50 Things Everyone Needs to

Know About Green Belt

Training

Is getting Green Belt Certified worth it? Do hiring managers

care about it? What kind of salary can you expect? What do you
need to know? Here’s a list of key information you should check
out before making the investment in time, money and your
future.

50 Things You Need to Know About Green

Belt Training
1. According to Dick Costolo, recent head of Twitter, the type of problem
solving skills you gain with Green Belt Training are what today’s cutting
edge companies value most in prospective employees.

2. The national average salary for a Certified Green Belt is $83,000 per
year in the United States as of June, 2016 according to Indeed.com, the #1
job site in the world available in more than 50 countries and 26 languages,
covering 94% of global GDP.
3. Green Belt Certification is the most sought after certifications of all the
“Belt” levels within Lean Six Sigma.
4. Green Belt Training teaches you to manage by facts and data. As Jack
Welch, the former CEO of GE, once said, “If we’re going to manage by
opinions, I’d rather they were mine!”

5. Lean Six Sigma follows the adage, “creativity before cash,” and Green
Belt Training provides you with the tools and techniques to support the
creativity that organizations so desperately need to increase profit and
reduce costs.

6. Working on a Green Belt project leads to valuable exposure to both the

people and the processes within the organization which increases your
understanding of the business and gives you valuable connections.

7. Problems without solutions aren’t so bad if there is a path through

uncertainty, and Lean Six Sigma’s DMAIC methodology provides that
pathway.
8. Green Belt Training & Certification helps build problem-solving muscles
– and problems are one thing organizations will never run out of!

9. Lean Six Sigma tools alone won’t sustain change – it’s about people too.
With Green Belt Training you learn to implement successful change by
collaborating with the right people and by treating them with respect.

10. A bad process will beat a good person every time, and Green Belt
Training focuses on fixing the process, not blaming the people who work in
the process.

11. If you don’t make use of your new Green Belt skills within 40 days you
are likely to forget them – use it or lose it!
12. GoLeanSixSigma.com’s Green Belt Training enables you to apply Lean
Six Sigma even before you become certified.

13. You don’t need a Green Belt project to apply Green Belt tools and
concepts.

14. Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training is recognized by organizations

worldwide.

15. You don’t need to be a statistician to be a great Green Belt.

16. GoLeanSixSigma.com’s Green Belt training takes advantage of the fact

that people learn more when they’re enjoying themselves.

17. The most basic tools and techniques are often the most powerful –
making process improvements doesn’t have to be complicated.

18. You can get a 15% productivity boost just by applying the “5S”
technique to any work area.

19. Creating a basic Process Map of any process immediately uncovers

pain points and opportunities for improvement.

20. Whether it’s Manufacturing or Service; Sales, Marketing, Finance or

the back office, virtually every area of every industry can make use of and
benefit from conducting Lean Six Sigma process improvements.

21. Becoming certified by an external organization is generally more

recognized than being certified internally.

22. Research shows that responding to the Q&A within the Green Belt
Training and then taking the Certification Exam actually makes you
smarter.

23. Having a Green Belt Certification sets you apart from other job
applicants in terms of your process management and problem solving
abilities, and it puts you in a better position for advancement once hired.

24. Although the content of Lean Six Sigma Green Belt offerings may vary,
the structure follows the same DMAIC method: Define, Measure, Analyze,
Improve & Control.

25. Although Green Belts generally work on projects within their

functional areas, their training gives them insight into the impact of
processes on the external customer – having this “line of sight” is greatly
valued by management.

26. PDCA does not stand for “Please Don’t Change Anything!” It stands for
Plan Do Check and Act/Adjust. Walter Shewhart’s PDCA is a simple but
powerful continuous improvement cycle that anyone can use.
27. Green Belt Training promotes an alliance with a subject matter expert
from Finance – this essential backing verifies the savings and cost
avoidance achieved by each project.

28. Green Belt training does not mean you engage in a karate tournament,
but it does mean you’ll be better equipped to cut and slash your way
through workplace waste!

29. Taking Green Belt training and improving processes with others can be
fun! The tools are designed to help teams work together to discover the
current state of processes and the root causes of nagging problems.

30. Green Belt training expands your process improvement toolkit, and
helps you determine which tool is most appropriate and when.

