Contents
Lean management
- What is lean management?
- History of lean in the context of quality management.
- Lean principles and lean organization.
- Lean in the service areas incl. Lean HR.
- The most important lean tools.
Role and mission of HR
- Expectations of HR Management and status quo.
- Self-assessment of own HR department according to the EFQM model.
- HR management's contribution to the company's success.
- Current trends and best practices for the HR sector.
Value creation and waste in HR management
- Strategic lean orientation for HR and operational consequences. Effectiveness (efficacy) and efficiency (lean): Evaluate and improve HR processes and HR services.
Lean methods for HR
- Basic principles & customer orientation.
- Selected lean methods that are particularly relevant for HR.
- Why lean approaches outside of production often fail and how this can be avoided.
- Concrete challenges and solutions for the introduction.
Lean culture
HR competencies for Lean
- Customer orientation.
- Process orientation.
- Leadership skills.
Performance measurement
- Success and maturity measurement.
- Suitable key figures.
Lean and agile - connections and differences
Learning environment
In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.
Your benefit
- Transferring the lean management concept to HR management in order to optimize added value and costs and increase job satisfaction.
- Make core HR processes such as recruiting, personnel development and remuneration effective, lean and measurable.
- Know the connections between the concepts of Lean and Agile and use them in their work.
- Take away specific recommendations for action that support daily practice and identify potential for improvement.
Methods
Trainer input, case/best-practice examples, exercises, discussion, exchange of experience, work aids, checklists, self-assessment of your own HR department.
Trainer input, case/best-practice examples, exercises, discussion, exchange of experience, work aids, checklists, self-assessment of your own HR department.
Recommended for
HR managers, HR managers in leading and creative functions as well as management representatives
Seminar evaluation for "Lean Management for HR"







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Start dates and details

Wednesday, 05.11.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 06.11.2025
09:00 am - 4:30 pm
Wednesday, 25.02.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 26.02.2026
09:00 am - 4:30 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.

Thursday, 28.05.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 29.05.2026
09:00 am - 4:30 pm
Monday, 27.07.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, 28.07.2026
09:00 am - 4:30 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Lean Management Definition
Lean management is based on a management philosophy that pursues the principles and methods of organizing processes more efficiently. Lean management is a continuous process optimization that aims to reduce waste and costs, shorten processes in the value chain and avoid errors. At the same time, lean management aims to achieve the highest possible quality.
Lean management methods
There are a variety of methods for implementing lean management that can be used to transparently map complex relationships or processes and identify potential and waste.
Importance of lean management in HR
Applying lean management to HR processes can make them more efficient and thus reduce costs. Lean management in HR aims to optimize personnel work. Opportunities for this can be found, for example, in the recruiting process, in applicant management, in training and in personnel development.
What does this Lean Management training offer?
You will training how you can apply lean management principles and lean management methods to your HR Management and how this optimizes customer benefits (employees, stakeholders) and costs and improves the quality of your HR work .
You can attend this lean management training both face-to-face and live online.