| Employee resistance is one of the common Six Sigma | | | | sets and choose people in a team who will be the |
| roadblocks companies experience. Many employees | | | | most successful with a certain project. Don't base |
| resist to new processes for many reasons. | | | | teams on seniority but on capabilities, willingness, |
| Employees might be resistant because they feel like | | | | creativity, and ability to work in a team. |
| their job is being threatened. They might be resistant | | | | Six Sigma roadblocks also occur when a business |
| because they are used to doing the exact same thing | | | | does not spend money on training people for different |
| every day and they don't want to learn something | | | | projects. Training is a cost a company must pay for |
| new. Employees often resist when they feel like they | | | | when employees really need it. You should never |
| have lost ownership of a process as well. The best | | | | expect staff to just figure a new system out. This isn't |
| way to overcome resistance is to involve every | | | | fair to the employees and it can create a difficult |
| employee in the change, even if they have a very | | | | atmosphere to work in. Providing proper training |
| small job to do. When employees are involved in | | | | enables employees to do their jobs to the best of their |
| making positive changes, they will be more likely to | | | | abilities and gives them the tools and resources to do |
| jump on board than if they have no part of the | | | | so. |
| improvement. Make employees feel like they can help | | | | Change management is one of the Six Sigma |
| make improvements and resistance won't be one of | | | | roadblocks that can be an issue if it is not planned |
| the Six Sigma roadblocks you need to worry about. | | | | before a project even begins. A change management |
| Team selection is another common Six Sigma | | | | team should be in place at the beginning of any |
| roadblock that occurs. Team selection can be a | | | | change or implementation within a company - |
| problem when the wrong team members are put on a | | | | especially a Six Sigma implementation. The change |
| project. You must carefully place people in a team and | | | | management team will determine the people involved |
| consider the different skill sets of each individual, as | | | | and affected from a change, the steps needed to |
| well as their personality and experience. If everyone in | | | | make the change, the positive results of the change, |
| the group has the exact same skill and similar | | | | requirements, and more. This provides structure and |
| personalities, the team won't get far. Try to vary skill | | | | allows a project to be more successful. |