Essential Skills
for Six Sigma Black Belts
Who Should Attend
The workshop is designed for those who have completed their formal Six Sigma Black Belt training.
Workshop Outline
The role of the Six Sigma Black Belt in a business is unique. The Black
Belt acts as an internal consultant in dealing with the process owner, or
client, and is then expected to create and lead a high performance team
combining the roles of leader, chairperson, expert and facilitator. This
requires the Black Belt not only to be profi cient in the skills of the six sigma
process but to understand and uti lise the skills of consultancy, leadership,
facilitati on and project management as well as demonstrating superior
communicati on and interpersonal skills.
This workshop allows the parti cipant to understand and practi ce a wide range of these skills in the context of the Black Belt role and is intended to compliment six sigma development training.
Participants will also receive a comprehensive set of workshop materials
including:
A practitioners guide to Mastering Change Through Project
Management
Project Templates (43 downloadable)
A guide to creating High Performance Teams
Essential Skills for Six Sigma Black Belts Book
Essential Skills for Event Facilitators manual
Licence to use a common approach to Project Management
Workshop Content
The workshop content is based on the hierarchy of essenti al skills required
as a Six Sigma Black Belt:
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Consultancy Skills
Facilitation Skills
Leadership Skills
Project Management
Managing Change
Workshop Duration
The workshop is held over six days with a break of one to two weeks between the sessions in which participants carry out short assignments to embed the skills developed in session one.
The number of participants is limited to nine so that individual feedback can be given throughout the event.