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Reflections on Leadership

Reflections on Leadership

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Episode 20 _ How to Coach Executives and Influence Change with Brad Toussaint
Episode 20 - Have you ever received blank stares from leaders when you’ve advocated that they adopt an improvement method or tool you know will help them? Perhaps the problem...
Episode 19 - Master the Art of Persuasion with Derek Roberts
Episode 19 - Are you struggling to get your senior team on board with your vision for change, to get buy-in for a new initiative, or to get leaders to...
Japan Study Trip Highlights May 2024 (2)

What is a leader’s role in creating a culture of continuous improvement? How can you create a sustainable lean culture? What is the real meaning of kaizen? What does “respect...

Episode 18 - Discover the Real Meaning of Kaizen
Episode 18 - What do you think of when you hear the word “kaizen”? An event? A process that you are working on improving? Something else? The Japanese word “kaizen”...
Episode 17 - Leading Change from the Middle with Pennie Saum
Episode 17 - Does successful change always have to start from the top? How can you stop pushing change on your leaders and instead create pull from them for the...
Episode 16 - Leveraging Analytical Systems Thinking to Drive Improvement with Mark Graban
Episode 16 - Are you focusing on the right problems in your organization? More importantly, are you creating the conditions and processes in your organization to effectively solve them? In...
Episode 15 - 5 Steps to Revitalize Lifelong Learning
Episode 15 - Want to know the secret to success? It’s about embracing lifelong learning, being willing to try new things and seek out information, setting intentions to get better,...
Episode 14 - Becoming an Astute Political Navigator with Betsy Jordyn
Episode 14 - What's your reaction when you hear the phrase “corporate politics”? Does it make you cringe and want to run away, or do you get curious about how...
Episode 13 - 3 Ways to Break the Telling Habit® and Create Greater Impact
Episode 13 - Have you ever had a team member look at you with frustration when you share your great ideas and suggestions with them? Or, have you ever felt...
Episode 12 - Beyond Appearances_ Building Real Continuous Improvement with Patrick Adams
Episode 12 - What is the difference between authentic cultures of continuous improvement versus superficial displays? In this episode, I invited Patrick Adams, Founder of Lean Solutions and best-selling author...
Episode 11 - Fulfill Your Transformational Leadership Potential with Karen Martin
Episode 11 - What’s your purpose as a continuous improvement leader? And how can you fulfill your potential as a transformational change leader? Tune in to my conversation with master...
Episode 10 - Unleash Your Leadership Superpower
Episode 10 - What if you could have a new superpower that would unlock your leadership potential? One that is so simple yet will amplify your impact, open doors to...
Japan Leadership Experience November 2025 Highlight

Japan Leadership Experience Highlights: November 2025

What is an immersive lean leadership Japan tour all about? For the leaders who join my Japan Leadership Experience, it’s much more than learning the technical side of lean and operational excellence. It’s a journey of leadership and exploring the essence of respect for people: “holding precious what it means to be human.”

My Japan Leadership Experience is unlike any traditional study tour. It’s an immersive journey into the heart of lean, the essence of people-centered leadership, and the cultural practices that make Japan a living classroom for learning and transformation.

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Leading to Learn®: Become a Katalyst™ for Continuous Learning — Keynote on Intentional Leadership

Thriving in today’s world requires more than tools or tactics; it demands a culture of continuous learning, grounded in scientific thinking and deep respect for people. In my keynote, Leading to Learn®: Become a Katalyst™ for Continuous Learning,  I share how you can become a Katalyst™—a change leader who accelerates learning as the engine for improvement and transformation.

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Group of international leaders participating in the Japan Leadership Experience program led by Katie Anderson

Japan Leadership Experience Highlights: May 2025

What happens when leaders from around the world step away from their daily routines and immerse themselves in the birthplace of lean, continuous improvement, and people-centered leadership? In May 2025, I had the privilege of leading Cohort 7 of my Japan Leadership Experience—an extraordinary week of learning, connection, and transformation alongside 18 global leaders and 81-year-old Toyota leader Isao Yoshino.

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Learning to Lead Leading to Learn Book

Top 10 Toyota Leadership Lessons

Receive a PDF of the first top 10 leadership lessons and insights that I learned from Mr. Isao Yoshino, a leader at Toyota for over 40 years. These lessons and more inspired us to create the bestselling book “Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn.”

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