FAST • SUSTAINABLE
TRANSFORMATIVE
CHANGE
We lead organizations through
RADICAL & SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PERFORMANCE CHANGE
by focusing on OPERATIONS, CULTURE and LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS
SAMPLE RESULTS
Defense Tech Industry Advanced Technology Business Unit
(8 months)
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Cost per unit reduced 50%
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Internal technology services lead time reduced 53%
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Laboratory footprint reduced 86%
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Morale significantly improved
Vet / Bio Tech Industry
Diagnostic Testing Business Unit
(8 months)
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Cycle Time reduced 63%
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On-Time Delivery improved 59%
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Employee Engagement improved 95%
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Turnover reduced 69%
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Culture improved to positive from toxic
Federal Government
DoD Technology Manufacturing & Testing
(36 months)
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Lead Times reduced 50% - 85%
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On-Time Delivery improved 74%
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Productivity improved 44%
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Service Offerings increased 4x
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Customer Volume increased 3x
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Employee Engagement improved 40%
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Brand: From internal laughingstock to servicing world-class organizations such as NASA and MIT
OUR PROCESS
UNDERSTANDING
THE
CHALLENGE
Conversations
Leadership • Management • Frontline • Customers
Go to the Work
• Walk the shop floor
• Walk the Value Stream
Katavate Potential Improvement Report
DISCOVERY
Katavate Custom Evaluation
'Find reality, make it measurable'
Define cultural, operational, leadership effectiveness baselines, perceived realities, current motivations, gaps: goal state vs ideal state, key risks to improvement progress
PLANNING
1 – 4 days
Training Selection
Katavate Core Education Library contains 30+ topics critical to successful change
Format: flash classes, activities, games, learn-while-doing
Improvement Activity Selection
• Projects created for specific challenges & goals
• Linked to Training topics
• Plan-Do-Check-Act format
Stakeholder Consensus
ABOUT US
Katavate was conceived in 2017 by a small group of leaders who have leveraged Operational Excellence, Lean, and Continuous Improvement to drive significant positive change over their careers.
WE BELIEVE
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Bottom line performance is so often limited by operation costs, capacities, and efficiency
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Operational performance is limited by culture
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Leadership's foremost responsibility is to manage culture
PURPOSE
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To partner with leaders (frontline to C-suite) of struggling organizations
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Guide creation and execution strategies for sustainably and radically turning around business performance
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Deliver timely meaningful results by focusing on operations, culture, and leadership performance
VISION
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To be sought out by organizations with strong products or services, but with limited success due to operations capacity, efficiency, cost, flexibility, or culture issues
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Aim to be known as the organization of choice for tough turnaround projects
MISSION
We partner with clients to educate, plan, and deliver timely transformative sustainable improvement to operations, culture, and leadership directly improving bottom line success
Meet the Leadership Team
Jeffrey Siddiqui, PhD, LBC
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Graduate of the highly selective DoD Executive Leadership Development Program
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Winner of the Northeast Lean Conference "Leadership in Lean Transformation Award"
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14 years of operations, management, and consulting experience...
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Improving organizations' products, services, operations, culture, and leadership effectiveness
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Employing technical, operational, cultural, and leadership expertise to increase value to the customer
