The Shelburne Group, Inc.

The Shelburne Group works with teams of employees to achieve rapid profit improvement.  Each team consists of approximately ten participants that work in a related area or on a related task.  The training provides the participants with the skills to work as a team to rapidly identify, quantify, and solve problems in the workplace.  Subsequent follow-up sessions guide the teams and reinforce their skills as they move on to problems of greater complexity. In order to prosper, a highly effective team needs skill, experience, and confidence.  The training and follow-up sessions provide them as follows: Skill--Two-day training sessions provide teams with problem-solving and teamwork techniques. Experience--Follow-up sessions identify and address areas where a specific team needs help so the team can function well and develop experience in problem solving Confidence--Repeated success generates confidence; as problem after problem gets solved, the team builds the confidence to tackle ever more complex problems.

The profit, safety, and morale improvements using The Shelburne Group techniques are quick and long-lasting because employees lead much of the improvement process.  The approach is very practical and low-keyed.  If your organization has had TQM, Lean or other improvement efforts in the past, then The Shelburne Group approach fits in very well and accelerates your pace of improvements. Companies appreciate that the approach is self-funding since it quickly generates cash to fully fund improvements.  The typical team generates $100,000 to $250,000 in profit improvements in its first year.  Teams continue their own problem-solving meetings well beyond the training (9 years and counting in one case).  Employees are fully engaged in this process and results are sustainable into the future.

The Shelburne Group, Inc.

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