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Graham A. Richard (MAYOR OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA) |
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| Henry Knueppel (CEO, REGAL-BELOIT): "Your session was fantastic. Your energy and humor brought 6-Sigma to life at Regal. You eliminated any skepticism, created urgent desire to get moving and showed us a path to success. Mission accomplished! You are always welcome to visit any time and check-up on what you started." IMPACT: $10 Million Savings |
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| Jack Welch (CEO, GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.): "Scott, I am thrilled with the Six Sigma work you have been doing. This is exactly the kind of customer focused impact we want...I've been around a lot of years, but I have never had another CEO go on and on praising a GE employee like this." |
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| Hank Barnette (CEO, BETHLEHEM STEEL): "Scott Lasater is a world-class instructor by any standard. Never has a single person from another company had such a tremendous impact on changing the culture of our organization" |
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| Allison Best (Director of Project Management, KAISER PERMANENTE) "After years as a professional, certified project manager in the construction, IT, and healthcare industries, I can unreservedly say that Scott Lasater's Six Sigma course was by far the greatest, most innovative, value-added learning event I've ever experienced." |
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| Amber Chesborough (INTEL Corp): "I was initially skeptical about the added value of this class. We have tried other forms of training - online and consultant delivered - but none of these have approached the thoroughness and depth of understanding of this program. I led a benchmarking survey of Six Sigma training options. Although we have about 20 internal classes related to statistics, process control, DOE, project management, technical problem solving, etc., we found significant gaps in our material compared to this Six Sigma course. We also compared various other online and corporate training programs. Scott's training was best-in-class for content, examples, opportunity for practice, adaptability to different learning styles, and time to completion." IMPACT: $50 Million Savings |
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| Mike Dombrow (Director of Continuous Improvement, WAL-MART) Scott is a masterful instructor. He takes highly complex concepts and represents them with examples, images, 3-dimensional models and non-technical language that render the ideas easy to comprehend, retain and explain. I have studied statistics at the undergraduate and graduate level, but never was the material as cohesive, understandable and memorable as Scott's course. And, to be sure, never have I been so entertained as by Scott's performance! IMPACT: $20 million savings! |
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| Jeff Zimmerman (INTEL): "This year, Intel Materials realized $13.2 million in finance-approved savings as a result of the application of Six Sigma. The biggest impact on ramping the program to achieve these results is the training and coaching we received from Scott Lasater's training. We had contracted with an external vendor for Green Belt training and quickly realized the extraordinary value of the instructor (Scott Lasater) and training content in comparison." |
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| Doug Cazin (Corporate Director Customer Service, PARDEE HOMES): "While competitors continue to struggle, we solved the problem. IMPACT: $3 million in 2005...A direct result of the marvelous training we received from Scott Lasater! I highly recommend Scott as instructor. Outstanding! I learned more in 3 weeks with Scott than I did in the prior 2 years of GE training without Scott" |
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| Dick Jaffre, (Vice President, TXI STEEL): "Your seminar was excellent. For me, you brought to life concepts I'd only read about, and as a result I'm convinced of the urgency. I believe you would help accelerate support of Six Sigma in our company faster than anyone else. Your patience and creativity in leading people to understand difficult and unfamiliar concepts is very rare." IMPACT: $13 Million Savings |
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| Mitch Alverson (TXI STEEL): "The training is nothing but ‘Value Added'. I want more executives to attend. I can attest that 99% of people who attend Scott's training return to work with a changed perspective of how they 'do' work." |
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| Dennis Shavor (Director of Construction Operations, Pardee Homes) "Six Sigma training was a great experience and a business/life-changing experience. It has changed the way I do business as well as those around me. I have already seen great improvements in our construction processes as well as major improvements in our simple administrative processes." |
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| Mark Konya (AMEREN UTILITIES) [P.E., B.S. Ed. Mathematics, B.S. Physics (Eastern Illinois 1974), M.S. Nuclear Engineering (Univ. of Illinois 1976), M.A. Physics (Washington Univ. St. Louis 1989)] "Rating 15 out of 10. Thinking back about all the teachers I had during my student and professional careers, Scott is at the top of the list!" |
