KATA Coaching by Emiel van Est

In the Kata Coaching Masterclass, Emiel van Est, more than 20 years of experience with Lean and editor of the Dutch translation of Toyota Kata and Toyota Kata Culture written by Mike Rother, elaborates on what matters in such an improvement culture and how you can flesh it out. An important part of this training is Toyota Kata, which has been called Toyota’s best-kept secret.

What is Kata Coaching?

Kata Coaching is a highly effective and motivating way of coaching employees. Kata is the Japanese word for routine. These behavioral routines, Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata, define how all employees in the organization work together to achieve the so-called target condition (a state we want to achieve that helps with long-term goals. Here, it is clear how this can be achieved and by what means).

Why Kata Coaching?

Transforming an organization into a lean organization requires more than just sending employees to training. The culture of a the organization must be transformed into a decisive improvement culture. Kata Coaching helps with this because of KATA’s focus on ways to unlock and stimulate employees’ creative ability.

Purpose of the Kata Coaching Masterclass.

During this master class we will take a closer look at managing a large change project. You will learn how, as a manager, you can become a coach to your employees and colleagues. An important part of this training is Toyota Kata, which has been called Toyota’s best-kept secret.

For whom.

The Kata Coaching Masterclass is suitable for several people in the organization, but especially for anyone who initiates, designs and drives improvement programs.

By whom?

The Kata Coaching Masterclass will be taught entirely by Emiel van Est. Emiel has more than 20 years of experience with Lean and is editor of the Dutch translation of Toyota Kata and Toyota Kata Culture written by Mike Rother.

Contents of the Kata Coaching Masterclass

In this compact Kata Coaching master class, you will learn to identify training needs in an improvement program. You will also learn how to design and develop training programs. Furthermore, you will develop your own teaching skills during this master class. The following topics will be covered:

• Organizational culture & Change management
• Organization-wide commitment
• Developing competencies in employees regarding continuous improvement
• Inspiring employees
• Effective and connecting communication
• Team performance and motivation
• Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata
• Unlock and stimulate the creative ability of employees

Training opportunity

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Level

Executive, management, HBO/HBO+

Material

The training provides a handout for each participant.

Duration

The Kata Coaching Masterclass lasts 1 day.

Study Load

The total course load for this one-day Kata Coaching course is approximately 16 hours.