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LEADING ORGANISATIONAL EXCELLENCE™
Most organisations do not have a performance problem.
They have an alignment problem.
A practical one-day masterclass for senior leaders who want to strengthen leadership, align organisational systems and create the conditions for sustainable organisational excellence.
Led by Shingo Prize winner and internationally recognised Organisational Excellence expert George Donaldson.
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Leadership Health Check™
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Organisational Excellence Health Check™
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Excellence Gap Analysis™
TRAFFORD PARK, MANCHESTER â—‰ 9TH SEPTEMBER 2026 â—‰ £495 PER DELEGATE
MASTERCLASS OVERVIEW
Many organisations invest heavily in leadership development, continuous improvement and transformation programmes, yet still struggle to achieve sustainable organisational excellence.
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The challenge is rarely a lack of effort, commitment or capability.
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More often, leaders become consumed by operational demands while the organisational systems that shape behaviour, culture and performance receive insufficient attention. As priorities become misaligned, strategy becomes diluted, improvement activity becomes fragmented and performance becomes increasingly difficult to sustain.
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This practical one-day masterclass explores the leadership principles and organisational practices that enable sustainable organisational excellence.
Drawing on more than forty years of international leadership, operational excellence and organisational transformation experience, Shingo Prize winner George Donaldson shares the thinking, models and practical approaches used to help organisations improve performance by strengthening leadership, aligning organisational systems and developing a culture of continual learning and improvement.
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Participants will complete the Executive Leadership Health Check™ and the Organisational Excellence Health Check™ , using the Excellence Gap Analysis™ to compare leadership capability with organisational effectiveness and identify the greatest opportunities for organistional improvement and alignment.
INTRODUCING THE MANUFACTURERS NETWORK SYSTEM™
The Manufacturers Network Organisational Excellence System™ is a practical leadership and organisational improvement methodology that helps organisations evaluate, align and continually improve leadership, organisational systems and performance.
Developed from more than forty years of international leadership, operational excellence and organisational transformation experience, it provides senior leaders with a structured approach to creating the conditions for sustainable organisational excellence.
Built around the Manufacturers Network 6P Organisational Excellence Framework™, the system integrates leadership principles, organisational systems, assessment tools and practical improvement methodologies into one coherent approach.
PEOPLE
Understanding the role leadership plays in developing capability, strengthening engagement and creating environments where people can achieve their full potential and are empowered to solve problems and improve performance.
PARTNERS
Exploring how collaborative relationships across suppliers, customers and stakeholders strengthen resilience and support long-term organisational performance.
PURPOSE
Exploring how organisations create clarity of direction, alignment and a meaningful “True North” capable of guiding decision-making across the business.
PLAN
Examining how strategic priorities are translated into execution through approaches such as Hoshin Kanri and strategy deployment.
PROCESS
Focusing on leadership visibility, systems thinking and understanding how work is actually performed across the organisation.
PERFORMANCE
Examining whether organisational measures, including both leading and lagging indicators, reinforce the behaviours and culture required to sustain excellence rather than simply tracking short-term outputs.
PRACTICAL LEADERSHIP APPLICATION
Participants will learn how to:
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Understand the leadership principles that enable sustainable organisational excellence
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Explore the Manufacturers Network Human Performance Model, integrating the work of Maslow, McGregor and Herzberg, to better understand what influences motivation, engagement and individual performance
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Evaluate their own leadership effectiveness using the Organisational Excellence Leadership Health Check™
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Assess organisational capability using the Organisational Excellence Health Check™
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Identify gaps between leadership capability and organisational effectiveness through the Excellence Gap Analysis™
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Apply the 6P Organisational Excellence Framework™ to evaluate organisational strengths and opportunities for improvement
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Improve organisational alignment by connecting people, purpose, strategy and execution.
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Recognise how leadership behaviours influence organisational culture, organisational systems and long-term performance.
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Develop practical leadership actions that strengthen organisational capability and create the conditions for sustainable organisational excellence
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This leadership workshop is designed for senior leaders and managers
responsible for organisational performance, strategic delivery and
transformation.
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It is particularly valuable for:
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Chief Executive Officers (CEOs)
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Managing Directors (MDs)
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Executive Directors
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Senior Leadership Teams
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Operations Directors
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Manufacturing Directors
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Plant, Factory and Site Directors
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General Managers
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Heads of Operations, Production and Engineering
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Continuous Improvement and Operational Excellence Leaders
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HR and People Directors supporting organisational transformation
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Business owners and senior leaders preparing their organisations for future growth
Whether you are leading an entire organisation or a major business function, this masterclass provides practical frameworks, assessment tools and leadership insights to help you strengthen organisational alignment, improve performance and build a culture of sustainable organisational excellence.
ABOUT GEORGE DONALDSON
George Donaldson is an internationally recognised leader in organisational
excellence, leadership and business transformation, with more than forty years' experience helping organisations improve performance through leadership, organisational systems and continuous improvement.
George led the Newsprinters team that became the first UK organisation to receive the prestigious Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence, alongside the Global Operational Excellence Prize and the British Excellence Award for Lean Manufacturing. These achievements are widely recognised as benchmarks of world-class organisational performance.
In recognition of his contribution to operational excellence, George was voted by the Lean Management Journal as one of Europe's three most inspirational individuals in Lean Manufacturing and was later inducted into the Shingo Academy, recognising his contribution to advancing organisational excellence.
As Co-founder of Manufacturers Network, George has brought together decades of practical leadership experience, internationally recognised excellence principles and systems thinking to develop the Manufacturers Network Organisational Excellence System . This integrated methodology includes the 6P Organisational Excellence Framework , the Leadership Excellence System and a suite of practical masterclasses, diagnostics and assessment tools that help organisations evaluate, align and continually improve organisational performance.
Today, George works with senior organisational leaders to create the conditions for sustainable organisational excellence by strengthening leadership, developing organisational systems and building cultures of continual learning and improvement.
