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 personnel management and status quo.
- Self-assessment of your 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 you can avoid this.
- 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 qualification measure after you have registered.
Your benefit
- You can transfer the lean management concept to your HR management, thereby optimizing value creation and costs and generating greater job satisfaction for yourself.
- You design HR core processes such as recruiting, personnel development and remuneration in an effective, lean and measurable way.
- You know the connections between the concepts of Lean and Agile and can use them for your work.
- You will take away concrete recommendations for action that will support you in your daily practice and show you potential for improvement.
Methods
Trainer input, case/best-practice examples, exercises, discussion, exchange of experience, work aids, checklists, self-assessment of your HR department
Trainer input, case/best-practice examples, exercises, discussion, exchange of experience, work aids, checklists, self-assessment of your 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"







1906
Start dates and details

Monday, 02.06.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, 03.06.2025
09:00 am - 4:30 pm
Monday, 21.07.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, 22.07.2025
09:00 am - 4:30 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.

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.

Monday, 23.03.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, 24.03.2026
09:00 am - 4:30 pm
- 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?
In this lean management training, you will learn 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.