The Executives provide overall leadership for the Six Sigma deployment. They establish the Executive Committee, select Six Sigma Champions, and set goals for the program. They track metrics depicting progress, attend presentations of projects and coordinate company-wide communications. The Executives behavior is critical in sending the message of top management support for the culture change. When necessary they also remove barriers to the program.

Executive training is the first milestone of a Six Sigma deployment. In this one-day course, all the roles and objectives are presented and discussed. Reasons for success and failure of deployments are also reviewed and executives are trained on how to track and support the initiative.