Lean Entrepreneur Program

Grow Your Business with Confidence

As Entrepreneurs, it’s common to experience overwhelm and frustration when trying to grow (and at times just run) your business.  Sometimes it feels like you’ll never get there and that you’re personally wearing too many hats.  How will you ever get to a point that you can hire other people?  Or maybe you have a few staff but they don’t quite understand your business the way you do.

Ever wish you could be efficient and effective in your business but feel stuck being overwhelmed and frustrated?

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Streamline Processes, Eliminate Waste.

Create Simple, Effective and Efficient Processes that Transform your Business.

Imagine being able to:

  • Be more effective without being busier
  • Deliver your product or service to your customers in any circumstances
  • Significantly reduce your operating costs
  • Go home on time and trust that things will work without you
  • Expand your business without impacting productivity

Unleash the Power of Lean Six Sigma in Your Business

This program is designed specifically for you, the established entrepreneur whose business has outgrown its’ processes or maybe you just never had any defined processes to begin with!  You’re clear you have process problems and you’re looking for clarity, direction and peace of mind in your business.  When you work with Engineering Possibilities, you’ll increase the efficiency and effectiveness of your business, increase productivity, eliminate waste and realize significant cost savings.

 

Lean Six Sigma Made Simple

Lean Six Sigma.  The name alone just sounds complicated.  The truth is, it’s simpler than you think!  Lean Six Sigma is a set of tools that create streamlined and highly effective processes that reflect the heart and soul of your business and the difference you’re out to make.

Lean is about streamlining processes and eliminating waste.  Six Sigma is about reducing variation in processes.  Together Lean Six Sigma works to increase the efficiency, effectiveness and the overall quality of your business processes.  With my expert guidance, you won’t go wrong. 

What You Don’t Know is that Business Processes Typically Contain up to 90% Waste

Process Wastes are the activities that consume time, money and resources and don’t add value to your customers – we call these Non-Value Added Activities.  These activities are the source of your headaches and frustrations: your process breakdowns, errors and delays.  The problem is that we don’t often get to the source of our process problems.  Instead we get busy trying to manage and address all the symptoms of our problems by adding more time, money and resources.  We’ll add inspection processes to deal with product quality issues, increase inventory levels to avoid shortages, increase production speed to make more product (think: the I Love Lucy chocolate factory).  All of these “band-aid solutions” cost money and increase your operating costs, adding to the illusion that the answer to being successful in your business is being able to do more.

The Lean Entrepreneur Program

It all starts with a free 60 minute Discovery Call to look at your business and identify the lean opportunities in your current operations.  We’ll work through a powerful Waste Identification exercise that’s designed to highlight what’s not working as well as you would like it to in your business and create actions to reduce and eliminate waste in your processes.  You’ll leave the Discovery Call with a new view of your business and be empowered with actions to elevate your process efficiency and effectiveness.

Once you’ve caught a glimpse of what’s possible, you’ll be eager and excited to participate in the Lean Entrepreneur Program.  This is when we’ll get into the details of your specific business and be in action improving your processes.  You’ll learn how to use process transformation tools including Process Mapping, Root Cause Analysis and Waste Identification as we work through your business processes and get to the source of your process problems.

The Lean Entrepreneur Program is designed to cause a lean transformation of your business.  It’s custom designed to meet the needs of your business and focuses on solving the problems behind your biggest headaches.  Clients typically report at least 25% improvement in their process efficiency and costs.  As an added bonus, I’ll train you and your employees in how to use the Lean Six Sigma tools, leaving you with enough knowledge and practice to get dangerous with it and continue your lean transformation on your own.

Your Investment in Your Business

The Lean Entrepreneur Program is designed to empower and transform your business by taking away the waste that is in the way of your business being simple, effective and efficient.  The cost for the Lean Entrepreneur Program is $150 + GST per hour, up to a maximum of 20 hours.

If you feel that your process problems need a little more attention, check out my Lean Business Assessment and Business Playbook programs.

Your Business Can’t Afford to Wait

It’s time to set your business free and create simple, effective and efficient business processes so you can get back to what you do best – running your business.

Your first action in the Lean Transformation of your business is to sign up for a free Discovery Call to see what’s possible for streamlining and optimizing your business processes.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do you know about my business/industry?

