"Good examples and experience to bring principles to life".
Dawn Dyer, AstraZeneca, Foundation Green Belt programme
"Tailored to our needs, good flexibility with mixing and matching course to delegates capabilities".
Ros Morris, AstraZeneca, Foundation Green Belt programme
"Valuable training, effective trainer and useful hand-outs! I'm now ready to apply DFSS in the business".
Simon Blackett, AstraZeneca Engineering, DFSS programme
"Friendly, approachable and very knowledgeable made the complicated seem simple".
Jon Cripwell, Process Management in the Workplace for Amgen
"Trainer handled awkward questions and challenging personalities well and in a tactful and efficient manner. Good mix of presentation and practical exercises. Good, comprehensive materials".
Ross Clarke, Design for Six Sigma, APM Terminals
"Excellent job, keeping attention up, very good communication. Clear method, especially on more challenging stuff. No questions went unanswered. Plenty of examples in content".
Elisabetta Tiziano, Design for Six Sigma, APM Terminals
"Good mix of powerpoint and syndicate working. Go book – very good and I expect it to be useful as refresher document in the workplace. Rita Green has a good style and kept us engaged".
C Pither, Hampshire Police, Foundation Green Belt programme
"Good mix of training and activities. Excellent slides package, Go book and leaflet – great for post course reference. Good range of practical tools to enable us to follow for each DMAIC stage. Good efforts to contextualise to the police".
Chris Bishop, Hampshire Police, Foundation Green Belt programme
"Very good delivery style, kept our attention and us engaged the whole day. Liked the activities, broke up the theory. Great materials! Great overview covering theorists and even statistics which I coped with – I usually switch off to standard deviation but understand it now! Pleasant room, refreshments and good lunch".
Pauline Amour-Barclay, Fife Council, Lean Six Sigma Awareness programme
"Trainer was very clear and personable, obviously knew the subject very well. A good balance of 'talk and chalk' and practical exercises. Materials were spot on - not too much to confuse. Very well balanced course - one of the best!"
Derek Russell, Fife Council, Green Belt programme
"Very impressive knowledge of the subject; both the theory and real-life examples which make up a very interesting and relevant experience. Delivery very helpful - mixture of slides, words, anecdotes and videos. Very pleasant environment".
David Hemington, Communities and Local Government, Lean Six Sigma Foundation Green Belt
"Arrived this morning knowing very little about Lean Six Sigma. Now more confident, the subject was delivered in an informal and easy to understand and relate to. Level of knowledge this morning was 1 out of 5, after training, now 4 out of 5".
Trish Mullen, Career Transition Partnership, Lean Six Sigma Awareness Programme
"Good mixture of classwork and practical with many examples, anecdotes and plenty of class participation. An entertaining mixture of slides, videos and food based practicals. Plus good manuals. The content was well designed for the course, its objectives and its duration. Comfortable location. Excellent lunches!"
Craig Blyth, Fife Council, Green Belt Foundation programme
"Being able to speak directly to the course tutor, before I booked onto the course was invaluable".
Ann Eason, National Manager for Pathology Service Improvement, NHS
"The delivery was fresh and exciting with lots of practical examples. Slides and pocket guide/book extremely useful. Very relevant to my organisation, definite ways to push things forward".
Abid Mohammed, Brandon Trust, Lean Six Sigma Awareness programme
"I now feel much more confident in the awareness of Lean Six Sigma and can see plenty of potential for its use both within Quality Scotland and our members".
Orla McDonald, Quality Scotland, Lean Six Sigma Awareness
"Really well paced, interesting, good exercises. Great materials, going to find it all very useful and the USB pen is brilliant. Everything I wanted and more. Best course I've been on and the most useful to me in the workplace. More confidence in doing things properly now and realising 'real' benefits".
Andy Stephen, Scottish Government, Green Belt Foundation programme
"Engaging, make course interesting and kept me awake. Glad slides were interjected with exercises and short films/stories which made it interesting. Materials were of good quality and good source of reference".
Claire Wenford, Cambridgeshire County Council, Yellow Belt programme
"Excellent! A good balance of light hearted approach but getting the message across. Excellent documentation to cover the course and beyond".
Richard Impey, Cambridgeshire County Council, Yellow Belt programme
"A very complete course that provides knowledge in all the tools that one can use to encourage continuous improvement in an organisation".
Jose Hernandez, University of Strathclyde, Foundation Green Belt programme
"Good pace without compromising the quality of the delivery of the course, Moore integrated well with the team. Good balance of theory and practice. Content well defined and easy to use. Totally conducive for learning".
Liz Roberts, Learning & Teaching Scotland, Foundation Green Belt
"Very impressed with the techniques and methods used".
Pani Kothandapani, Surrey County Council, Green Belt Foundation programme
"Very good, practical exercises made learning easier. The 2 x 2 day idea was good to allow me to look at processes in work."
Neil, VOSA (Vehicle & Operator Services Agency), Lean Basics programme
"An extremely well presented and informative day that has given just the right insight to allow me to sell Lean Six Sigma to my management. Highly recommended to anyone seeking to improve their work. Exceptionally pleasant presenters. Many thanks".
Iain Davey, MOD, Lean Six Sigma Awareness programme
"Very knowledgeable and presented the information in a clear and concise manner. Thank you for an excellent day".
