5 Elements to Consider When Developing Master Black Belts
Posted by: meikah | 26 April 2010 | 6:53 pm
When deploying Six Sigma for the first time, many corporations go into training the in-house Black Belts and Green Belts. During this stage, they get consultants to do the overseeing and mentoring of the program. This is typically a role of the Master Black Belt whose expertise is one of the long-range goals of an organization.
However, once an organization has already trained a critical number of Green Belts (GBs) and Black Belts (BBs), and management is convinced of the value of their projects, the internal development of Master Black Belts (MBBs) becomes a higher priority.
An iSixSigma article by Candace Medina lists five primary elements to consider before launching in-house MBB development:
- Leadership perception of the MBB role
- Deployment structure
- Candidate selection
- Curriculum content
- Demonstration criteria (abilities and responsibilities)
Filed under: Black Belt, Master Black Belt, Six Sigma, Six Sigma Training
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Six Sigma Training: Six Sigma in 3 Steps
Posted by: meikah | 5 April 2010 | 9:37 pm
Here is more of Six Sigma training.
I stumbled upon this site that presents Six Sigma in three steps. It has something to do with giving Six Sigma training to each Six Sigma team member.
Trainers can follow these three steps to make the training program uncomplicated and effective to develop future Six Sigma leaders.
- Pre-training
- Delivery
- Feedback and analysis
Filed under: Six Sigma, Six Sigma Team, Six Sigma Training
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On Six Sigma Training
Posted by: meikah | 5 April 2010 | 7:29 pm
Six Sigma always begins with training. In fact, corporations planning to go into Six Sigma either train in-house or get consultants. Even so, training must start somewhere.
An important component of training is its content, which is governed by the objective you have for training. For me a good training manual or module should precede other action plans. The manual has to be thought out well and must indicate a doable and feasible objective and must yield the expected outcomes. The same principles apply to Six Sigma training.
So how do you design your Six Sigma training?
Over at iSixSigma, Daniel Zrymiak has one suggestion, that is to apply dynamic content to your Six Sigma courses or training.
According to Zrymiak, a “dynamic content†is one that fully engages students through interaction and feedback from instructors. Dynamic content can be obtained through elicitation and discussion from students, subject matter experts, current events and other information sources.
In other words, it’s a content designed by everyone else who are involved in the training. If so, then I don’t see why it won’t work to the fullest advantage.
Zrymiak further shares the principles of dynamic content.
- Reduce original courseware to high-level fundamentals.
- Avoid over-informing in the initial courseware.
- Make special preparations prior to class initiation
- Facilitate collaborative in-class discussion
- Enhance evaluations and course closure
Read more about how each works and how to come up with a dynamic content for your training.
