The objectives of Essentials are:

• Understand the necessity to adopt Employee Involvement (EI)

• Understand a Team-Based Organization

• Understand Team-Based Management

• Look at steps to achieve EI

In sum, Essentials lets participants know why the company wants to be a team based organization that accomplishes Lean and what it means to be Team based; understand what is expected of Managers and Employees and develop a plan each participant can use when he or she leaves to implement within their team/organization.