Toyota Kata
Development
Programme
This online course is for trainers and consultants who want to learn how to coach and instruct their staff or clients on Toyota Kata thinking and principles.
What makes this course different?
Our ‘train the trainer’ programme stands out from other Toyota Kata courses because it combines access to one of the best kata trainers and experts, Tilo Schwarz, with coaching sessions with your peers and an experienced kata coach.
You’ll benefit from the knowledge and deliberate practice of Toyota Kata, with a coach alongside to guide you and develop your skills as an improver and coach.
Who is the Toyota Kata Development Programme for?
It will benefit you if you’re:
- An independent consultant who wants to add Toyota Kata Coach to your portfolio of skills
- An internal improvement coach looking to energise an existing lean/OpEx programme in your business
- A leader seeking to develop a scientific-thinking approach in your organisation through the development of yourself and your team
How long is the course?
The training is spread across 10 weeks:
- The first 6 weeks are split into 6 x 90-minute training sessions from our kata expert, Tilo Schwarz, supported by 1-hour coaching sessions with your peers and one of our kata coaches twice a week.
- The final 4 weeks involve coaching sessions in your new learning groups – with kata coach support.
Please set aside 4-5 hours per week for the training and coaching, split between 2 or 3 sessions. You will also be set practical ‘homework’ tasks that will take about 2 or 3 hours per week.
We’ve designed the course to fit around your existing client commitments: early mornings (8am EST) or lunchtime (1pm in the UK and Ireland, 2pm in central Europe).
Toyota Kata for trainers and consultants
Watch this video for a taster of what the course is about.
What’s included in the course price?
- 6 x 90-minute teaching and coaching sessions online, led by Tilo Schwarz, plus tasks between each session designed to practise Improvement Kata (IK) and Coaching Kata (CK) cycles on a real challenge.
Weekly 1-hour coaching sessions for 10 weeks with experienced kata coaches, Graham Canning and Lili Boyanova Hugh.
- Curated forum for delegates to exchange ideas and receive support and direction from PCE coaches Lili and Graham, and from Tilo and your peers, both between sessions and as ongoing support for 3 months after you complete the course.
- Certificate of Completion and Approval to Coach Kata, from Lernzone in Germany and PCE in the UK.
- Certification that supports your further Approved Prior Learning and Experience (APLE) route to apply for Kata Coach Level 2a from the Kata Competency System (KCS) programme.
Meet your trainers and coaches
Course Leader: Tilo Schwarz
Tilo is one of Europe’s foremost Toyota Kata experts. He works as a Leadership Coach and Toyota Kata Trainer, and supports organisations and managers to successfully lead change and continuous improvement.
As plant manager at German power-tool manufacturer Festool he introduced Toyota Kata as the main problem-solving and management routine. Tilo and his management team won the 2008 A. T. Kearney ‘Plant of the Year’ award.
Tilo regularly speaks at kata conferences both in Europe and the U.S.
Watch this short video to meet Tilo and find out why you should join our Toyota Kata Development Programme.
Kata Coach: Lili Boyanova Hugh
After 13 years of leading corporate change management projects with IT and finance organisations, she made the move to work with organisations who are ready to create a culture of care and commitment.
Lili founded wholeheartedlead and joined the leadership team at A Human Workplace to help make workplaces more loving and human.
Kata Coach and Programme Co-ordinator: Graham Canning
Graham, a co-founder of People Centred Excellence, has worked in lean and kaizen consultancy roles for more than 15 years. Before that, he spent 15 years working in the manufacturing sector for companies like Toyota, Black+Decker and Pilkington.
Graham has an impressive record in leading lean transformations in various industries, including healthcare and financial services. He’s one of a select number of consultants accredited to Level 3b in the Lean Competency System and has a reputation as a skilled practitioner of the Toyota Kata approach to improvement and people-development.
Graham is an approved Kata Coach and active partner in Kata School UK & Ireland.
Course delivery
Online
Pricing
£1,705 + VAT per delegate (contact us for details of discounts for multiple participants and our payment plans).
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