Do you really need Green or Black Belt?

💡Do you really need all the belts—White, Yellow, Green, Black—to run Operational Excellence effectively?

In this video, I challenge the conventional belt system often promoted by training companies and offer a more practical, impact-driven way to structure your Lean Six Sigma training. We look at what each belt level should actually deliver for your organisation and how to build a belt structure that aligns with your Strategy, Improvement, and Control needs—starting with what managers, engineers, and frontline leaders actually do.

Rather than treat belts as standalone achievements, I propose a capability house: White Belts manage the Control Cycle, Yellow Belts lead Root Cause Analysis, Green Belts drive process improvements, and Black Belts coach, prioritise and coordinate the whole programme. If your current belt system doesn’t deliver those results, it’s time for a rethink.

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https://youtu.be/6MoxwCOHaKg

0:00 Do you need belt training at all?
1:09 What training companies get wrong
4:00 The practical value of Green and Black Belts
6:59 Tailoring Green Belt training by department
8:59 What Black Belts should really do
13:03 Coaching and organisational role of Black Belts
14:06 Rethinking Yellow Belts: problem-solving first
17:00 White Belts as CI-oriented line and department managers
24:00 Building a structured belt system that fits your business
27:40 How many belts do you actually need?
30:10 Summary: turn your belts into real business capability

Interested in working with me to boost Operational Excellence in your organisation, or perhaps a more personal coaching on your CI career? Check out my website for details or go to my contacts page directly ([www.tommentink.com/contact](http://www.tommentink.com/contact))

Видео Do you really need Green or Black Belt? канала Tom Mentink