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Anatomy of a Successful Black Belt
April 12, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: Quality Management, Project Management Best Practices
Anatomy of a Successful Black Belt
By Forrest W. Breyfogle, III
Today’s Lean Six Sigma black belts need more than technical and analytical skills. They also must work with others, using capabilities that include teaching, mentoring, coaching and motivating. Here are 10 capabilities essential for a black belt today, as defined by Forrest W. Breyfogle, III, CEO of Smarter Solutions, Inc.
Fire in the belly: Has an unquenchable desire to improve the way the organization does business.
Soft skills: Works effectively with teams and in other organizations.
Project management: Gets things done successfully and on time.
Systems thinker: Understands that work is accomplished through processes and that long-lasting results come through systematic improvements to these processes.
Multi-tasker: Has no problem managing and scheduling several activities concurrently.
Unstructured environment manager: Performs well in chaotic environments.
Big-picture thinker: Aligns efforts so there is a significant impact toward the achievement of goals. Avoids analysis paralysis.
Analytical skills: Reasons adroitly and is comfortable utilizing mathematics.
Organizational navigation skills: Can work around barriers without invoking higher authority.
Critical thinking skills: Conceptualizes, analyzes, synthesizes, evaluates and applies information from multiple sources, integrating analytics with innovation.
Adapted from “The Integrated Enterprise Excellence System: An Enhanced, Unified Approach to Balanced Scorecards, Strategic Planning, and Business Improvement,” (copyright Bridgeway Books., 2008) by Forrest W. Breyfogle III, CEO of Smarter Solutions, Inc., www.smartersolutions.com
Forrest W. Breyfogle, III, is the founder and CEO of www.smartersolutions.com, an Austin, Texas-based company. He has authored and co-authored 11 books and published over 80 technical resources for well known, worldwide publications on Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma and Lean methods. In 2004, he was the recipient of the American Society for Quality Crosby Medal for his book, “Implementing Six Sigma,” 2nd edition. Breyfogle is an ASQ Fellow and a member of the board of advisors for the University of Texas Center for Performing Excellence.
Smarter Solutions maintains an articles section, which can be found at http://www.smartersolutions.com/articles.php.
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