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Executive Leadership

Carrington on Kata

By Beth Carrington

March 2, 2016

This video explains how practicing the Improvement and Coaching Kata creates a culture where everyone feels part of a team — where continuous improvement activities directly align with senior leadership's vision and help achieve organizational objectives.

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In this 17-minute video, LEI Kata Instructor Beth Carrington describes how practicing the Improvement and Coaching Kata routines help you align your organization, make innovation (large and small) happen at every level, and ensure that teams work toward goals in a systematic, scientific way.

What are the Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata?

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Improvement Kata/Coaching Kata Remotely

Learn how to use the Improvement Kata, a practical and proven method to systematically navigate that “gray zone” between the current state and your target and learn how to teach this method to your team.

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Beth Carrington

About Beth Carrington

Since 1999, Beth has dedicated her career to coaching organizations through their lean transformations as an independent consultant and instructor at LEI and other global organizations, such as the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). As an Improvement Kata/Coaching Kata Master Coach since 2009, Beth has worked with organizations to build…

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