Unlocking Lean Six Sigma for Greater Success in Your Role
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Unlocking Lean Six Sigma for Greater Success in Your Role

WFED/OD&C Webinar Series / Spring 2025

By PSU WFED/OD&C Professional Development Network

Date and time

Friday, May 30 · 9 - 10am PDT

Location

Online

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour

Description

Discover how Lean Six Sigma, the powerful fusion of Lean and Six Sigma principles, can transform the way you work. This webinar equips you with practical tools to streamline processes, eliminate waste, and deliver real, measurable results. Whether improving patient care in healthcare, speeding up government workflows, or optimizing production processes, Lean Sigma’s proven strategies empower you to tackle challenges with confidence. With a clear emphasis on operational excellence and tangible results, this approach equips you with the skills to drive efficiency, boost quality, and create meaningful impact in any organization.

Objectives

By the end of this webinar, you will be able to:

  • Identify the synergy between Lean, Six Sigma, and other continuous improvement methodologies to understand how this integration enhances operational effectiveness.
  • Understand key tools within the Lean Six Sigma framework to optimize processes.
  • Relate practical experiences from implementing Lean Six Sigma principles to address real-world challenges.
  • Evaluate the A3 problem-solving approach to analyze, improve, and innovate current and future processes.
  • Describe impactful project reports and presentations that inspire actionable results and facilitate informed decision-making.

Dr. Wesley E. Donahue, PE, PMP®, Six Sigma Black Belt.

For over four decades, I’ve drawn on my background as an engineer turned educator to help organizations of every size enhance performance, refine their priorities, and continuously improve. My work focuses on simplifying improvement processes, cutting through jargon, and empowering teams to identify and address the issues that matter most. Grounded in the conviction that those closest to the work are best equipped to improve it, I emphasize consensus-driven decision-making and practical tools rooted in proven methodologies. Instead of chasing fleeting management trends, I advocate embracing timeless principles that spark meaningful, sustainable change. I invite you to join this journey—commit to simplicity, focus on what matters, and transform challenges into opportunities for lasting success.

Frequently asked questions

Who should attend this webinar with Dr. Donahue?

Any professional, regardless of industry, who seeks to foster a structured, data-driven, and results-oriented approach to continuous improvement within their organization.

Organized by

In April 2020 we hosted our first OD&C webinar. Since then, each month, we offer state-of-the-art topics presented by scholars and experts from the industry. You are invited to register for the upcoming sessions or revisit any previously streamed. Subscribe to the Penn State OD & C YouTube channel to access this and more content.

FreeMay 30 · 9:00 AM PDT