Work with Bob
Bob’s industry experience, painstaking research, outstanding teaching, and extensive writing combine to offer you these premier, one-of-a-kind workshops that showcase creative and original thinking.
NEW! Future of Lean Workshop (or Seminar)
With Lean Management there is a constant struggle to reach the boardroom and endless “cherry-picking” of Lean tools. Why does this happen, how do these results come about, and what can be done to improve? This practical and interactive workshop is a deep and substantial exploration of these topics based upon the books The Triumph of Classical Management Over Lean Management and Irrational Institutions.
NEW! Speed Leadership Workshop
Speed Leadership is a great new way to understand and improve leadership in the digital era. It looks at leadership from a process, rather than behavioral, perspective. Speed Leadership is a simple way to improve leadership without the pain of business or personal transformation. Click here to learn more.
NEW! Strategy Improvement Workshop
Would you believe that successful sales and business growth strategies are more luck than skill? This workshop shows you why that is true and how to improve a corporate strategy and its execution. This remarkable workshop is based on a unique graduate course taught to managers by Prof. Emiliani since 2004.
Lean Behaviors® and Behavioral Waste® Training and Consulting
Professor Emiliani developed this groundbreaking executive training and consulting workshop some 20 years ago as a result of his many years of work experience in industry. This insightful approach to leadership development faithfully follows the thinking and practices of Toyota’s management system. In this workshop you will learn to differentiate between value-added leadership behaviors and leadership behaviors that are waste, and how to quickly improve your leadership skills and capabilities.
Corporate Event Speaking
Speaking topics include: Lean leadership, Toyota-style kaizen method, overcoming difficulties with Lean transformation process, and Lean management applied to higher education administration and teaching.
We selected you out of a pool of many candidates to speak at our meeting for four reasons: 1) you’re a great speaker, 2) you know how to handle executives, 3) you have hands on Lean experience in different types of businesses and applications, and 4) you are the top researcher in Lean. Your credibility is unimpeachable. — Kerry Arent, Vice President of Human Resources, Apvion
- “Highly engaging. Knowledge is broad and deep. Very practical in his approach.”
- “Great speaker. Easy to understand. Used relevant examples.”
- “He communicates really well. He’s humble and down-to-earth.”