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The modules in Major Block (1) of Six Sigma Plus Black Belt training and certification are centered around three key principles of World Class Performance, strategy, people and process or systems.
Presentation of our Six Sigma Plus training modules covers materials from each of these three key principle areas. 
Six Sigma Plus training modules will be staggered back and forth between all three areas to provide our participants with an appreciation for the need of all three key principles of Six Sigma Plus training in order to attain World Class Performance. 

Major Block (1) training includes modules of:
Introduction to the Six Sigma Plus Black Belt Training Process
Basics
Statistical
Behavioral
Leadership

Block 1

Six Sigma Introduction
Identify major components of World Class Performance. Defines Six Sigma Plus, key elements of strategy, motivation for organizational change, steps to building a personal Six Sigma Plus Black Belt project and the cost of poor quality.

Focus on Strategy
Addresses Commodity, Technology, Quality, Service and Customer strategy driven focuses.

Project Guidelines and Selection
Six Sigma Plus project selection, common problems, defining the scope of your project, team selection, teamwork leadership, communications, team members roles, and how productive teams work.

  Service (Non-Manufacturing)
Skills in identifying waste, cycle time, service processes, service strategies, service projects, management responsibilities, performance measurements, auditing defects, and understanding products versus services.

Defects
Understanding customer desires and Critical to Quality (CTQ) areas. Learn to use Customer Critical Criteria (CCC) to focus the organization. Identify defects per unit and defects per million opportunities. Concept of minimum loss is explored. 

Behavior
Stages of individual and team growth as it applies to performance, how paradigms effect projects, gain understandings of self and others and skills to reduce interpersonal relationship tensions to improve productivity.

Data
Collecting and using data. Some data analysis tools and techniques are demonstrated. Use of the normal distribution. Dependent and Independent variables. Learn how Six Sigma Plus is 3.4 ppm defect level.

  DISC Profile
Completion of your Personal Profile of behavior to gain understanding of self and others in building team and individual interpersonal relationships of synergy and collaboration.

  Distributions
Common distributions other than the normal. Characteristics and when they are used.

Versatility
Dealing with perceptions of self and others, gaining abilities to be able to meet the needs of other behavioral styles, abilities to make others comfortable with your style and reaching a Win-Win through synergy and collaboration.

Tests
Correlation and Regression. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

DISC Profile Feedback Module
Results of your Personal Profile of behavior feedback, greater understanding of self and others, suggestions for improving interpersonal relationships, reducing relationship tensions and improving win- win productivity.

Personal and Team Empowerment
Myths and truths of management styles, shared leadership, teamwork, empowered teams, creating high performance, decision making, teamwork and the quality process tools.

Leadership and Motivation
Motivation of self and others, fears, time management, performance ceilings, motivational break through, training, rewards, challenges and consequences, and impassioned motivation.

Personal Project Work
Required work on assignments of specifically identified areas of your personal Six Sigma Plus Black Belt Project after each Major Block of training and prior to proceeding to the next major block of training.