Moshie Lean Leaders Program – simple but effective

By Chris Mason, Moshie Enterprise Coaching and Development

Moshie’s leadership development program combines core LEAN and Continuous Improvement thinking with modern leadership principles to reduce costs and improve overall business profitability. Lean Leaders is now considered one of the premier staff development programs on offer to the horticulture industry, with participation from organisations across Australia.

Moshie is a boutique Consulting and Industry Development business that specialise in developing individuals, teams, leaders, and organisations across many industries. With a particular focus on LEAN, Continuous Improvement and Leadership Development, they partner with many organisations to support the achievement of business goals. Moshie has partnered with NGIV for more than five years in delivering this very successful program.

Moshie is proud to have many of Australia’s leading horticultural businesses as clients and partners. All of those businesses, large and small, have achieved significant efficiency and productivity gains from business improvement activities within their enterprise, or from completing the Moshie Lean Leaders development program. Carl Soderlund, Director Botanix Plant Supply, echoes this sentiment by stating, “My introduction to LEAN Leaders was at an information session run by NGIV and the Moshie team in early 2020. In that brief session, I was introduced to concepts that I am still utilising in my business today. What that session demonstrated was that the concepts and practical tools learned as part of the course could be utilised by a small business, right through to large multi-nationals”.

Carl engaged Moshie further to conduct a business diagnostic and produce recommendations to enable his business to move forward. “Twelve months on and we have ticked many things off the list of recommended actions. My business is running smoothly, our staff are more motivated and clearer about their roles, and I have stopped being so busy, and am now significantly more productive. Lots of wins all round!”

Botanix have been a huge advocate for Moshie and the program. “Since completing the course, I have also put four of our senior staff through it, and LEAN and Continuous Improvement is now an integral part of our business culture. I can highly recommend the Moshie LEAN Leaders Course to any business owner or manager looking to further their knowledge in LEAN and Continuous Improvement or to upskill staff and give them the skills to do the same. I found it massively beneficial to my business and continue to engage Moshie in a consulting capacity on an ongoing basis.”

The simple but effective approach empowered by Moshie is a significant contributor to businesses struggling with the adoption of change. The program is delivered in a way that improvement concepts are not only grasped, but instilled. Dave Smith from Bangalay Tubestock attests, “We had a key leader participate in the Lean Leaders Program and the results showed up in our business immediately. The concepts are simple but effective and I would encourage anyone in business, big or small, to get on board! Using regular, direct consultation and coaching with Bruce afterwards helped developed management strategies and relationships for our business.”

The core focus of the Moshie National Lean Leader program revolves around the principles of eliminating non-value-adding activities within the production process. This includes activities such as unnecessary stock holding, reworking or maintaining excess stock, and avoiding unnecessary movement of people and products within the business. John Fitzgibbon, owner Metro Trees says the Lean Leaders program affords businesses greater clarity, accountability and structure with a real focus on bottom line improvement and profitability. “Bruce and his team have proven to be instrumental in clarifying structure, roles and methodology in my business Metro Trees, through the Lean Leaders workshops for my Operations Manager and myself. When you may be going off track, Bruce may appear firm, but he, as an external party is keeping us accountable! It must be his farming and country background that appeals to all, linked with a strong intuition and business acumen. I cannot recommend Bruce and the Moshie Lean Leaders Program more highly.”

The Moshie Lean Leaders Program is run twice a year now in Victoria (face-to-face) and there are also multiple on-line programs delivered. For more information and to register for the next program in 2024, contact Moshie using the details below.

More information

If you would like to gain a greater understanding of the benefits that the Moshie team could bring to your organisation, please contact:

Bruce Yelland, Moshie – Enterprise coaching and Development m: 0412 241 801 or e: bruce@moshie.biz.