Toyota-Style
Lean Leadership Training
A hands-on training program designed to instil a management approach that gets leaders actively involved on the shop floor, supports employee development and builds a sustainable operational excellence culture.
Why Lean Leadership?
When operational excellence tools fail to work on the floor, the problem usually lies not in the tools but in the leadership approach. Toyota-style leadership pulls the manager from the desk to the shop floor, builds a coaching culture that develops people, and makes standard work discipline stick.
Program Content
From the Toyota leadership philosophy to Gemba management, and from the coaching approach to standard work discipline and Asakai integration, the training covers every dimension of lean leadership.
The Toyota Leadership Approach
The leadership mindset at the heart of the Toyota Production System: how long-term thinking, process focus and respect for people translate into management practice.
Gemba — Leading on the Shop Floor
Identifying real problems and improvement opportunities on the floor through real-time observation; the structure and discipline of the Gemba walk.
The Leader's Role: Developing, Not Managing
Asking the question instead of handing over the answer; a practical framework of the leadership behaviours that help a team reach its own solution.
The Coaching Approach & Developing People
The structure of shop-floor coaching, feedback techniques, the learning cycle and individual development planning, set within a lean leadership frame.
Standard Work & Discipline
Where standard work definitions sit in a leader's responsibilities; establishing the team-level discipline of spotting deviations, correcting them and returning to standard.
Daily Management & Leading with Asakai
How leadership behaviours fit into the daily management rhythm; using the Asakai meeting as a coaching and accountability tool.
Daily Program Flow
The morning block covers the Toyota leadership philosophy and its tools; in the afternoon a real Gemba scenario is analysed, leadership behaviours are assessed and a coaching / feedback simulation is run.
Application & Workshop (13:30 – 16:00)
- Gemba scenario analysis
- Leadership behaviour assessment exercise
- Coaching / feedback simulation
Toyota Leadership Philosophy & Gemba
Covers the Toyota leadership approach, the Gemba mindset and management on the spot: what to look for on the floor and how to observe it.
Coaching, Standard Work & Asakai
Covers the developing-leader role, coaching techniques, standard work discipline and integrating leadership with the daily management system.
Gemba Scenario & Leadership Analysis
A group-based analysis is run on a real Gemba scenario; right and wrong leadership behaviours are assessed.
Coaching / Feedback Simulation
Coaching and constructive feedback are simulated in pairs; participants experience the developing-leader role in practice.
By the End of the Training, Participants…
Participants who complete the training make the shift from managing to leading through concrete behaviour changes, and can use Gemba, coaching and the daily management system as one whole.
Being able to lead effectively on the shop floor
Adopting a leadership approach that develops people
The ability to see problems at the Gemba and give direction
Being able to manage team performance systematically
Who Is This Training For?
Toyota-Style Lean Leadership training suits every manager and leader who wants to strengthen shop-floor leadership, make team development systematic and make the operational excellence culture permanent.
Operations Managers
Managers who want to build an operational excellence culture by strengthening shop-floor leadership.
Engineers
Engineers who want to add leadership and coaching skills to their technical competence.
Team Leaders
Team leaders who want to adopt a leadership mindset that develops their teams rather than manages them.
Consultant & Instructor
With over 25 years of experience in automotive and manufacturing, Ertuğrul Turgay integrates the Toyota leadership philosophy and Gemba management with the WCM methodology to design programs that change behaviour on the shop floor. He delivers leadership training not as a theoretical narrative but as a practical experience reinforced with real shop-floor scenarios and coaching simulations.
Request a Quote for Toyota-Style Lean Leadership Training
Contact the Opexera team for a training plan featuring Gemba scenarios, leadership assessment tools and a coaching simulation tailored to your organisation.