You know your business and I know processes.  Together we will create the foundation for your continued success and business growth.  After working in the chemical processing industry for 9 years I made the leap to healthcare, an industry I literally knew nothing about.  The “medical speak” the doctors and nurses on my project teams engaged in was well over my head, yet the processes they were trying to work with and create were my expertise.  Working together, we designed and created processes that enabled their medical procedures and elevated the patient experience.  I’m still in the dark about most things medical, but that didn’t stop me from leading several highly successful projects in the medical field.

How does Lean Six Sigma apply to my business? Isn’t it only for large corporations?

It’s a common myth that Lean Six Sigma only applies to large companies and corporations.  Simply put, Lean Six Sigma is a way of making processes simple, effective and efficient – regardless of their size or scope.  The definition of a process is “a series of actions designed to produce a particular outcome.”  Whether we realize it or not, our lives are filled with processes and there is a great opportunity to streamline the processes in your business, allowing you to be more effective and productive in your daily activities.

Lean Six Sigma sounds really complicated, is it too technical for me?

You’re right, Lean Six Sigma does sound really complicated but don’t worry, that’s where I come in.  I will work with you to see what’s working and not working in your business and together create simple, effective and efficient processes that enable you to fulfill what matter to you and your customers.  I promise it’s simpler than it sounds!

Why do I need to do this now? I’ve got so many competing priorities.

 How you run your business is totally up to you.  Taking the opportunity to stop and evaluate the performance of your business requires the investment of your time and money.  As Business Owners we can become blind to what’s not working by being distracted working in our businesses and those activities are required to operate successful, profitable businesses.  If you find yourself wondering why things aren’t working as well as you want them to and your strategy of “doing more” isn’t producing the results you’re looking for, then investing in the Lean Entrepreneur Program will give you the edge you’re looking for.  Take the opportunity to get ahead of the curve and discover how Lean Six Sigma can make a difference in your business.

What’s included in the Lean Entrepreneur Program?

It’s time to set your business free and create simple, effective and efficient business processes so you can get back to what you do best – running your business.  During your free Discovery Call, we will create the specific areas of your business that aren’t working as well as you would like them to and develop an action plan to address these areas using Lean Six Sigma tools.  While each client engagement is unique, you can expect to work with these process transformation tools in facilitated sessions at your location with your team:

Process Mapping – map your Client Journey from start to finish including handoffs between people and departments
Root Cause Analysis – identify the root causes of major process issues and breakdowns
Waste Identification – uncover the Non-value Added activities in your processes and create actions to eliminate and reduce that waste

At the end of The Lean Entrepreneur Program, I’ll provide you with electronic copies of your process maps and all process documentation.  You’ll receive a summary report of the we work completed including the difference that was made.  You’ll also receive a Lean Transformation Action Plan and Proposal for ongoing lean process transformation consulting services.

What is the payment structure for the Lean Entrepreneur Program?

After you see what’s possible during your free Discovery Call, we’ll book your workshops.  You will be invoiced monthly for workshops and consulting services delivered at a rate of $150 per hour plus GST.  All payments have Net 30 payment terms.

Why Work with Me?

I’m Holly Blair, I’m a Lean Consultant and the founder of Engineering Possibilities.

I’m a Chemical Engineer with over 13 years of experience in chemical processing, healthcare, service and manufacturing industries.

As a Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Change Management Practitioner and Certified Executive Coach, I provide an innovative approach to process improvement by integrating Systems Thinking with Lean Methodologies.  I am an engaging facilitator of Lean Training Workshops and Kaizen Events that leave my Clients empowered with the capability to create lean process improvement results in your own environments.  I have a knack for distilling your processes down to what really works, creating ease and simplicity in otherwise chaotic and complex environments.

Say Goodbye to your Process Problems with the Lean Entrepreneur Program

What you get with the Lean Mean Business Machine Workshop and Lean Entrepreneur Program:

  • A New Ability to Recognize Process Waste & Actions to Reduce and Eliminate Waste
  • Clarity, Direction and Peace of Mind around your Business Operations
  • The Experience and Ability to Fulfill Additional Process Improvement Opportunities
  • Improved Process Reliability, Elevated Efficiency and Cost Savings
  • Electronic Process Maps and Documentation
  • Renewed Focus on the Growth & Expansion of Your Business

It’s time to take control of your business and design effective systems and processes that empower your business to make the difference you want it to for your customers.