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Katie Anderson has been published and featured in major media outlets and is a frequent contributor to media publications including Forbes and IndustryWeek.

2025

Industry Week: The Real Meaning of Kaizen – February 2025

Forbes Coaches Council: Assuming Your Team Doesn’t Care? Think Again – January 2025

2024

2023

Authority Magazine: The New Portrait Of Leadership: Katie Anderson On Which Legacy Ideas About Leadership Need To Be Discarded, And Which New Approaches To Leadership Should Be Embraced – December 2023

IndustryWeek: Want Better Results? Focus on Creating Happiness – October 2023

Forbes Coaches Council: 12 Coaches Share How They Have Pivoted To Meet Evolving Client Needs – October 2023

IndustryWeek: Better Continuous Improvement Through Gaps: Go, Ask, See, Pause, Study – October 2023

Forbes: Macro Or Micro: What Type Of Leader Are You? – October 2023

The Lean Mag: The Key to a Culture of Continuous Learning: Be Serious – October 2023

Forbes Coaches Council: 15 Coaches Share How They Ensure Their Own Well-Being—And You Can Too – September 2023

Forbes Coaches Council: 20 Big Misconceptions That Continue To Hold Women Leaders Back – September 2023

The Lean Mag: The Key To A Culture Of Continuous Learning: Be Serious – August 2023

IndustryWeek: Less Doing and More Learning: The Art of Unburdened Leadership – July 18, 2023 

Forbes Coaches Council: 18 Summer Initiatives For A Thriving Coaching Practice In The Fall – July 6, 2023

Forbes Coaches Council: Key Talents 19 Coaches Admire In Their Peers And Strive To Emulate – May 23, 2023

Industry Week: So, You’re a Leader Now. Forget Everything You’ve Learned – May 13, 2023

Forbes Coaches Council: What 17 Leadership Gaps Look Like (And How Companies Can Address Them) – May 5, 2023

Forbes Coaches Council: 15 Key Tactics To Incorporate Into A Peer-To-Peer Group Coaching Strategy – April 4, 2023

Forbes Coaches Council: How 14 Coaches Help Their Clients Overcome Procrastination – March 27, 2023

Forbes Coaches Council: 15 Exercises Leaders Can Use To Foster Appreciation For Team Diversity – March 1, 2023

Forbes Coaches Council: 14 Executive Coaches Share Leadership Lessons For New Leaders – January 31, 2023

Forbes Coaches Council: 15 Telltale Signs A Business Is Growing Too Quickly – January 6, 2023 

2022

2021

Printing Alliance CI Newsletter: Break the Telling Habit and Make an Impact – December 21, 2021

The Lean Mag: Solve More Problems By Asking Better Questions: The Impact of Breaking Your Telling Habit – November 9, 2021

Yahoo Finance: Author Katie Anderson Launches Audiobook of ‘Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: Lessons From Toyota Leader Isao Yoshino on a Lifetime of Continuous Learning’ – July 14, 2021

Markets Insider: Business Insider: Author Katie Anderson Launches Audiobook of ‘Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: Lessons From Toyota Leader Isao Yoshino on a Lifetime of Continuous Learning’ – July 14, 2021

Market Watch: Author Katie Anderson Launches Audiobook of ‘Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: Lessons From Toyota Leader Isao Yoshino on a Lifetime of Continuous Learning’ – July 14, 2021

The Lean Mag: What is Your Leadership Credo? – May 19, 2021

Lean Construction Blog: What is the Secret to Creating a Culture of Learning? – May 5, 2021

2020

2019

Target Magazine (Association for Manufacturing Excellence): Helping Leaders Learn How to Develop People – Summer 2019

2018

The Lean Post: “Roll”-ing Out Lean at Kura Sushi – November 2018

2017

The Lean Post: When A3s Get Personal – September 2017

The Lean Post: Do You Practice Routine Personal Development? – August 2017

The Lean Post: Developing Better Habits Through A3 Thinking – April 2017

2016

The Lean Post: Summit Reflections: Knowing What You Need to Improve – September 2016

2015

The Lean Post: Lean in Japan: the Benefit of an Outsider’s View – September 2015

The Lean Post: Standout Lessons from the 4th Annual Lean Coaching Summit – August 2015

The Lean Post: Be More than a Coach, Be a Coach Who Listens – April 2015

2014

The Lean Post: How To Get Out of the Habit of Telling” – October 2014 (Translated into Portuguese and published in Brazil. Read my blog post about this.)

The Lean Post: Building Capability, Transforming Organizations – August 2014

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