The Leading Edge Group has officially become a CPA Ireland approved trainin partner. The CPA Approved Training Partner programme provides a quality framework for accounting trainees and certified accountants
The Leading Edge Group has formed a business collaboration with S A Partners, the UK’s longest-established consultancy in ‘Lean’, a system for eliminating waste and driving efficiency to achieve greater value.
The Leading Edge Group recently delivered a 2-day Lean Yellow Healthcare Belt workshop to a number of Irish healthcare staff.
Lean facilitators leading the event were Steve Hardgrave, Jane Bishop of Waterford General Hospital and Carole Broadbank of Clonmel Hospital. Participants learned the basic principles of Lean and the specific benefits of applying Lean to the Irish healthcare sector. A number of case studies, interactive demonstrations and videos were introduced to aid the learning application and evaluation results were extremely positive.
‘Lowering healthcare costs without lowering quality standards’, a submission from the Cork-based Leading Edge Group to Mary Harney TD, Minister for Health & Children, on the healthcare component of Budget 2010 to be announced by Brian Lenihan TD, Minister for Finance, in Dáil Éireann on December 9
The Leading Edge Group are delighted to welcome Steve Hardgrave to our team. Steve has over 15 years experience in implementing Lean as both a consultant and as a line manager. He has led Lean and business process improvement projects at more than 25 leading organisations, including healthcare providers, manufacturing operations, services companies, and government agencies.
