Are You a Good Coach? An Effective Coach? HBR Says You Might Not Be
Some colleagues recently sent me a Harvard Business Review article that has a fairly accusatory title, although…
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Podcast #304 – David Meier, Lessons and Wisdom from Toyota
Back on the podcast for the fifth time is my friend David Meier, a Lean / TPS consultant who is a former Toyota…
Change: Desire, Ability, Reason, Need, and Commitment (or That DARNCAT) Learning…
I'm excited to be attending the annual Lean Coaching Summit today through Thursday in Austin. If you're there,…
Gone Fishin’ (Ridin’ Really) A reminder of what it's like to be new at…
Happy Monday everyone.
Regular readers know I took some time away from the blog in advance of the 4th of July…
Free Webinar Recording: How to Coach for Creativity & Service Excellence
I'm happy to be playing the role of host for a free webinar being held next Tuesday, March 28... presented by Karyn…
Changing the Culture: Cursing Football Coaches, Attacking the Change Agent
John W. Parks IV, pictured at left, is a Professor of Percussion at Florida State University. He was one of my…
“The reign of the king-leader is gone” at GM? What about healthcare?
I was happy to see an engineer (Chemical Engineering) and a General Motors leader, Alicia Boler Davis, on the cover…
Podcast #243 – Michael Bungay Stanier, “The Coaching Habit”
My guest for Episode #243, Michael Bungay Stanier, takes us a bit outside of the Lean realm... but that's good. Our…
You Can’t Force Anyone to Change Their Minds or Actions
As I've worked with hospital and healthcare people over the past ten years, one personal benefit to me has been…
Going Cheap Vs. Leading and Being Lean
I've worked with a lot of companies whose primary operational strategy boils down to "cut costs". Others on Mark's…
Parallels Between Personal Training and Lean Coaching
First, here's a look back at my post from 2012 commemorating the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Let's all be…
Kaizen Coaching: Don’t Give People Answers, Let Them Learn
Last week, I taught a pilot session of a new class on Kaizen and continuous improvement that I taught for visitors…
Why Lunch Can Be Annoying at the Sensei Cafe
Last week, I published my first cartoon collaboration with a skilled artist (and medical assistant), Carrie…
Proof That Nelson from The Simpsons is Not a Good Kaizen Coach
If you know me, you know I'm a huge fan of The Simpsons. The show has been on TV for 25 of my 40 years.
The…
Kaizen Coaching – The First Rule: Keep Ideas with the Creator
Mark's Note: Today's guest post is by Joe Swartz, my co-author for the books Healthcare Kaizen and The Executive…