Alan Jackson, Hampshire Police, Lean Six Sigma Awareness programme
"Jim is a really good trainer. The final day was invaluable".
Jo Wilson, St Street Surgery, Advanced Black Belt Tools
"Excellent trainer who was able to adopt the course to the pace of delegates, but still impart the correct level of knowledge. Practical exercises very good. Very good use of supportive materials".
Norman Kurzman, Fife Council, Green Belt Foundation programme
"Two different styles of training, both very appropriate to the content provided. Good mix of discussion, tools, presenting and break out, well paced throughout the week. Excellent materials - a thorough resource library. Well thought and thorough supply of content".
Ian Roberts, G4S, Black Belt programme
"It is brilliant. Absolutely helpful - especially as I'm preping up for a BQF LSS BB certification, it has come in very handy - the videos are clear and the breakdown is excellent. One word, super!"
Daniel Adjepong, Howard Hunt Group, commenting on the Business Improvement Zone
"Jim was a brilliant trainer. The way the course was constructed was excellent and his techniques proved useful when going through each phase. Tools used to deliver the training were good. Method used was excellent to help understand and learn a business technique where some parts could be complex. Significant amount of helpful materials provided. Excellent environment. Hotel was really nice and the food was outstanding".
Andrew Helm, Vertex, Foundation Green Belt programme
"Andrew has been exceptional. A great inclusive training style and had a great ability to flex the course to our needs".
Adrian Kirk, Royal Mail Black Belt programme
"I have been very impressed with the Catalyst approach to Lean Six Sigma Training & Deployment support. They have a fun, practical, and very rigorous style of training delivery from which we all benefited. They were able to make it very real for our business and as a consequence we have delivered very impressive results from our initial waves of projects. More than this, they have provided high quality mentoring and coaching of our Master Black Belts which has given us real insights into how we can best deploy and manage the Lean Six Sigma implementation to achieve greatest impact in our complex business environment. Thank you, Catalyst, for the work you have done so far with us on what is hopefully the start of a long and productive relationship".
Kathryn Phillips, Royal Mail (Head of Process Improvement, People and Organisation Development)
"Jim was an excellent trainer. He made the course fun and interesting. I will definitely be recommending this course to colleagues and will now consider moving onto Black Belt based on this experience. The teaching method was very good. Incorporation of real-life examples and how to apply them, also the use of video clips. Training material was in an excellent format which allowed notes to be made. The pocket guide is a really good idea which complemented the other material. The content of the material and course was very comprehensive. The incorporation of realistic examples was very useful. The USB stick was really nice and a useful touch. The use of the group tasks was an excellent way of getting the group working together and really pushed home the techniques and how to apply them in the workplace".
Emma Johnston, EP Business Solutions Ltd, Foundation Green Belt programme
"Would thoroughly recommend the course to others, have learned huge amounts and really enjoyed it".
Alana Harper, Royal Mail, Black Belt programme
"Jim delivers the course full of energy and enthusiasm, truly inspiring".
Sander Van Amersfoort, XSYS Print Solutions (A Flint Group Co) Stats 1 and 2 programme
"The course attracted a mix of international delegates from service and manufacturing organisations which stimulated great discussions that helped to absorb the application of Lean SS Techniques. The main tutor, Jim Stephenson, delivered the course to an exceptionally high standard, carefully paced and with good balance between classroom and practical sessions. He was a highly experienced Master BB who had great mastery of Minitab and the ability to de-mystify the statistical side along with extensive consulting exposure . His teaching used many real life examples. He showed keen interest in each delegate and the challenges they faced in their projects offering ideas and helping to get started and build confidence. The course also included a really valuable session on the soft aspects of change management. Thank you Catalyst".
Sue Birch, Synergetic Ltd
"There are any number of companies providing Six Sigma consultancy and training. Catalyst were unique in being able to provide material tailored to the Financial Services industry, and consultants who have relevant, practical experience that they could relate to people in different roles and at all levels. Their style is supportive, but not condescending, and they bring a touch of humour that is refreshing when considering applied statistics!"
Estelle Clark, Quality Director, Financial Ombudsman Service
"Very good, clear tuition, patient and responded to questions extremely well with very informed answers".
Mark Astbury, Flint Group programme
"Catalyst has an excellent team."
Richard Duggleby, Head of External Relations for Yell
"Moore – Excellent again. Throughout the entire journey from Foundation to Advanced BB Tools it has been a pleasure! Many thanks Moore for the help/support, knowledge and humour throughout. Excellent training that has developed real knowledge and understanding".
Neil Waggott, Royal Mail UK Marketing, Advanced Black Belt Tools programme
"Very positive and good relevant examples of each step and tool. Pace good, and good recaps at end of each stage and start of the day. Nice mix of slides, exercises and video. Great to have books and memory stick tools to support practical use of the tools. Good use of different slide content to address different learning styles".
Debbie Walker, Communities and Local Government, Foundation Green Belt programme
"Nice size group, lots of opportunities to discuss issues. The course was really useful, provided me with information on how to improve key issues within my organisation. Will be recommending that a number of people from my organisation attend the training"
Natalie Anderson, Elmbridge Borough Council, Foundation Green Belt programme
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