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CI Leader Launch & Accelerator Program 

 Whether you’re newly promoted or an emerging preparing to step up, this immersive coaching experience will help you deliver results, build credibility, and unlock your next level — all while using your own workplace as your practice field.

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✅ Why This Program Exists? 

The Make-or-Break First 90 Days.
Research shows 80% of CI managers struggle in their first 90 days with:
  • Week 1-30: Role confusion and unclear priorities
  • Week 31-60: Resistance from peers, stakeholders and frontline teams
  • Week 61-90: Difficulty linking projects to strategy and not showing tangible results.

 "You're Expected to Lead Teams You Don't Manage"

Unlike other managers, CI leaders must drive change across departments without direct authority. You need influence skills, not just technical knowledge.

 "Your Technical Skills Got You Here, But Won't Make You Successful"

Many CI managers fail because they focus on tools (Lean, Six Sigma) instead of people skills (influence, change management, stakeholder alignment).

Don't get burned out.  Don't become a statistic.  

With a structured development you can succeed!

Companies think hiring a CI Manager from outside is the solution, but it makes the problems worse.
  • External CI Managers take 12-18 months to reach full effectiveness, as they learn culture, systems, and people.  In CI roles especially, trust and credibility with frontline teams are essential.

  • Filling roles from outside sends a signal to current employees: “No internal path forward.” This leads to frustration and turnover.

  • External CI Manager hires cost an average of 70% more annually than internal counterparts when considering recruitment, training, and ramp-up. 

We Built This Program To Fix That.

This program empowers companies to grow rather than buy talent, retaining institutional knowledge, reducing recruitment costs, and accelerating CI transformation.

You’ll be guided through the real-world simulations and coaching challenges used in our CI/Pillar Leader program — enhanced with bi-weekly one-on-one coaching tailored to your exact environment.

This program in any language will help you Grow Into and Succeed in Your First 90 Days as a Continuous Improvement Manager — Before You Get Overwhelmed

A simulation-based coaching program to help you succeed in your first 3 to 6 months — or prove you're ready to lead CI from within.

✅ This Program Is For You If You Want To:

1.  Prove you're ready for a formal CI Manager role

... if you're trying to get promoted to that role now or in the future!

2.  Lead real improvement projects and deliver results in your first 6 months

... A3 Problem-Solving, Kaizen Events and DMAIC projects!

3.  Gain influence across teams and senior leadership

Facilitate strategic planning workshops, form and coach teams with goals and structure.

4.  Master the tools, thinking, and systems behind world-class CI

... and build sustainable systems to achieve stability.

5.  Build a career in Operational Excellence — from the inside

... get that promotion to CI Manager and keep growing into OpEx and advanced improvements!

✅ Take the CI Manager Readiness Assessment — Discover Your Biggest Gaps in 3 Minutes"

Receive your assessment results by typing your email at the end, so that you have them in the future.

What You’ll Be Able to Do...

You’ll learn how to:

  • Run effective Gemba Walks, perform loss analysis, and engage teams in CI

  • Align CI work with strategic planning, leadership priorities, and daily management systems

  • Communicate change and overcome resistance

  • Launch and coach high-performing pillar or project teams

  • Lead full A3 problem-solving project, and then coach others.

  • Sustain improvements using leader standard work and visual management 

 

And most importantly, you’ll have done this inside your own workplace — not a case study.  For example:

  • Week 1-4: Build credibility with quick wins and stakeholder alignment
  • Week 5-8: Launch your first high-impact improvement project
  • Week 9-12: Establish sustainable CI processes and team buy-in

✅ Two Entry Points — Same Destination

 1. Aspiring CI Managers:  “I’m ready to grow into the CI Manager role.”
  • Build a promotion case by leading real initiatives

  • Receive mentorship, feedback, and coaching

  • Demonstrate readiness in a structured way

  • Avoid information overload without clear application
2. New CI Managers:  “I’m 0–6 months into the role — and I want to succeed fast.”
  • Get traction with your first CI projects

  • Align with leadership and stakeholders

  • Avoid burnout and role confusion

  • Avoid "imposter syndrome" when transitioning from technical expert to leader

4.7 Rating 

This is what our customers have to say about this program...

"I got promoted before the program ended and delivered $250K in cost savings in my first 6 months!"

