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Take the Kata path to scientific thinking and superior results! In this long-awaited companion to the groundbreaking book Toyota Kata, Mike Rother takes you to the next level of developing business mindset and capability for the 21st Century. Much more than a list of management concepts, The Toyota Kata Practice Guide walks you through the process of making improvement, adaptation, and even innovation routine behavior. Designed to help a coach (the manager) and a learner work together for developing new skillsets, The Toyota Kata Practice Guide delivers the information, insight, and frameworks you need to: * Form habits that help you solve problems and achieve challenging goals * Modify the thought patterns that drive your behavior * Develop an organizational mindset that drives superior results The Improvement Kata gives learners the means to experiment their way through obstacles and achieve tough goals; the Coaching Kata gives managers the means to accelerate and cement their people's learning. In the new age of business, increasing efficiency and decreasing costs is no longer the end game. A manager's job today is to develop patterns of thinking and acting in their people that lead to success with any challenge. Consistent, mindful practice is the best way to do it--and The Toyota Kata Practice Guide is the best way to get there.

We've developed the contents of this participant guide to enhance learning. The structure of the modules in the guide matches the learning structure used in the Training to See Kit. The page design includes space for note taking, working on an operator balance chart, and drawing both current and future state value-stream maps along with the instructor.Modules begin with a page showing the learning framework of where students are in the course content, what they’ve covered, and what comes next. Each section ends with a short quiz to check and reinforce understanding.20 Participant Guides are included in each Training to See Kit, giving you everything you need to run value-stream mapping workshops. The guides are also sold individually for additional training sessions.

This short, detailed guide to implementing a Toyota Kata culture in your organization includes descriptions and examples of "Kata coaching" that you'll need to work with the Kata processes. "Kata" is a Japanese term for a routine or pattern that improves your practice. Using a fictional manufacturing firm as a case study throughout, authors Mike Rother and Gerd Aulinger leave little room for misunderstanding. Their workbook provides an excellent introduction and guide to starting the transformation to continual learning and organizational improvement. As the authors warn, you'll encounter challenges and complexities when implementing Kata. But, after you conquer those obstacles, Rother and Aulinger say, the rewards - including better, more structured problem solving and improved results - will make it all worthwhile. getAbstract recommends this lively, readable workbook to leaders and project managers seeking a logical, repetitive and scalable process for reaching their goals

An expert on Toyota presents an informational guide that reveals the auto company's employee management secrets, including routines of thinking and acting called kata, and offers tips and tools to generate continuous improvement, adaptation, and results in the workforce. 35,000 first printing.