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Author: Katie Anderson

Katie Anderson

Chain of Learning: 48| Make Leadership Meaningful: From Tools to Purposeful Impact [with Josef Procházka]

Apply for the Nov 2025 or May 2026 Japan Leadership Experiencehttps://kbjanderson.com/japantrip/ You’re implementing the tools. Making the improvements. Delivering the project results. But the same problems keep resurfacing and you’re left …

Katie Anderson

Chain of Learning: 47| Develop Leaders the Toyota Way: Lessons from Kan-Pro [with Isao Yoshino]

A global economic crisis is dragging down sales. Departments are working in silos and leaders at all levels are arguing about priorities.  Managers are too busy to coach their teams. …

Katie Anderson

Chain of Learning: 46| Lead Change at Scale: Inside GE Aerospace’s Lean Cultural Transformation [with Phil Wickler]

Is it possible to lead a real, long-term cultural transformation in a publicly traded company—where shareholders often demand short-term financial results? It’s challenging, yet possible. And GE Aerospace, with CEO …

Katie Anderson

Chain of Learning: 45| Manage on Purpose: Align Teams, Develop Strategy, Grow People [with Mark Reich]

How effective is your organization’s strategy in achieving results? If your team doesn’t understand how their daily work connects to bigger organizational goals, you don’t have a strategy—you have a …

Katie Anderson

Chain of Learning: 44| Master the Coaching Continuum and Become a Transformational Improvement Coach

How many questions is too many? You know that asking effective questions is key to helping others solve problems and unlocking improvement, but can you ask too many questions? Yes! …

Katie Anderson

Chain of Learning: 43| Human-Centered Leadership Using Kata, Obeya, and Omotenashi: Japanese Management Masterclass Part 2 [with Tim Wolput]

What’s the real purpose behind the Japanese practices integral to lean management —like kata, obeya, and A3 reports? These methods are often misunderstood as mere templates or formats, without recognizing …

Katie Anderson

Chain of Learning: 42| Do the Right Thing: Japanese Management Masterclass Part 1 [with Tim Wolput]

How much of the Toyota Way is dependent on Japanese culture? And how much of it all comes down to… being human? There are questions I’ve explored with 130+ global …

Katie Anderson

Chain of Learning: 41| Transactions to Transformations: Positioning for Greater Influence [with Betsy Jordyn]

You’re doing great work….yet you know you and the change you envision could have greater influence. You have a vision for more. More strategic work. More influence. More change that …

Katie Anderson

Chain of Learning: 40| Escape the Doer Trap: 3 Simple Shifts to Instantly Get Unstuck

Do you ever feel overwhelmed that you are responsible for doing too much? Maybe you’re frustrated that your team relies on you for answers instead of developing their own solutions. …

Katie Anderson

Chain of Learning: 39| Doing More Isn’t the Answer: Why Simple Wins [with Lisa Bodell]

Ever feel like your to-do list never ends?  Running from meeting to meeting with no time to think—let alone lead or create?  You’re not alone. The problem isn’t you – …

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