members. Ask them to draft their presentation slides before Friday morning. • On Friday morning, collect the drafts and let the team continue to work on closing out newspaper items. Take a few team members and review all the content for quality, flow, legibility. Ask each team member to make their own upgrades. Make any overall outline adjustments. • Rehearse as a team. If there is more than one team in the closing meeting, rehearse once in your own team BEFORE the full dress rehearsal. • USE THE CHECKLIST. • Get the copies and overheads made. • Put signed certificates in order of presentation and return to facilitator.
- 14. Standard Work for Kaizen Meetings Opening Meeting 1. Welcome and Agenda Review KAIZEN Facilitator 5 min 2. Business Rationale for Event Process Owner 5 min 3. Area Profile & Target Sheet Team Leader 10 min 4. Closing Comments KAIZEN Facilitator 2 min
- 15. Standard Objectives for Daily Team Leader Meeting Who attends: Management representatives who are responsible for ensuring implementation. Team Leader, Co-leader, KAIZEN facilitator, Sensei Team continues to work during daily meeting! Monday: Review Areas of Focus discovered during the day Tuesday: What is the project? What are we going to tackle? -make sure managers understand the focus Wednesday: What is the likely outcome or solution? -make sure managers understand and support the solution Thursday: Key issues for sustainment -make sure managers understand what they and the organization need to do to sustain the gains
- 16. Standard Work for Kaizen Meetings Daily Team Leader Meeting 1. Target Sheet Update Team Leader 2 min 2. What did we do today? Team Leader 3 min 3. What did we learn today? Team Leader 3 min 4. What will we do tomorrow? Team Leader 3 min 5. Where do we need help? Team Leader 1 min 6. Sensei Feedback & Instructions Sensei 10 min
- 17. Standard Work for Kaizen Meetings Closing Meeting 1. Welcome & Agenda Review KAIZEN Facilitator 5 min 2. Team Reports Team 12 min -AP & TS Team Leader -Individual Reports Team members -Kaizen Newspaper Co-Leader -Acknowledgements Team Leader 3. Sensei comments Sensei 5 min 4. Management comments Senior Leader 5 min 5. Presentation of certificates Senior Leader 5 min 6. Wrap up & acknowledgements KAIZEN Facilitator 2 min USE THE CHECKLIST TO PREPARE!!!