Eckes & Associates

Eckes & Associates, Inc. prides itself on not being the McDonald's of Lean/Six Sigma. Clients are often surprised that despite our international reputation the consultants assigned to a project are Sr. Vice Presidents that have worked for Eckes & Associates, Inc. for 15 years or longer. It is also the case that George Eckes will personally be invol... ved with much if not all of the consulting done for a client. Second, with Eckes & Associates, Inc. you don't receive training, you receive project coaching on actual work that affects your organization. Using Adult Learning Theory Eckes & Associates, Inc. consultants teach a tool quickly and then immediately go into breakout groups where the tool or technique is immediately applied to an actual project. Third, when hiring Eckes & Associates, Inc. your first year deployment doesn't begin with a project. Management first is engaged strategically, creating the business process management system and receiving coaching on tactics before a project team is formed. 2. What does a first year deployment working with Eckes & Associates, Inc. look like? The first two months are spent with management identifying key processes and their impact on business objectives. This leads to the selection of the worst performing, highest impact processes that are then chosen as "first wave" projects. The third month is spent with management who will be sponsors of these first wave projects teaching them how to coach a project team to success. Months four through nine are spent with the first wave project teams coaching them through the methodology and more importantly making sure they accomplish their goals and objectives for a first wave project. In the last three months of a first year deployment Eckes & Associates, Inc. conducts a certification program for selected participants who will then be the internal coaches and trainers so that the client becomes self sufficient in their program by the middle of the second year of implementation. 3. Why does first wave projects take so long? The ...Read More