31. In order to maximize retention of the Green Belt Training, it’s

important to use the tools and concepts in a real world application.
GoLeanSixSigma.com’s Green Belt Training & Certification enables you to
apply these tools and concepts – not just learn about them.

32. Green Belt training tools are not just for the workplace – you can apply
them to your personal life too. Many Green Belts have conducted a 5S in
their garage, their closets and even their kitchen pantries.

33. Green Belt level training increasingly shows up on job postings as

problem-solving grows as a desired skill set.

34. What you learn in Green Belt Training will never become obsolete
because it’s about problem-solving and root cause analysis and everyone
needs those skills everyday, in every profession in every industry.

35. Green Belt Training shows how Lean Six Sigma tools can be applied in
administrative, service and not just manufacturing environments.

The Six Sigma program is very popular at Rose-Hulman Institute of

Technology, so much so that Diane Evans, Rose-Hulman professor of
engineering management, believes that it could be all she teaches each
term and every class would be filled. Prospective employers seek out
students with Six Sigma training. Alumni have advised Rose-Hulman
that employers want to see Six Sigma on a resume because it
demonstrates they know what tools to use to complete an improvement
project. Although Rose-Hulman does not currently award Six Sigma
certifications (or “belts” as they are referred to in Six Sigma
terminology) to its students, completing the course and a project
prepare them well for a future in process improvement and the real-
world use of statistics. (read the full article here)

36. Online Green Belt training allows for self-paced breaks between topics
and, according to the recent book How We Learn this results in enhanced
learning.

37. Green Belts don’t necessarily need to know how to use every single tool
in the Lean Six Sigma Toolkit, but Green Belt Training creates awareness
of the available tools so Green Belts know where to go when it’s time to use
a tool they’re unfamiliar with.

38. Green Belt Training tools and concepts provide the basis for
collaborative team activities and this drives essential engagement which
means you don’t have to do all the work yourself!

39. Graphing and Charting techniques are central to Green Belt Training
since they provide powerful visuals – “a picture’s worth a thousand words”
and in the case of process improvement projects, they might also be worth
thousands in cost-avoidance!

40. Conducting a Green Belt project with a cross-functional team allows

you to practice your facilitation skills which are highly valuable and
required of most leaders.

41. While taking Green Belt Training and conducting a project, it’s a good
idea to connect with others who are doing the same thing – even if they are
not in your line of business, they can be sounding boards and offer
examples of new tools and concepts.

42. The best team meetings for Green Belts and their teams are regular
team meetings – If you know you’re going to meet every Tuesday at 10am,
it’s both a chance to collaborate, and an automatic deadline for
deliverables.

43. Green Belt Training comes with easy to use templates which facilitate
the essential documentation of the project – and that makes it easy to
update the Project Champion!

44. Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training can help you save money at home.
Use it to reduce the electric bill, reduce wasted food and reduce
unnecessary purchases and bills.

45. Lean does not stand for “Less Employees Are Needed!” Lean is not
about eliminating people, it’s about eliminating waste. People are not a
waste, yet they often waste time on activities that do not add value for the
customer.
46. Lean has been around since the 1940’s and Six Sigma has been around
since the 1980’s. Before Six Sigma was Total Quality Management (TQM),
and before Lean was PDCA. This stuff has to work if it’s been around for
this long!

47. Even though it wasn’t called Lean or Six Sigma, Henry Ford used Lean
Six Sigma concepts and principles by when he pioneered the automated
conveyor belt to build the Model T.

48. Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training explains why people might not like
variation in processes. We like variation in our food choices, but we don’t
like waiting for it! People want predictable and consistent processes and
that’s what Green Belts provide.

49. There are organizations who have had less than stellar experiences
with Lean Six Sigma, but that’s not the fault of the tools and methodology
– it’s due to the way the effort was implemented. GoLeanSixSigma.com’s
Green Belt Training guides you to use the most effective implementation
methods.

50. Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training will help you avoid implementing
other people’s pet solutions and as well as random activities that don’t
address root causes. Life is short – spend time on what matters!

We hope this list helps you understand the benefits of becoming

a Certified Green Belt. If you have any questions, please leave a
comment below or contact us. We’re happy to help!