Supercharge your potential!
Build upon the process improvement skills acquired during the Green Belt certification with our industry-leading Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
In just seven sessions over the course of two to three months, you'll master the tools to mentor Green Belts and other team members using real-world process improvement methods.
Black belts leverage the tools and concepts in their lean six sigma "toolbox" to successfully lead projects that deliver meaningful results to the organization.
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Black Belt Certification Benefits
Add to your Green Belt skills to increase profits, decrease costs and improve efficiency using proven process improvement techniques.
Become a respected mentor and change-agent trained to coach Green Belts and other team members.
Enhance your résumé and become an indispensable asset to your organization by learning how to remove waste and solve problems caused by inefficient business processes.
Boost your earning power and increase your chances of landing a new job or promotion. According to the American Society for Quality, 30% of newly certified Black Belts receive a promotion within 12 months.
Add to your Green Belt skills to increase profits, decrease costs and improve efficiency using proven process improvement techniques.
Become a respected mentor and change-agent trained to coach Green Belts and other team members.
Enhance your résumé and become an indispensable asset to your organization by learning how to remove waste and solve problems caused by inefficient business processes.
Boost your earning power and increase your chances of landing a new job or promotion. According to the American Society for Quality, 30% of newly certified Black Belts receive a promotion within 12 months.
Be a change agent in the workplace
Lean Six Sigma Black Belts act as change agents in the workplace and bring considerable problem solving and project management expertise to an organization.
Course Information
You'll walk away from this program with a recognized credential that highlights your dedication to the principles of continuous improvement:
- Further your skills to increase profits, decrease costs and improve efficiency using proven process improvement techniques.
- Enhance your résumé and become an indispensable asset to your organization.
- Boost your earning power and increase your chances of landing a new job or promotion.
- Become a respected mentor to colleagues and coach Green Belts and other team members.
Are you looking to improve business processes, eliminate inefficiencies, enhance quality, build best-in-class systems, and be part of building a leaner culture at their organization by applying the same process improvement methodologies implemented by top companies across the globe? If so, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt is for you! This program is especially popular for those who already have their Green Belt and work as:
- Project Managers
- Operation Managers
- Project Team Participants
- Business Analysts
- Technical Specialists
Throughout this course, students will:
- Review lean six sigma tools and concepts
- Think about their organization as a collection of processes, which can always be improved
- Relate lean six sigma concepts to the overall business mission and objective
- Understand and apply the five-step DMAIC model as a framework to organize process improvement activities
- Employ a wide range of process improvement techniques
Dr. Ian Briggs is an entrepreneurial business leader and highly competent educator with over 20 years of successful teaching and management experience with an emphasis on leadership, operations, program and project management, sales and marketing, customer service and delivery, human resources, and employee learning and development. He has extensive global expertise in managing cross-functional teams across a broad range of industries including electronic manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, information technology, sports, non-profit, and healthcare. He has worked as a Regional Business Director (Southeast Asia) for Merck, and as a Business Manager for Microsoft with cross-cultural responsibility, directing highly successful global projects within these same organizations. As part of a protean career, for 10 years Dr. Briggs developed and managed his own business training and coaching world-class athletes for competition. More recently he has taken to educating companies and their employees with regard to leadership, effective people management, and improving organizational productivity and profitability through the efficient and sustainable use of human resources. This concept lends itself to the learning and use of Human Resource Management as a successful business methodology.
Dr. Briggs educational background includes an undergraduate degree in business, an MBA with a focus on international business and human resource management, and a PhD in Management with an emphasis on leadership and organizational change. With this very diverse background he is very keen to share a unique combination of academic and practical experience to prepare adult learners for their future success.
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- Students register and pay tuition with ODU.
- USF will provide login credentials to each student to access the class.
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Prefer to speak with someone? Connect with our enrollment advisor today!
Christine Matthews, Enrollment Advisor
757-683-5661
ccmatthe@odu.edu.
Whether you're ready to make your move, or just need more information, our enrollment team is ready to help!