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The Role of a Lean Six Sigma Champion -- 4 Lessons The Role of a Lean Six Sigma Champion Champions play a pivotal role in a successful Lean Six Sigma initiative. They serve as mentors to project teams and act as a bridge between black belts and organization management. Without champions, efforts can become entangled with internal obstacles, become misaligned with core business objectives, lose focus and track of time, and may not yield expected benefits. However, champions need help to be successful. The Role of a Lean Six Sigma Champion course provides that help by exploring basic champion roles, investigating a sustainable support infrastructure for champions and preparing champions for common pitfalls. Course Objectives Learners will be able to: - Conduct a self-assessment to determine if they are a good candidate to fill the Role of a Lean Six Sigma Champion. - Describe the six basic roles of a champion. - Fulfill basic champion roles. - Define the typical supporting infrastructure for champions. - Use provided forms and checklists to formalize support systems. - Identify seven of the most common pitfalls champions must deal with and describe remedies to the pitfalls. Intended Audience Management level employees and designated champions working at a company instituting Lean Manufacturing/Six Sigma. Time To Complete Approximately 3 hours. Lesson 1: What Does a Champion Do? - Conduct a self-assessment to determine if you are a good candidate to fill the Role of a Lean Six Sigma Champion. - Explore the six basic roles of a champion. - Gain an understanding of how to fulfill basic champion roles. Lesson 2: Support Systems for Champions - Examine a typical supporting infrastructure for champions. - Consider forms and checklists used to formalize support systems. Lesson 3: - Pitfalls to Avoid - Investigate seven of the most common pitfalls champions must deal with. - Explore remedies to the pitfalls. Role of a Lean Six Sigma Champion Challenge - An assessment of the learner's progress in this unit. |