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Overview
Your Performance Improvement Partner. We specialise in providing Sustainable Lean, Agile & Digital Transformative Change Programs.
Number of Employees
11-50
Services Provided
Consulting
Conpas Rating
-
Overview
Your Performance Improvement Partner. We specialise in providing Sustainable Lean, Agile & Digital Transformative Change Programs.
Number of Employees
11-50
Services Provided
Consulting
Regions
Europe, North America, Oceania
Countries
Australia, Canada, Ireland
Regions
North America, Oceania, Europe
Countries
Canada, Australia, Ireland
Year of foundation
1995
Structure
Not Specified
Year of foundation
1995
Structure
Not Specified
About Us
About the company
Leading Edge Group is a leading transformation and change management consulting firm that provides consultancy, training, education and technology solutions to over 1,000 organisations across multiple sectors including Healthcare, Life Sciences, Public Sector, Utilities, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Global Services. The company was awarded the 2019 Lean Service Provider of the Year by Lean Business Ireland.
Established in Cork, Ireland in 1995 and with international offices in Canada and Australia, Leading Edge Group is a global leader in the provision of continuous improvement delivering strategic and operational improvements for organisations by enhancing customer service, increasing quality and efficiencies and optimising resources.
Leading Edge Group also works in partnership with a number of academic and professional bodies to provide internationally accredited Lean certification programmes.
Who we are
Leading Edge Group was established in 1995 in Cork, Ireland by our CEO Joe Aherne. We have continued to grow and expand with operations in Canada, Australia and the Middle East. Joe established the business when he realized that positive change is achieved by going back to the very basics – the people. Leading Edge Group was established to help the real experts – every manager, every operator, every administrator, every clinician, every CEO. With our experience, we act as a lever for change to allow you to realize your organization’s true potential. In over 27 years, we have worked with more than 1,000 satisfied clients to deliver anything from full organization-wide transformations, rapid improvement events to customized training solutions, all of which have created over $1B in improvement savings.
What we do
Leading Edge Group develops a natural bond with leaders and staff focusing on business transformation. We grow as your organization grows and improve performance by providing customized services that deliver measurable results. We work with you every step of the way to realize your organization’s true potential because we care about your people, your culture and your customer.
We care about passing the benefits of our experience to you, as an individual, an SME or a large corporate or public service organization. Striving for perfection underlies all that we do and we will provide you with the platform to develop a Continuous Improvement culture and sustain it in your everyday work. We use a combination of data-based process change and positive cultural change to improve performance and help your organization grow.
Awards & Accreditations

Award Mechanism and Criteria
Assessed by an adjudication panel, chaired by Leading Edge Group Board Chairman – David Skelton – the Award is based on overall operational excellence including strategy; capability; capacity and improvements that have been realized and sustained. It specifically focuses on those five pillars (Gover... See more

City of Mississauga
The City of Mississauga was selected as winner in 2018 thanks to the tremendous progress and commitment demonstrated over the past two years. The City has developed and deployed Lean with great effect in line with its priorities to contain costs, improve customer experience and increase the speed of... See more

Ornua
Ornua became the first European winner of our International Continuous Improvement Excellence Award for 2017. The award was presented to Ornua COO, Anthony Proctor, by Joe Aherne, CEO, Leading Edge Group at Kerrygold Park in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork. Ornua’s operational excellence team were acknowledg... See more

Aquatera
Aquatera Utilities Inc. (Aquatera) became the first North American winner of our International Continuous Improvement Excellence Award for 2017. Aquatera was selected as the winner thanks to its progress and commitment to becoming a Lean organization over the last two years. Removing ‘waste’ from a ... See more