About this course
About this course
Champion Belt is the qualification designed for senior leaders and executive sponsors of Lean Six Sigma programmes, covering the governance, sponsorship and strategic leadership responsibilities that determine programme success. This self-paced eLearning programme teaches the Champion Belt body of knowledge with practical application to real executive sponsorship challenges.
Who should attend
The programme is aimed at senior executives, directors, operational leaders, site managers and senior functional heads who sponsor Lean Six Sigma programmes or sit on improvement governance bodies. It is equally suitable for Champions newly appointed to sponsorship responsibility and for experienced leaders whose organisations have introduced formal Champion Belt frameworks. Consultants supporting client executive teams through programme design and governance find the content directly applicable.
What the programme covers
Content covers the Champion role within Lean Six Sigma programmes, project portfolio governance, the selection and prioritisation of improvement projects, the sponsorship of Green and Black Belt work, the handling of resource contention between improvement and operational priorities, the interface between improvement programmes and wider strategic objectives, the measurement and reporting of programme-level benefit realisation, and the sustainability of improvement culture over multi-year horizons. The programme addresses the particular challenges of Champion work, including maintaining executive commitment when early projects encounter difficulty and handling the interface between improvement governance and wider executive accountability structures.
Assessment and certification
Learners complete knowledge checks throughout the programme and a practical governance design assignment. On passing, delegates receive the recognised Champion Belt qualification, suitable evidence of senior sponsorship competence in Lean Six Sigma programmes.
Course format and delivery
The programme is delivered as self-paced eLearning across multiple modules, accessible on any device and resumable across sessions. The format suits the schedule constraints typical of executive learners, allowing short focused study sessions around competing commitments. Video lessons, worked governance examples and downloadable templates support the material throughout.
Why this matters
Lean Six Sigma programmes succeed or fail on the strength of their executive sponsorship, and Champions who understand the structured discipline of programme governance deliver substantially better programme-level outcomes than those relying on general leadership instinct. The qualification signals genuine sponsorship capability to internal and external stakeholders and supports the credibility of improvement programmes with board-level audiences. The programme pairs naturally with the Black Belt or Master Black Belt qualifications for leaders who combine sponsorship with practitioner work, with the Change Manager Skills and Tools programme for organisational change capability and with the wider eLearning catalogue for flexible continuing development.
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