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Special Black Belt Upgrade Offers
Catalyst is pleased to offer to our Foundation Green Belt and Advanced Green Belt practitioners a special upgrade offer to become a Black Belt and complete the Black Belt exam.
16 August 2010
 
See our Open Training programme videos on YouTube
To see Catalyst in action, please view our two short videos describing our Public Training Lean Six Sigma programme, introduced by Jim Stephenson and Rob Row, Senior Partners at Catalyst.
20 July 2010
 
Lean Six Sigma Summer School
Catalyst is pleased to announce new Summer dates for our popular Open Training programme in London.
01 July 2010
 
Catalyst in The Times newspaper and in action on YouTube
See Catalyst in the special 16 page Lean Six Sigma supplement published today in The Times newspaper. Catalyst Director, Martin Brenig-Jones was interviewed by Julian Bishop (Contributor to the supplement) as part of the feature article: 'Lean & Six Sigma - Savings with the minimum pain and maximum gain?'.
08 June 2010
 
Catalyst Sponsors Best Process Improvement Project Under 90 Days at the 11th Annual Process Excellence Summit and Awards
Catalyst was certainly busy at the 11th Annual Process Excellence Summit and Awards! As well as presenting our very popular and well received workshop: Steering out of the Recession - Applying Lean and Six Sigma For Everyday Operational Excellence; Catalyst was very pleased to sponsor the Best Process Improvement Project under 90 days award won by Shepherd Neame Ltd, with BAA receiving a Honorary Mention.
11 May 2010
 
Lean Six Sigma Foundation Green Belt
Become a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt with a strong understanding of the DMAIC process and work effectively as a member of Six Sigma DMAIC projects.
29 April 2010
 
Steering out of the Recession: Applying Lean and Six Sigma For Everyday Operational Excellence
See Catalyst at the 11th Annual Process Excellence Summit and Awards, April 26th – 29th at Chelsea Football Club. Now in its 11th year, IQPC's Process Excellence Summit is Europe's original and leading event for Business Process Excellence Leaders.
22 March 2010
 
Stratford upon Avon Special Offers - Become a BQF Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt for £2010 (inc VAT) in 2010!
Catalyst is pleased to announce Special Prices for Stratford upon Avon Open Training programmes for Wave 29 (courses running from 23rd March - 25th May 2010 only) including our popular Foundation Green Belt Lean Six Sigma training (course only) for £1,385 (plus VAT).
02 February 2010
 
Catalyst 2010 Public Open Training Dates Now Available
Catalyst’s Public Training Dates for 2010 are now available with courses running in Stratford upon Avon, London, Edinburgh, Leeds and Belfast. Catalyst’s modular programme can train you to either Green Belt (Foundation or Advanced) or Black Belt level. Our programmes are run in waves and you may choose whichever dates and locations suit you best.
11 November 2009
 
See Catalyst at the European Business Excellence Summit, 26th – 29th October 2009, Brussels.
John Morgan and Martin Brenig-Jones’ workshops have been voted the most popular workshops at IQPC London and European Summits since the workshops started two years ago. This year we have an amazing 58 delegates booked onto the workshop. If you are unable to attend the conference but would like this workshop delivered to your team or inside your organisation please email us at: info@catalystconsulting.co.uk.
23 October 2009
 
Catalyst Launches Open Training Programme in Leeds and Belfast
Due to the success of our Open Training programme in Stratford upon Avon, London and Edinburgh, Catalyst are pleased to announce new Open Training dates in Leeds and Belfast.
30 September 2009
 
Kai Sigma - Rapid improvement using Lean Six Sigma in a series of Facilitated Workshops
*** Special Bundled - Limited Offer £4,995 *** Offering: Planning, Follow-up, case study storyboard and telephone support
19 August 2009
 
Foundation Green Belt Summer School
Due to popular demand, Catalyst are launching a Green Belt Foundation Programme Summer School. For the Summer School only, Catalyst Consulting are offering to pay your VAT on the programme, thus a course will cost £1650 including VAT (£1434.78 excluding VAT). What an ideal time to update your Business Improvement Skills!
20 July 2009
 
A Guiding Light - Making Lean Six Sigma Accessible
Lean Six Sigma for Dummies written by Catalyst Director's John Morgan and Martin Brenig-Jones is reviewed by Chris Morgan from UK Excellence magazine.
07 July 2009
 
New Master Class Announced - Design of Experiments (4 days)
Catalyst is pleased to announce that a new Master Class has been added to their very successful Open Training Programme. Design of Experiments will suit anyone who needs a strong understanding of Designed Experiments and their use in Lean Six Sigma improvement and design projects.
13 May 2009
 
Catalyst Launches Open Training Programme in Paris
Due to the success of our UK Open Training programme, we are pleased to announce that we will be expanding into mainland Europe and launching our Open Training programe in Paris in June 2009. The training will take place at the Minitab SARL training centre, 1 Cite Paradis, 75010 Paris. This training facility is situated very close to the Gare du Nord, Gare de l’Est and Gare St. Lazare.
23 April 2009
 
How to beat the Recession
See Catalyst at the 10th Annual Process Excellence Summit on Monday 20th - Thursday 23rd April, Novotel London West Hotel and Convention Centre. John Morgan and Martin Brenig-Jones will be presenting their Kai Sigma approach to Process Excellence, designed to accelerate improvement and business results (voted Top Rated Workshop at the London Process Excellence Summit 2008).
01 April 2009
 
Lean Six Sigma for Dummies - Written by John Morgan and Martin Brenig-Jones
If you want to make your organisation or team more productive, you have to change the way it thinks. Combining the leading improvement methods of Six Sigma and Lean, this winning technique drives performance to the next level. Lean Six Sigma For Dummies outlines the key concepts of this strategy in plain English and explains how you can use it to get the very best out of your business.
17 March 2009
 
