Companies that are implementing continual improvement need four things:

  1. Employees who can solve process problems.
  2. Managers who can coach employees solving process problems.
  3. Executives who know how to sustain continuous improvement.
  4. And a clear commitment by all to continually be improving things, solving problems.

The temptation is to create a program, provide training and set objectives as the basic way to make all this become real.

A program implies it is temporary.

Training often happens a long time before applying what was learned. And most is forgotten.

What is helpful is having coaching ready, when needed, for executives, managers and employees.

What continual improvement means