LeanOhio Boot Camp: Work Simpler, Faster, Better, and More Cost Effectively

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Workshop Overview

Session Date(s): Monday, February 24, Tuesday, February 25, Monday, March 3, and Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Session Times: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM each day
Last Day to Register: Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Location: Bonda Board Room 254, Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs, 1717 Euclid Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Course Fee: $1,395 per person
Payment Methods: Major credit cards, corporate checks, and staff development funds welcome. Read more. »

TO ENROLL FOR THIS WORKSHOP PLEASE DO THE FOLLOWING:

1. Complete the LeanOhio Boot Camp Participant Portfolio form.
2. Register for this workshop using CSU's Learning Stream website.

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LeanOhio Boot Camp is an intensive 4 day training workshop that gets people learning and using Lean methods and tools. The entire program is tailored to the public-sector workplace and public-sector processes. Lean Ohio is practical training aimed at generating results. Participants will be able to use their new knowledge and skills immediately -- to make government simpler, faster, better, and less costly. The training is filled with government examples and exercises. Included is an in-depth simulation involving a prototypical agency, so participants build their toolkits by way of a real-world situation.

When LeanOhio Boot Camp participants complete their week of training, they are newly equipped to:

• Scope an improvement project
• Be an effective improvement team member
• Apply Lean tools and methodologies to make their organization more effective and efficient
• Improve the quality and consistency of work products
• Decrease the complexity of processes and eliminate unneeded steps

Participants will receive:

• LeanOhio Boot Camp Training  Manual
• LeanOhio Toolkit
• Certificate of participation
• Access to the Lean Ohio network
   

Audience

This training is useful for people who work in government in an Ohio city, township, county, school district, or other governmental agency or organization.
 

Course Fee and Registration

The workshop fee is $1,395 per person. Accepted forms of payment are: credit cards, checks, or CSU staff development funds.

Notes:

• To register and pay for this workshop complete the LeanOhio Boot Camp Participant Portfolio form and register using CSU's Learning Stream website.
• Major credit cards accepted.
• If you prefer to receive an invoice and pay via corporate check contact Nina Antonik (n.antonik@csuohio.edu). To register please use CSU's Learning Stream website. 
• If you are a CSU employee, you may be able to use faculty/staff development funds to pay for this workshop. Please fill out a Continuing Education Staff Development form and send a copy to Nina Antonik (UR 335, Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs | n.antonik@csuohio.edu). After that complete registration using CSU's Learning Stream site.

Refund Policy

Refund to original payment is made at 100% when a registrant cancels attendance at least two business-days prior to the start of the first class. Alternatively, the registrant can choose to transfer paid tuition to a later, equivalent course of their choosing within the same college or school at no additional cost when giving a two business-day cancellation notice. Requests must be submitted to Nina Antonik (n.antonik@csuohio.edu). Click here for more information about Cleveland State University's refund policy.

Cancellation Policy 

Cleveland State University reserves the right to cancel a workshop and refund the workshop fee in the event that there are an insufficient number of registrants. 
 

Questions

If you have general questions about this workshop please contact Rob Ziol (r.ziol@csuohio.edu). For questions about workshop registration and payment contact Nina Antonik (n.antonik@csuohio.edu). 

Professional Development

The Levin College of Public Affairs and Education offers a wide range of custom designed courses, workshops, and seminars. See the Professional Development Course Listing for our current workshop offerings.