Catalyst Announces the Business Improvement Zone
Catalyst announces the launch of a new web based service aimed at Black Belts & Master Black Belts. The Business Improvement Zone is a subscription based service using high quality web based flash video to provide a complete set of revision modules via any broadband link instantly to the desktop/laptop.
31 October 2008
 
Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement Summit, Amsterdam 27th October 2008
See Catalyst deliver the Top Rated Workshop at London Process Excellence Summit 2008 - 'Integrating Lean and Six Sigma for both continuous and rapid improvement'.
01 October 2008
 
Catalyst adds “Leading Change” to its People Development suite
Catalyst Consulting Limited is pleased to add an additional development programme to its suite of People Development programmes – “Leading Change”. We are all aware of the impact that leaders have on the success of an organisation and from our research on deployments within over 80 companies, we now have evidence of how the behaviour and actions of leaders contribute to the realisation of the benefits of business transformation programmes including Lean Six Sigma deployments.
21 June 2008
 
Introducing Kai Sigma
Learn more about Catalyst Consulting's Kai Sigma - a systematic and pragmatic way for people and organisations to improve performance, by ensuring that people at all levels of an organisation both feel able, and are able, to challenge and improve their processes and the way they work.
06 May 2008
 
Integrating Lean and Six Sigma for both continuous and rapid improvement
We will be introducing our Kai Sigma approach to Process Excellence, designed to accelerate improvement and drive business results at the IQPC 9th Annual Process Excellence Summit 2008, 15th - 18th April 2008, London.
08 April 2008
 
Visual Six Sigma - Making Data Analysis Lean
This paper introduces the ideal of 'Visual Six Sigma', a practical and pragmatic approach to data analysis and process improvement. This approach has been developed in response to a growing business need to broaden the use of six sigma type thinking beyond the realms of highly trained and 'statistically savvy' Black Belts and Green Belts.
05 March 2008
 
Error-nomics
How much waste and rework is going on in your organisation and how much effort is being invested to reduce or eliminate the root causes of the underlying problems?
29 February 2008
 
Catalyst Announces New Training Course Combining Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Effective Change Management
Catalyst has identified that 'soft skills' are often lacking or not covered in sufficient depth in traditional Lean, Six Sigma and Project Management training courses. The lack of these skills can result in the full potential of projects not being achieved.This course will give delegates a Green Belt foundation level in Lean Six Sigma with a framework for managing change to ensure process improvements are accepted and implemented in practice...
04 January 2008
 
02 November 2007
 
Our Vision is to be recognised for Excellence - Dr Paresh Dawda, GP
Catalyst client Dr Paresh Dawda, a General Practitioner, talks improved efficiency and customer satisfaction with Matt Moore at onesixsigma.com
12 October 2007
 
Catalyst Introduces Net Promoter Surveys
Delighting customers is one of our key objectives, so satisfaction surveys are an important source of data and information.
18 September 2007
 
Catalyst Launches Catalyst Scotland
Catalyst opens Scottish business unit Catalyst Scotland and launches Open Training Programme in Edinburgh
03 September 2007
 
Coaching can improve your Six Sigma results!
onesixsigma.com's review of Susan Kuepfer's Coaching Working at the Six Sigma Summit in London, April 2007.
21 June 2007
 
SAS AND CATALYST CONSULTING SIMPLIFY DATA ANALYSIS IN SIX SIGMA
CARY, NC, and LONDON (April 17, 2007) – Catalyst Consulting, Europe's leading provider of Lean Six Sigma solutions, has added Green Belt and Black Belt Lean Six Sigma training programs specifically designed to exploit the advantages of JMP® for Visual Six Sigma. The partnership between SAS and Catalyst Consulting expands Catalyst’s range of training, consulting and coaching support for Lean Six Sigma.
16 April 2007
 
The Lean Six Sigma Improvement Journey
The Lean Six Sigma Improvement Journey - new updated version now available direct from Catalyst
02 April 2007
 
Catalyst's Improving Performance in the NHS Programme
Catalyst Consulting Launches Brand New Performance Improvement Initiative, designed specifically for the NHS
11 February 2007
 
Catalyst at the UK Excellence Business Awards
As Founder Sponsors of the British Quality Foundation, Catalyst hosted a table at the prestigious UK Business Excellence Awards on Wednesday 25 October. Joining us for the evening at our table were representatives from Catalyst clients - BAA, BT, O2, the Financial Ombudsman, Rolls-Royce, RS, and the Royal Mail.
27 October 2006
 
Catalyst Introduces "The Science of Sales Management" Training Course
Delivering incredible results in manufacturing and operations, now Lean Six Sigma is being used to deliver improved sales function performance in many of the world's leading companies. Sign up for this training course today!
11 October 2006
 
2006 UK Business Excellence Award Ceremony
Catalyst is a founder sponsor member of the British Quality Foundation and we will be at the prestigious event on 25 October along with some of our clients to see the 2006 awards presented.
03 October 2006
 
Catalyst Sponsors of the IQPC Lean Six Sigma Conference in Amsterdam
25 October is a busy day with Catalyst also sponsoring this important conference, for the second year running. We look forward to welcoming you at our exhibition stand. The event looks promising with some very interesting speakers including some key Catalyst clients.
03 October 2006
 
Public Training Programme News
Yes, you've guessed it, 25 October sees our new Design for Lean Six Sigma Training programme live at Stratford-upon-Avon. What a week!! We still have some spaces and if you are not attending the BQF Awards or the Six Sigma Summit then why not come along!!! Stratford-Upon-Avon is proving to be a very popular venue with our delegates, for good reason.
03 October 2006