- Production Supervisor turned into CI Manager - WestRock 

"Experiencing how to address resistance to change and actually seeing the improvements through in the Simulated plant was huge" 

- CI Manager, Pharmaceutical Supplier

 Trusted by CI Leaders Across Industries 

  • 60% Industrial and Supply Chain professionals (automotive, food & beverage, aerospace. logistics)
  • 25% Healthcare systems and medical device companies
  • 15% Technology and service organizations

Why This Program Works When Others Fail

✅ Role-specific (not generic leadership training)
✅ Real workplace application (not case studies)
✅ Individual coaching (not just group sessions)
✅ Proven simulations (practice before high-stakes situations)

✅ Program Structure Snapshot

🗓 Duration: 3 to 6 Months (your pace)
👤 Coaching: Bi-weekly 1:1 Coaching Calls
🎮 Simulations: 4 Major Simulations (Leadership, Strategy, Teams, Problem-Solving)
📊 Output: Real CI impact + Promotion readiness

✅ What you will get...

  • 🎓 24+ hours of engaging, practical lessons (videos, assessments, quizzes)

  • 💻 Self-paced online learning — or choose the facilitated hybrid option

  • 🔍 Role-specific tracks for:

    • 🚀 Aspiring CI Leaders: Build promotion readiness while still in-role

    • New CI Managers: Accelerate success in your first 6 months

  • 📘 Lessons tailored to each simulation and pillar, guided but also flexible for you to choose your applicable pillars.

  • 🧠 Unlimited access to your own Custom GPT OpEx Coach — get coaching support anytime, instantly

  • ❓ Ask questions about any lesson — and get answers from real coaches within 48 hours

  • 🎮 4 Facilitated Simulation Exercise Calls (~2 hours each) with virtual or hybrid options:

    • Leadership, Strategy, Team Launch, and Problem Solving

    • Group practice and  discussions to explore scenarios, get feedback, and learn from peers
  • 👥 12 Bi-Weekly 1:1 Coaching Calls with a dedicated CI coach — customized to your current role and goals

  • 🏆 Completion Certificate — recognizing your readiness to lead CI initiatives or step into a CI Manager role

  • 🎯 Complimentary Final Coaching Call (1 hour) to review impact, celebrate wins, and plan your next steps

👇 See below for a detailed course outline, simulation previews, and module breakdown.

"Live virtual sessions, self-paced online learning, or instructor-led training... This course's Blended Learning model allowed us to accommodate our schedules and learning preferences"

- CI Manager, Automotive Supplier

"We chose to do one module as a group, going through the lessons together right before the Simulation exercise, so we knocked it out in 1 day!"

- CI Manager, Automotive Supplier

Choose any of these pathways applicable to your Organization* or Role  

*You may use a different terminology in your organization.  These are applicable to Total Productive Maintenance, World Class Manufacturing, or other similar Operating Systems.  

Click here if not very familiar, to see what pillars are about and how they integrate Lean with these methodologies.

Check out this Outline to see the Lessons for Each Pathway

Meet your Coaches & Facilitators

We will match you depending on your industry, location and language needs...

Or, you can also choose to provide your own facilitator, coach, or co-facilitator, and we'll train them on how to facilitate.

Tom Mentink

EUROPE - English, Dutch or Russian

Strong analyst, communicator and coach, who drives performance and quality improvement (Lean, Six Sigma, TPM) with a sound background in consulting, manufacturing, food, and dairy industry.

You've probably seen him on YouTube!

Learn more here and connect with Tom here.

Sebastian Alonso

AMERICAS - Spanish, English or Portuguese

Develops others to transform their organizations.  20 years of experience in Operational Excellence in healthcare, food, logistics, and electronics.  Certifications in Lean, TPM/WCM, Six Sigma, Leadership, and Adult Learning certifications.

Founder and Director of Coaching at Belt Course.

Lean more and connect with Sebastian here.

Ahmed Redwan

AUSTRALIA & MIDDLE EAST - Arabic or English

14 years of experience in lean and operational excellence in services, food & beverage, assembly, and printing.

  • Hoshin Kanri: Lean Enterprise Institute
  • Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt: CSSC
  • Certified Lean Bronze: Shingo Institute

Lean more and connect with Ahmed here.

Antonio Rothenbach

HISPANIC AMERICAS - Spanish or English

17 years of lessons learned in Operational Excellence in various industries (automotive, packaging, electronics)

  • Certified Lean / TPM / WCM Practitioner: Milliken
  • Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt: WestRock
  • Lean Practitioner: McKinsey

Lean more and connect with Antonio here.

✅ Start the CI Leader Launch & Accelerator Program Now

Don’t wait until you’re overwhelmed in the role — or passed over for it.
Start building real Continuous Improvement leadership capabilities today.

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