Core Continuous Improvement Skills Level I

Level I - Core Continuous Improvement Skills Package lays a great professional development foundation to increase effectiveness, drive improvements, and advance in your career path.


The training package includes 5 core improvement skills courses offered in the evenings as a hybrid class with 1 hour live and the rest of the course as a self-study eLearning course on our LMS portal.

This is a powerful course package that can help you reduce the obstacles that block you, slow you down, and waste your time and effort. You'll be able to drive meaningful changes that lower your stress & frustration while improving performance. If you apply what you learn, it will be good for you, your teams, your organization, and good for advancing your career.

eLearning courses included in Level 1 training package:
  • Introduction to Critical Thinking: Learn how to use facts & logic to make effective decisions
  • Data Driven Continuous Improvement: Learn to Align & Engage Teams with Data Driven Feedback Loops for Better Results

  • Introduction to Lean: Explore the fundamentals of Lean

  • Fundamentals of Problem Solving: Learn how to stop having to deal with the same symptoms day in and day out

  • Basics of Project Management: Learn to plan, communicate, coordinate, execute & track progress

Instructor: Adam Druffel

Adam is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and has been an operations leader in multiple industries, as well as driven many improvement projects to completion to reach record results at the organizations he has worked with throughout his career.
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Learning Options:

  • Day and evening class options (hybrid)
  • 100% learn anytime (self-paced)

Cost: $900.00

Duration: 3 Months

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We can tailor courses to meet the needs of your business or group and offer them at the SCSU Welcome Center or a location of your choice.

Contact: pace@stcloudstate.edu; 320-308-4252.