Become Lean Certified

This training is led by Bill Peterson from the University of Tennessee Knoxville’s Haslam School of Business. This hands-on collaborative training is designed to help participants learn how to streamline processes, eliminate efficiencies, and drive meaningful improvements in their work.

What you’ll learn:

This training is often followed by a Yellow Belt or Green Belt project, where participants apply what they’ve learned to a real-world process improvement initiative relevant to their role here at Berea. After a week of training, our office will support you as you carry out a process improvement project that will help you increase efficiency, effectiveness, and/or accuracy of your work. All our Green Belts are certified by the University of Tennessee (UT). Since 2013, over 120 Berea College employees have completed Bill Peterson’s Lean Applied to Business Processes (LABP) course, achieving a 90% completion rate. This makes Berea College one of the institutions with the highest number of Green Belt Certifications from the Haslam School of Business at UT.

For those looking for a less intensive option, Yellow Belt projects provide a more accessible entry point into process improvement. Yellow Belt projects focus on smaller-scale improvements that can be implemented more quickly. Participants are still able to apply foundational Lean principles and tools to address inefficiencies within their immediate work environment. Green Belts tackle more complex, cross-functional projects that are often time-consuming and require in-depth process analysis.

Whether participants pursue a Yellow or Green Belt, both options offer valuable hands-on experience in applying Lean principles to real-world workflows, equipping individuals with practical skills to drive continuous improvement in their roles.

One of our associates will follow up with additional information and steps.