Simplify your path to operational excellence

Our people-first strategies turn soft skills into measurable success, helping your team drive performance, optimize processes, and gain competitive advantage.

Start Your Transformation

You know that continuous improvement of processes and standards in your business allows you to reach higher levels of performance.

But you are frustrated because tool focused approaches are viewed as flavor of the month fads and have failed to create lasting change and sustainable results.

Our approach is different!

If you want true operational excellence, you have to build systems that operationalize the behaviors and habits of your best leaders.

We know this because we've spent 25 years helping top organizations build winning cultures -without compromising their people, their performance, or their purpose.We believe in the power of soft skills, and this is why we've created a process that allows you to transform those into measurable and repeatable hard skills.We know that you're serious about growing with people-first systems, so this is why we'll never overcomplicate what we do or what you need. With us, true operational excellence is simple, effective, and accessible. And most importantly, it's always people-first.

Here's How We Do It

When you partner with us, here's how we help you grow

Operational Excellence Models and Strategies can be complicated and take years of education, training, and trial and error, often leading to frustration and disillusionment with yet another approach. Not to mention the cost of certifications, classes, conferences, and time spent decoding challenging concepts and confusing steps. Using the Yuri concept of the 4 P’s, we simplify leading models so you can spend less time searching for the next big idea and more time tapping into the full potential of your people—driving performance, optimizing processes, and reinforcing purpose.

Our process isn’t a rigid, one-size-fits-all blueprint. We take the time to get to know your business, its challenges, and its vision. We then teach your leadership team a simple, people-focused model that’s been refined over 25 years.

We work alongside your team to assess your current processes against our model. This assessment becomes your blueprint for strengthening existing systems and building new ones, ensuring you achieve not only the results you want but also the behaviors and culture needed to sustain them.

We will equip you and your leadership team with the skills and confidence to grow into local experts in operational excellence. After working with us, your team will not only understand the structure but also possess a solid template for future evolution and growth. With our guidance, your leadership will have the tools to foster a high-performance culture that drives long-term success. You won’t just see immediate results—you’ll be building a foundation for sustainable growth. As you continue to implement our model, you’ll master the skills needed to maintain operational excellence and evolve with the demands of your industry, without compromising your people, your performance, or your purpose.

Meet Our Founder

25 years of building people-centered systems & helping companies gain a competitive edge

As a proven leader in the manufacturing, warehouse, and service industries, Lilly Anspach has spent 25 years building people-centered systems that help companies gain a competitive edge and achieve sustainable results.

Using the Shingo model, Lilly Anspach launched the first, corporate-wide daily management system for a leading global manufacturer, and she's taught global leaders how to use the Shingo model to maximize employee engagement and drive real results.‍

‍As comfortable in the executive boardroom as she is on the production floor, Lilly is sought out for her people-centered approach that simplifies the complex and makes the ideas of operational excellence translatable and accessible to everyone - from high-level leader to frontline employee.

A woman with short blonde hair, notably Lilly Anspach, the Founder of the Yuri Group, is sitting cross-legged in a tan armchair, smiling at the camera. She is wearing a loose-fitting dark blue blouse and bright red pants, with one foot tucked under her leg and the other in a black flat shoe. The background features a brick wall with soft, natural lighting illuminating the scene, giving it a warm and relaxed atmosphere. Her posture is casual, with her arms resting comfortably on her knees.

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Lilly earned her bachelor's degree in Industrial Organizational Psychology, her master's in Engineering, and is a Six Sigma Blackbelt. Trained at the Shingo Institute, Lilly has helped leaders grow and transform their culture at companies like GM, Vera Bradley, Fort Wayne Metals, and Novae.

Even more, she has proven that the organizational strategies used at the largest companies can be transferred to the smallest companies. She's been a business owner and an entrepreneur, owning and successfully selling The Woodhouse Day Spa, one of the country's most lauded luxury spa brands.

Today, Lilly leads The Yuri Group and partners with C-suite leaders, owner operators, and founder who have built people-centered cultures and want to grow and expand with strong, people-first operational strategies.

OUR CLIENTS

We partner alongside top and emerging leaders in the manufacturing, warehousing, and service industries

Our clients know that operational excellence isn’t a one-and-done thing. They don’t invest and forget about it, and they’re not easily swayed by the latest trends.

They want systems that naturally flow into every level of work, and they’re a little bit obsessive about meeting the needs and harnessing the full potential of their people.

‍This is what makes (and keeps) them great.

COMPANIES WE'VE CONTRIBUTED TO

You’re a right fit partner for the Yuri Group if...

Your people matter most because you know your people are your future.

You’re fast-movers and don’t spend time turning small problems big problems.

Keeping your word and making good on your premises – to your customers and your team – matter more than any other metric.

You’re fast-movers and don’t spend time turning small problems big problems.

You know that what’s great today won’t be enough to get you to where you’re going tomorrow, so you’re always looking for ways to grow and improve.

You’re committed to doing the things the right way.

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OUR VALUES

Your values drive everything you do. Ours do too.

Curiosity

We approach everything with a sense of wonder and asking ourselves and our clients “what if?”. We value curiosity over certainty. This enables us to explore the unknown, challenge the status quo and arrive at innovative solutions that help you grow.

Courage

We naturally gravitate to projects and problems that seem impossible and are seen as aspirational in nature. We value courage because by confronting fears and championing perseverance and reliance, we create an environment where it is safe to strive for excellence and actually achieve it.

Collaboration

We intentionally facilitate in a way that fosters a climate of collaboration, allowing us to harness the diverse perspectives and skill of your team through collective effort. By valuing collaboration, we generate superior outcomes while building a culture of mutual respect and support.

Commitment

Meaningful and lasting impact is how we measure success with our clients. Our unwavering commitment and dedication is how we deliver. We stay focused and accountable to our values and responsibilities allowing us to build trust with your team and in our community.

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OUR SERVICES

You've already built something great. We give you the framework to do more of it.

Operational Excellence

We provide comprehensive training, hands on workshops and side by side implementation of our deconstructed and simplified operational excellence model We will accelerate your ability to integrate best practices from the industry leaders, tailored to fit your organization.

Strategic Alignment

We help ensure that everyone in your organization knows why you exist, where you are going, and how the work they do everyday impacts the future of the company. We have a method to deploy your strategy past the VP suite into the front lines of your organization.

Visual Management

We provide visual management services to strengthen and elevate the way your organization communicates, building accountability into daily work.

Leader Standard Work

We can show you how to how to establish structured routines, clear expectations and create consistent repeatable practices for your leaders to follow. Their standard work will ensure all of your leaders, not just a select few, are engaging their teams and maximizing productivity.

Continuous Improvement

We will teach you how to implement a systematic approach to identifying and resolving issues so that problems don’t linger and employees aren’t motivated to work around them, but solve them for good. We will help you cultivate a team with a proactive mindset that promotes continuous improvement organically.

Work With the Yuri Group

Get in touch and start harnessing the untapped potential of your company

We’ve got a track record of helping businesses systemize and preserve their culture all while increasing performance, reliably and repeatedly.

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