Sharpen your leadership skills and discover a proven method for successfully executing your strategy. In 18-hours of live online instruction spread over 9-weeks you’ll learn how the hoshin kanri process (also referred to as strategy development and deployment) keeps your entire organization aligned and on track to achieve your organizational goals. Sign up now.
Make this the year that you finally succeed at executing your strategy. This workshop will show you a proven way to create and achieve your company’s annual objectives.
A research study published by Harvard Business Review* notes how leaders struggle more with executing strategy than developing it. This class provides a framework for executing strategy by engaging all levels of the organization. Especially when teams are operating remotely, it is critical to ensure alignment to shared objectives.
In this workshop, you will learn through a combination of instruction and peer-to-peer interaction. Your instructors will lead participants in a simulation of a company’s hoshin process. This simulation immerses you in a situation, like real life, where you must make decisions, debate, and come to alignment. The primary learning is experiential, supported by instruction in relevant tools and examples. Much of your learning will occur in the simulation through peer-to-peer interaction. The process requires participation from all attendees throughout the 9 weeks.

Maximize peer learning as well as instructor time in an online environment that helps you to breakdown strategic planning using hoshin kanri.
As a society we have learned to connect with each other online. Live e-learning provides the same opportunity. By attending this remote workshop, you will be led by your instructor and simulation CEO one step at a time, allowing you the space & time you need to reflect and apply the learning along the way.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss the fundamental framework for hoshin kanri.
- Clarify conditions for successful execution of hoshin planning and alignment in an organization.
- Discuss how to build a structure of PDCA at individual and corporate levels.
- Understand the relationship of hoshin planning and A3 problem solving.
Group Discounts
Register three or more students from your organization and save 12.5% off every registration. To receive a group discount, register together through the link and it will automatically be applied.
Our live classes include smaller break-out sessions in which you can receive coaching and feedback in a small group setting.
- Nine sessions hosted over nine weeks (18 hours of live, online interaction)
- Feedback from facilitators and peers
- Assignments between live sessions to begin applying the lessons
- Opportunities to practice discrete skills with live feedback
Technology Used:
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- Communication Channel: All our documents and assignments will be hosted on a browser-based platform. By logging onto our e-learning website, you will be able to view all related materials, announcements, and zoom links.
- Zoom: We will host our live meetings on zoom. You will receive an invitation with the meeting link.
- SharePoint: We will use SharePoint as a collaboration space for the course. This will allow you to build hoshin materials with your simulation teams.
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel your registration for online/live-streaming workshops two weeks before the course’s start date for a full refund. A cancellation occurring within two weeks of the workshop dates will be subject to a $350 fee. Once you have attended a workshop session, you cannot cancel your registration. To cancel, please call LEI at (617) 871-2900 or email registrar@lean.org.
*Sull, D., Homkes, R., and Sull, C. March 2015. Why Strategy Execution Unravels and What to Do About It, Harvard Business Review. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing.
Customer Testimonials
“It was different than I expected, in a good way. I anticipated more lecture and really enjoyed the group activities.”
–Clint Olsen, Director, Customer Care, Stryker
Schedule Overview
The 9 sessions are hosted over 9 weeks with one to two hours of assignments in between. Please see session details for times and instructors.
April 21 – June 16 Course
All sessions hosted 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET and instructed by Mark Reich and Karen Gaudet
September 8 – November 3 Course
All sessions hosted 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET and instructed by Mark Reich
Session Times
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
Instructors
Mark Reich and Karen Gaudet
Session 1
Friday, April 21, 2023
Session 2
Friday, April 28, 2023
Session 3
Friday, May 5, 2023
Session 4
Friday, May 12, 2023
Session 5
Friday, May 19, 2023
Session 6
Friday, May 26, 2023
Session 7
Friday, June 2, 2023
Session 8
Friday, June 9, 2023
Session 9
Friday, June 16, 2023
Session Times
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Session 1
Friday, September 8, 2023
Session 2
Friday, September 15, 2023
Session 3
Friday, September 22, 2023
Session 4
Friday, September 29, 2023
Session 5
Friday, October 6, 2023
Session 6
Friday, October 13, 2023
Session 7
Friday, October 20, 2023
Session 8
Friday, October 27, 2023
Session 9
Friday, November 3, 2023
Mark Reich
Senior Coach and Chief Engineer, Strategy
Lean Enterprise Institute
During his extensive career, Mark has led lean transformations and coached executives in various companies and business sectors. Clients include GE Appliances and Ingersoll Rand (manufacturers); Michigan Medicine and Mt. Sinai (healthcare systems); Turner Construction; Kroger (retail); Legal Seafood (hospitality); and Microsoft (software). As LEI’s chief engineer, strategy, Mark leads the development of new learning […]
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Karen Gaudet
Senior Coach, Lean Enterprise Institute
Karen has over 30 years of experience leading, training, and developing the capability of team members and executives in rapid-growth environments. Most recently, she’s coached clients in various industries as they adopt lean thinking and practices. They include Microsoft (data center construction), Legal Seafood (hospitality); TriMark (distribution); Abiomed (medical research and device manufacturing), and the […]
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Laura Mottola
Director of Digital Transformation, BBA Group
Coach, Lean Enterprise Institute
A seasoned professional mining engineer and business leader with over 25 years of global experience across industries, Laura is recognized globally as a leader in Lean Mining®, operational excellence, and lean transformation in the natural resource sector. In addition to her dedication to lean thinking and practice, she’s devoted her career to integrating systems thinking, […]
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