Training / Coaching

Where Theory Meets the Shop Floor

Forget death-by-PowerPoint training sessions where everyone nods politely then goes back to doing things exactly as before. Real learning happens when people can immediately apply what they’ve learned to solve the problems they face every day.

The Reality of Manufacturing Training

After decades of working alongside engineers, operators, supervisors, and managers across every type of manufacturing environment imaginable, we know that the best training isn’t about perfect presentations—it’s about helping people see their work differently and giving them the tools to make it better.

We don’t train people about Lean and Operational Excellence—we train them to become Lean thinkers and operational excellence practitioners. There’s a world of difference.

What We Actually Do

Hands-On Workshop Facilitation: Our training happens where the work happens. Value stream mapping workshops on your actual processes, problem-solving sessions on your real problems, and kaizen events that deliver immediate improvements whilst building capability.

Leadership Development: We develop leaders who can create continuous improvement cultures, not just manage operations. Leaders who ask the right questions, coach rather than command, and understand that their job is to develop their people’s problem-solving capabilities.

Skills-Based Coaching: One-to-one and team coaching that builds practical capability. Whether it’s helping supervisors run effective daily huddles, coaching engineers in root cause analysis, or developing managers who can lead transformation programmes, we focus on skills that get used every day.

Gemba Coaching: Walking the floor with your people, showing them how to see waste, coaching them through problem-solving, and helping them develop the confidence to make improvements happen. The best classroom is your own workplace.

Problem-Solving Development: Teaching people to fish rather than giving them fish. We develop systematic problem-solving capabilities throughout your organisation, from operators using simple A3 thinking to engineers mastering advanced Six Sigma techniques.

Real-World Relevant: Every training example comes from actual manufacturing environments. No generic case studies or theoretical scenarios—just real problems and real solutions from businesses like yours.

Immediately Applicable: Participants leave our sessions with tools they can use immediately. Day one after training should see people applying what they’ve learned, not filing handouts in drawers.

Built for Busy People: Our training recognises that manufacturing people are busy people. Sessions are designed to deliver maximum impact in minimum time, with practical takeaways that don’t require endless follow-up meetings.

Coaching That Sticks: We don’t just deliver training and disappear. We provide ongoing coaching support to ensure new skills become embedded behaviours. Real capability development takes time and practice.

Tailored to Your Culture: We adapt our approach to fit your organisation’s personality and challenges. What works in a pharmaceutical facility might not work in a steel plant, and we’ve got the experience to know the difference.

Problem-Solving Development: Teaching people to fish rather than giving them fish. We develop systematic problem-solving capabilities throughout your organisation, from operators using simple A3 thinking to engineers mastering advanced Six Sigma techniques.

Real-World Relevant: Every training example comes from actual manufacturing environments. No generic case studies or theoretical scenarios—just real problems and real solutions from businesses like yours.

Immediately Applicable: Participants leave our sessions with tools they can use immediately. Day one after training should see people applying what they’ve learned, not filing handouts in drawers.

Built for Busy People: Our training recognises that manufacturing people are busy people. Sessions are designed to deliver maximum impact in minimum time, with practical takeaways that don’t require endless follow-up meetings.

Coaching That Sticks: We don’t just deliver training and disappear. We provide ongoing coaching support to ensure new skills become embedded behaviours. Real capability development takes time and practice.

Tailored to Your Culture: We adapt our approach to fit your organisation’s personality and challenges. What works in a pharmaceutical facility might not work in a steel plant, and we’ve got the experience to know the difference.

Building Internal Capability

Our ultimate goal isn’t to make you dependent on external trainers—it’s to develop your internal capability to train and coach your own people. We develop your champions, facilitate your improvement programmes, and gradually transfer the capability to your organisation.

Because the best training happens when your own people, who understand your specific challenges and culture, can coach others in the methods that make your business successful.

After all, nobody knows your processes better than the people who run them every day. Our job is simply to give them the tools and confidence to make those processes even better.