Investing time, money and effort into Yellow Belt Training & Certification is a great way to educate employees on continuous improvement concepts, tools and application. But what about after certification? Most Yellow Belts suffer from the waste of non-utilized talent. In this 1-hour Introductory webinar, we’ll discuss how organizations can better utilize and engage certified Yellow Belts and their talents.

1. 5 Ways to Engage
Yellow Belts in Applying
Their Skills After Certification
Presented by Tracy O’Rourke
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2. About Our Presenter
• Managing Partner at
GoLeanSixSigma.com
• Co-author of
The Problem-Solver’s Toolkit
• Co-host of the
Just-In-Time Café Podcast
Tracy O’Rourke
/Tracy-ORourke
@RourkeTracy

3. How to Interact
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4. Where Are You From?
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5. Who Is GoLeanSixSigma.com?
• GoLeanSixSigma.com makes it easy for everyone
everywhere to build their problem-solving muscles
• We provide the most practical, easy to understand
and enjoyable Lean and Six Sigma resources
available

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7. Today’s Agenda
• The Definition of a Yellow Belt
• Flipped Classroom Approach
• Yellow Belt Level Concept Application
• SIPOC
• Fishbone Diagram
• 5S
• Standard Work
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8. Yellow Belt
• Has a basic understanding of Lean Six Sigma
concepts
• Receives additional Just-In-Time Lean Six
Sigma training from Green Belts and Black
Belts for projects
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9. Purpose
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10. Where Lean Six Sigma Practitioners Struggle
?
Making the jump from concept to application
How does
this apply to
my work?
??
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11. The Challenge: Limited Resources
How
does this
work??
Classroom Resources Application Suffers
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12. Traditional Classroom
Classroom Lecture Homework Activities
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13. Flipped Classroom Approach
Online Modules Practice Activities
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14. Traditional Yellow Belt
Yellow Belt Training Apply Independently
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15. Flipped Yellow Belt
Asynchronous Online
Yellow Belt
Facilitated Sessions
to Apply Tools
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16. Design the Yellow Belt Program
Online
Modules,
videos and
blogs
In Class
Application
and
Discussion
Instructor
Lead Group
Coaching
Project
Based
Application
Site Visits
or Tours
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17. Poll #1
What is your experience with a flipped
classroom approach?
• A. A lot of experience with this approach
• B. Some experience with this approach
• C. Minimal experience with this approach
• D. No experience with this approach
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18. Example: Flipped Yellow Belt
Classroom Agenda
Pre-Work Agenda
• Assign a schedule for the
Yellow Belt program
• Complete online material
• Watch assigned videos
• Read blogs
• Complete pre-work for
in-class discussion
In-Class Agenda
• Icebreaker: Create
personal connection
and relationships
• Discussion topic:
On videos and/or blog
assignments
• Activity: SIPOC
• Activity:
Tour/Presentation
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19. Exercise 1: Brainstorm Processes
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What are some of the processes you work in?

20. Exercise 2: Build a SIPOC
• A high-level picture of a process
• Shows process boundaries
• Identifies relationship between suppliers,
inputs and the process
• Helps to determine key customers by process
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21. Exercise 3: Build a Fishbone
• A Fishbone Diagram is a structured
brain-storming tool using categories to explore
root causes for an undesirable effect.
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22. Exercise 4: 5S Application
• 5S is a five-step organizing technique to create
and maintain an intuitive workspace.
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23. Exercise 5: Create Standard Work
• Make common procedures and processes easy
to perform
• Create effective visual aids, point of use
checklists, templates, job instructions, etc.
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24. Standard Work Example
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1: Make
sure the
machine
is ON
(see green
lights)
2: Open
the top,
and
insert
coffee
pod
3: Insert
coffee
pod
5: Wait
for brew
to finish
6: Lift
hatch
7: Remove
used pod
and enjoy
coffee!
Using a Coffee Maker
4: Close
the hatch

25. Tracking Yellow Belt Activity
• Yellow Belt Tracker
• Keep track of, completion of modules, in-class
attendance and assignments
• Send reminders as the facilitated session
approaches
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26. Yellow Belt Success
• Display Application of Yellow Belt Tools
• Capture Activity
• Energize Others
• Celebrate and Encourage
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27. Got Ideas?
In the question window,
please answer the
following:
What works?
What are some
methods you’ve found
effective in engaging
Yellow Belts after
certification?
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28. Engaging Green Belts
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29. Lean Six Sigma Training Rollout Kit
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rollout-kit-everything-need-successfully-
launch-process-improvement-training/

30. Today We Covered
• The Definition of a Yellow Belt
• Flipped Classroom Approach
• Yellow Belt Level Concept Application
• SIPOC
• Fishbone Diagram
• 5S
• Standard Work
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31. Questions?
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32. Getting Started
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• White Belt Training & Certification (Training is FREE)
• Yellow Belt Training & Certification (Training is FREE)
• Green Belt Training & Certification
• Black Belt Training & Certification
• Lean Training & Certification
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33. eBook: The Problem-Solver’s Toolkit
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solvers-toolkit/
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at the end of close of this webinar.
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35. Just-In-Time Café Podcast
Tune in at GoLeanSixSigma.com/cafe for the latest
Lean Six Sigma news, easy ways to apply
Lean Six Sigma and interviews with process
improvement leaders like you!
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36. Success Story Webinar
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like you at GoLeanSixSigma.com/Success
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hero of Quality!
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38. Questions?
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39. Thank You for Joining Us!
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