Take my new FREE Change Katalyst™ self-assessment now to fast-track your change leadership effectiveness!
Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn
“This book will transform and deepen your thinking of what people-centered leading and learning means.”
Endorsed by Global CEOs & Thought Leaders
“As GE continues its lean journey, I was thrilled to come across Katie Anderson’s book and recommended it to all our employees. Isao Yoshino’s personal journey is inspiring and clearly demonstrates how lean is about fundamental process improvement, with an eye toward better results. If you are looking for an approachable way to learn lean, I highly recommend Katie’s book.”
“If you are seeking the next step on your own journey of leadership transformation, reading this book and living its lessons will help you become the leader you always knew you could be.”
“I encourage anyone who influences people in cultural change to embrace the shared wisdom in this book.”
“The real essence of the Toyota Way is learning your way to a dream -- as individual and organizations....If you want to really understand continuous improvement, lean and other derivatives, read this book.”
“Wow! It’s rare for a business book to pack a punch the way Katie Anderson’s 'Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn' does. This gem illustrates what truly makes Toyota tick. …. Want to be a better leader, a better improvement professional, a better human being? Read this book!”
Author of Clarity First and The Outstanding Organization
“If you’re interested in lean and learning, this is an absolute must-read! Katie Anderson’s brilliant and original concept of warp (our deeper interests and goals) and weft (what we discover and learn in our journey) — illustrated through the real-life experience of Isao Yoshino, one of Toyota’s great sensei — makes a unique, pleasant, and illuminating read. Don’t miss it.”
“This is a wise book that weaves a story of leadership between two core principles of purpose (i.e., what shapes us) and discovery (i.e., what defines us). It will be fascinating for students of lean; should be essential for students of leadership.”
“Katie explains how Yoshino found his North Star, overcame adversity, framed situations in a positive way, learned from failure, and always developed the people he worked with as well as himself. If you reflect on and heed its wisdom, you will become a better person, and a better coach and manager. A gift to treasure in a dark time.”
Co-author of The Machine That Changed the World and Lean Thinking
"Informative, inspiring and entertaining. ... I am grateful to Katie for capturing Isao Yoshino's story...and for going beyond just documenting history, but weaving it all into a rich tapestry that readers of many interests will find compelling and useful."
and Chairman of the Lean Global Network
"'Learning to Lead, Leading' to Learn may be the only book you'll ever need to read if you want to truly understand what makes Toyota tick."
Get Your Copies of the Award-Winning Book
Available in Hardcover, paperback, eBook and audiobook.
Bulk & Custom Book Orders
Invest in your people by providing each member of your team with a copy of Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn and the companion workbook.
Create a unique gift for your team or event participants with customized company-branded edition of the book.
Paperback and hardbound bulk book orders available. Bulk order signed copies available within the U.S.
Contact [email protected] for more information.
Available in Multiple Languages
Purchase Your Copies
Available in Hardcover, paperback, eBook and audiobook.
Bulk & Custom Book Orders
Invest in your people by providing each member of your team with a copy of the book and companion workbook. Create a unique gift for your team special with a custom company-branded edition of the book. Bulk order signed copies available within the U.S.
Contact [email protected] for more information.
Available in Multiple Languages
Spanish: Paperback & Ebook | Japanese: Paperback & Ebook | Polish: Paperback | Portuguese: Paperback
Award-winning International #1 Bestseller
Winner of Shingo Institute Publication Award
#1 Bestseller
Organizational Learning
#1 Bestseller
Organizational Change
#1 Bestseller
Business Management Science
#1 Bestseller
International Business Management
#1 Bestseller
Business Quality Control
#1 Bestseller
International Business (UK)
#1 Bestseller
Automotive (UK)
Bonus Resources
Augment your learning from Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn by accessing the bonus bonus materials referred to in the book and additional resources.
Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn Workbook
Augment your learning experience and bring the book’s messages into your leadership journey. The Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn Workbook offers additional insights, lessons, principles, and practices so that you can lead with intention, purpose, and impact. Packed with extended materials that supplement the book, reader’s and clients consider it one of Katie’s most valuable tools available.
“Indispensable for anyone looking for guidance on how to elevate their leadership competencies. No matter what level within an organization you find yourself this workbook provides logical, step-by-step, direction on building a personalized roadmap for long-term success.” – Stewart Bellamy, Past President, Lean Practitioners Association of Saskatchewan
“The only secret to Toyota is its attitude towards learning.”
–- Isao Yoshino
Meet Katie Anderson and Isao Yoshino
Internationally recognized leadership consultant, award-winning author, and professional speaker Katie Anderson believes that your leadership impact comes from leading with an attitude of learning.
Beginning during an immersive experience living in Japan, Katie had the unique opportunity of partnering with Isao Yoshino, a 40-year Toyota Motor Corporation leader, and to uncover decades of reflection, history, and insights to help you become a better leader and a better learner.
In Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn, Katie weaves together Mr. Yoshino’s heartwarming and deeply reflective stories of personal discovery and organizational history, and offers her own unique perspective on them, with the intention of helping you learn to lead and lead to learn.
Created through years of collaboration, Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn brings you a remarkable experience of what it means to learn, to lead, and to care.
Go Beyond the Book
Engage Katie Anderson to meet the inspire and equip your organization and your team to create a people-centered learning culture.
Speaking Engagements
Katie’s signature talks and keynote addresses are catalysts for change in people’s behavior, leadership practices, and organizations.
She uniquely crafts her in-person, virtual, and hybrid speaking engagements with your objectives in mind, tailored to resonate with your team and your needs.
Custom Learning Experiences
Empower yourself and your team with the principles and practices to be effective people-centered leaders.
Become part of Katie’s Chain of Learning and join a global movement of humanity. Gain the clarity, the confidence, and the courage you need to elevate your leadership, your team, and your organization.
The Leading to Learn Accelerator
Take the lessons off the page and into your life with teachings from Katie Anderson.
Become a more intentional, people-centered leader who grows their people (and themself), makes an impact in their organization, and builds a meaningful legacy.