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| Julio Lopez (Sr. Quality Engineer, INTEL) "It is amazing Scott Lasater's ability to communicate very technical material using very simple examples and common concepts. Not to mention his ability to effectively communicate and maintain the people involved in the class. I have never had that experience before." |
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| Paul V. LeMay, (Director, Six Sigma, MACtac N.A.) "I received my Black Belt training at GE in 2000 and Scott Lasater was my instructor. Scott is the best teacher I've ever had, bar none. With his undergrad in psychology and masters in statistics, he knows how the mind works and he knows the stats. Scott's visual aids and hands-on exercises allowed all his students grasp Six Sigma. I majored in math, but I could never keep all the statistical tests straight until I saw Scott's "Statistical Roadmap" wall poster. Now I can just close my eyes and mentally retrace the roadmap." |
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| "This Six Sigma training greatly enhanced my understanding of the Six Sigma processes. It developed by previous experience with the material into a whole new and better understanding of how to apply these principles. In just 3 weeks, this course developed me in what would have taken years to do on my own! This course is by far the best training I have ever received in Six Sigma or other quality oriented programs!" —M.J., Wal-Mart |
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| "Six Sigma Training was a great experience and a business/life-changing experience. It has changed the way I do business as well as those around me. I have already seen great improvements in our construction processes as well as major improvements in our simple administrative processes." —D.S., Director of Construction Operations, Pardee Homes, Sacramento, Ca. |
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| "Scott's Six Sigma Training had the most immediate personal and professional impact of any course that I have attended in my career. It has moved into the top spot when recommending courses to anyone seeking a way to move to the next level." | |
| "Scott is a masterful instructor. He strives to eradicate technical or academic jargon, using language that is easily understood by the typical manager. He takes highly complex concepts and represents them with examples, images and 3-dimensional models that render the ideas easy to comprehend, retain and explain. His expert guidance on the use of the Six Sigma Road Map and Minitab creates comfort with the selection and use of case-appropriate statistical tools as well as the interpretation of results. I have studied statistics at the undergraduate and graduate level, but never was the material as cohesive, understandable and memorable as Scott's course. And, to be sure, never have I been so entertained as by Scott's performance!" | |
| "Scott Lasater's presentation style and methods of engaging the audience turned statistics from something I regretted in college into something I clearly grasped and look forward to continue to use on a daily basis." | |
| "This Six -Sigma training is insightful on how to use tools commonly available to elicit quality into the business environment. These tools measure critical business performance measurements effectively in order to make correct business decisions. Our company will be adding 3 new Black Belts in 2006." | |
| "Scott is a fantastic educator; he makes understanding some very intense training fun and exciting." | |
| "This Six Sigma course offers ANY business the opportunity to go back and conduct a fundamentally precise review of their processes and results, with a heavily weighted upside for refinement and improvement. Not consisting of a strictly manufacturing approach, this course is applicable across many business environments and operational practices. The course content is presented with the right amount of necessary book-work, in conjunction with class participation and just enough humor to insure active engagement and learning." | |
| "Rating 15 out of 10. Thinking back about all the teachers I had during my student and professional careers, Scott is at the top of the list!" —Mark.K., P.E., B.S. Ed. Mathematics, B.S. Physics (Eastern Illinois 1974), M.S. Nuclear Engineering (University of Illinois 1976), M.A. Physics (Washington University St. Louis 1989) |
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| "Scott Lasater takes very tough material and makes it understandable. Over the course of the three weeks... Scott is able to make things clear, and he provides a very clear path to solving any problem. Scott is passionate about what he does and is very professional. I would recommend Scott. I have earned an undergraduate degree and MBA, and I have yet to run across a college professor who can do what Scott does." | |
| "I have an MBA from SMU and I value my blackbelt and my MBA equally. And I believe that the blackbelt delivers more value to my company than the MBA." | |
| "Scott is a rare talent capable of making instruction look like performance while blending everyday experience into key learning objectives. By the end of the course the students have had every opportunity to learn and have enjoyed the learning." | |
| "I attended Black Belt training taught by Scott Lasater. As mathematics/physics major I had studied statistics extensively during my college career. Only after attending Scott's class did I realize a full understanding of how to apply this field of study to the real world - and achieve success!" | |
| "Six-Sigma training offered the most relevant, usable, information, in the shortest amount of time that I have ever had the pleasure of absorbing." | |
| "Six-Sigma training transformed the way I viewed and thought about information. As a result, my business decisions are made with more confidence and I am able to explore solutions and risks more thoroughly. I highly recommend this training for any faced with real world business decisions." | |
| "Scott Lasater has the ability to take a complicated statistical methodology and communicate it so that non-statisticians can understand the concept and easily utilize the tools to improve performance, increase sales revenues and reduce costs. Scott communicates effortlessly to ensure that participants in his class understand each concept." | |
| "Scott also makes himself available to discuss these applications while former participants implement within their own environment. Scott is the type of associate that any company would be privileged to have on board." | |
| "Scott Lasater is a highly engaging instructor who is able to take complex idea's and theories and present them in a way that understandable and usable." | |
| "Six Sigma training provides tools which are of value in most, if not all, aspects of my business career. It provides tools for an analytical and logical process with which to develop creative solutions to all kinds of issues." | |
| "Scott is and excellent instructor, his use of slides and props provide excellent learning opportunities that are both fun and challenging. Everyone in the class is given the opportunity to participate." | |
| "Six-Sigma training in Fort Wayne is an extensive class that packs a lot into that short timeframe. You walk away with a variety of tools that will help you tackle future projects." | |
| "Scott Lasater makes statistical analysis a fun subject by interweaving humorous examples in the lecture to show how they are applicable to the subject matter." | |
| "The instructor was able to communicate complex statistical concepts in such a way that those concepts were understandable to class participants without a statistical background. Scott's instruction style permitted him to discuss complex statistical concepts in a very creative fashion." | |
| "For a training that includes discussion of statistical methods, the Six Sigma Black Belt class is very lively and presented in a manner that held my interest. Use of layman's terms made it easier to understand and comprehend the different concepts and tools." | |
| "The training was one of the best continuing education programs I have taken." | |
| "Scott Lasater knew the subject matter (Six Sigma and Statistics) very well. For attendees with minimal statistical/engineering background, he made it easy to understand complex statistical concepts using layman's terms. During the class, he provided examples/exercises and used video clips that supported and reinforced my learning. For a training that includes statistical methods, the class was very lively and presented in a manner that held my interest. " | |
| "The trainer (Scott Lasater) did an outstanding job of presenting the information. Scott used a variety of examples and media to create a forum that kept the class interesting and made the material easier to learn. I would highly recommend Scott Lasater as a trainer for the Six Sigma related materials." | |
| "I would insist that anyone who has access to Scott Lasater to use him to launch Six Sigma training. Scott's knowledge, passion and style creates a level of excitement and energy that is sets the stage to drive a true cultural change essential to any true deployment of Six Sigma." | |
| "I found the Six Sigma Black Belt training to be informative, well presented and relevant to the current business climate." —J.F., Purchasing Manager, Pardee Homes, San Diego, CA |
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| "Often, organizations are replete with hard-core A-type execs who assume that by simply applying their experience and intuition processes can be improved in ways that result in permanent elimination of inefficiencies, higher quality output, higher ROI, and greater job satisfaction. While there is no doubt that experience and intuition can deliver results when the fruit is low-hanging, complex problems are a different matter. For the latter there is no substitute for Six Sigma project teamwork and the techniques and processes of DMAIC, DFSS and CAP. My company is rapidly coming to this understanding and turning frequently to my team to resolve critical issues. Our ability to do so is the result of our training, for which we thank Scott. " —M.D., Director of Continuous Improvement, Wal-Mart Canada Corp. |
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| "Scott is an exceptional instructor. He has the ability to deliver very difficult material in an approachable manner. His use of video clips enables you to bring the concepts found in the text and use them in daily applications regardless of what field you're in. He is extremely knowledgeable and has what it takes to be an effective instructor. Scott takes the time to answer questions, and does so in a patient manner. He has a great sense of humor, which helped our class open up. By far, Scott Lasater is the best instructor I have had in any training in my career." | |
| "Six Sigma training was the best training I have received in almost 20 years in business. The course demystified statistics and showed how they could be put to practical use." | |
| "The reason I found Six Sigma training so valuable was due in large part to Scott Lasater. He kept the course interesting and made statistical process control and the use of statistics ‘user friendly’. He showed how both engineers and non-engineers can make use of statistics to improve processes via the Six Sigma process." | |
| "The training is nothing but ‘Value Added’. I only wish I could get more of our executives to attend. I can attest that 99% of people who attend Scott’s training return to work with a changed perspective of how they ‘do’ work. I give Scott and his team a resounding two thumbs up!" | |
| "Scott Lasater has the uncanny ability to make you forget that you are learning about statistics -- what a truly amazing gift this man has." | |
| "This Six-Sigma training was excellent training and education. The best I have ever received. The course was logically presented, interesting and taught with practical tools and methodologies which are of significant value to our business." | |
| "Without question, Scott makes this course what it is. His level of passion for the subject matter, as well as the depth of his knowledge, and ability to communicate it, make for a rare opportunity for people to participate and learn. I cannot imagine this course being taught by anyone else. Scott has set an extremely high standard for others to be measured against. Rating 10+" | |
| "Six Sigma BB training is excellent. The instructor masterfully manages to teach very technical material using very simple concepts easy to follow and to relate/connect to the real world. It is of great value to see the Six Sigma applicability to other processes out of the manufacturing environment. Congratulations!!! " —J.E.L., Sr. Quality Engineer, Intel Corporation |
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| "Scott Lasater did an outstanding job of explaining the material, giving real world examples, keeping the material interesting and on a practical level. It was clear he was passionate about his teaching. Outstanding!" | |
| "After being in industry for 34 years, I have not found another program with the rigor as this program. This program is now being taught to all our exempt employees in either a green belt or black belt forum. I totally enjoyed the content and the instructor." | |
| "Six Sigma Black Belt training is the lifeblood of companies seeking to establish a proper foundation in pervasive quality. Whether it be Human Resource, transactional process or manufacturing quality initiatives, this provides the toolset to bring the utmost of quality into every realm of your business." | |
| "Scott Lasater was excellent in the presentation of the material. He kept it interesting, was current with examples from all types of informational sources and the classes were thorough in the scope of the material." | |
| "Scott addresses Six Sigma like da Vinci addressed a canvas. He takes seemingly complex, abstract ideas (like statistics for many non-statisticians) and paints a picture that illuminates and invigorates the audience. A true pleasure!" | |
| "I would highly recommend this Six Sigma training. I think you were one of the best instructors that I have had." | |
| "It is amazing your ability to communicate very technical material using very simple examples and common concepts. Not to mention your ability to effectively communicate and maintain the people involved in the class. I have never had that experience before." –J.E.L., Sr. Quality Engineer, Intel Corporation. |
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| "I have taken various courses in statistics and process improvement in the past, and was initially skeptical about the added value of this class. As it turned out, this class filled some gaping holes in my understanding of statistical tools and techniques, and redefined my understanding of Six Sigma from ‘a bag of statistical tools’ to a coherent program for diagnosing and fixing business problems. Scott not only summarized about 3 semesters of college statistics, but also taught us how to correctly apply those principles, which is an incredible accomplishment in a 3-week course. | |
| After receiving this training, my colleagues and I were able to develop and deliver our own Greenbelt and Blackbelt training to our departments, and mentor the students' Six Sigma projects. We have tried other forms of training - online and consultant delivered - but none of these have approached the thoroughness and depth of understanding of this program. | |
| Note: I led a benchmarking survey of Six Sigma training options. Although we have about 20 internal classes related to statistics, process control, DOE, project management, technical problem solving, etc., we found significant gaps in our material compared to Scott’s Six Sigma course. We used this course and the ASQ curriculum as our models in developing an internal Six Sigma training. We also compared various other online and corporate training programs. This training was best in class for content, examples, opportunity for practice, adaptability to different learning styles, and time to completion." —A.C., Intel Corporation |
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| "Scott Lasater and this training are a must attend if you are truly serious about process improvement." | |
