Giving Wings to Her Team : A Novel About Learning to Coach the Toyota Kata Way (Paperback)

PART I - Learning to Think Scientifically while Producing Results Chapter 1 - Another day, another crisis Monday, January 17, 7am, The Bombshell Hits Chapter 2 - Getting to Work with Lean Monday, January 18, 8:30 am, Finally Something Interesting to Do Friday, January 21, 5:45 pm, Thank Goodness it’s Friday Chapter 3 ? What’s our Challenge? Friday, January 21, 6:45 pm, A Pleasant Surprise at the Gym Chapter 4 ? More Pressure Leads & a Breakthrough in Thinking Monday, January 24, Back to the Grind Monday, January 24, 7:00 pm, Retreat to the Gym Chapter 5 ? Getting Down to Kata Planning Tuesday, January 25, A New Day, a Fresh Start Chapter 6- Telling a Story on the Storyboard Friday, January 28, Happy Reflections During a Drive to the Gym Chapter 7 - At Last, Experimenting! Tuesday, February 1, 7am, Small Steps, Big Progress Chapter 8 - May the Coaching Lessons Begin Tuesday, February 3, 6:35pm, Searching for Maggie in Desperation PART II - Coaching as Learning Chapter 9 - Starting to Coach (with Some Struggles) Thursday, February 3, 7:30am, Sorting out Maggie’s brain dump Chapter 10 - A Little Japanese Cuisine, and a Lot of Learning Thursday, February 3, 7:34 pm, To a Gourmet Dinner with Maggie Chapter 11 - A Coach for the Coach Friday, February 4, 9:35 am, Experimenting with Maggie’s Advice Chapter 12 - Spot-on Answers to Coaching Questions Monday, February 7, 8:00 am, Finally A Calm Day of Learning Chapter 13 - Digging Deeper into the Real Obstacles Tuesday, February 8, 8am, A More than Pleasant Surprise and More Learning Chapter 14 - A Green Drink, and Fresh Look at Storyboards Tuesday, February 8, 6:30 pm, More to Drink and Learn at the Gym Chapter 15 - Obstacles and Experiments: It’s Complicated Wednesday, February 9, 9:00 am, Another Day, More Coaching Experiments Thursday, February 10, 8:55 am, New Ideas to Test at Work Chapter 16 - We Deliver Same Day Monday, February 13, 12:00pm New Week, Fun at Sales Tuesday, February 14, 12:00pm, A Great Lunch Capped Off by a Beat Down from Dick Chapter 17 - Fun in the Learning Group? Thursday, March 2 - 10:45am, Two Weeks Later, a Fun Jaunt to Sales...She Thought Chapter 18 - A Big Promotion…and a Bigger Crisis Monday, March 6 -5:00pm, It Hits the Fan, Big Time! Monday, March 6 - 7:00 pm, Denise Desperately Tries to Unwind 　 　 PART III - SCALING UP AGAINST THE ODDS Chapter 19 - A Confrontation, Then a Way Forward Tuesday, March 7 - 6:00 am, An Explosive Start Tuesday, March 7 - 7:30 am, A Breath of Fresh Air Chapter 20 - Denise Becomes a Motivational Speaker Tuesday, March 7 - 7:45 am, Talking with Joe Tuesday, March 7 - 2:00 pm, The Big Meeting Chapter 21 - Preparing for Launch Day Wednesday, March 8 - 6:05 am, Starting on a High Note Wednesday, March 8 - 6:45 am, Preparing for the Best Workshop Ever Wednesday, March 8 - 7:45 am, Getting a Trusted Ally on Board Chapter 22 - At Last: Grasping Current Condition Wednesday, March 8 - 8:10 am, Finally, Off to the Workshop Wednesday, March 8 - Noon, To Lunch and Meeting with Mark Wednesday, March 8 - 3:30 pm, Reconnoitering to Reflect Chapter 23 - Workshop Day 2: A Deeper Dive into the Current Condition Thursday, March 9 - 6:00 am, Sunrise, Rousing After a Delightful Night on the Town Thursday, March 9 - 7:00 am, Can Day 2 Go As Smoothly as Day 1? Chapter 24 - Establishing Goals to set up the 3-1-1 Thursday, March 9 - 10:15 am, Still deeper dive into current condition, all hell breaks loose Thursday, March 9 - 12:30 pm, A Productive Afternoon, What a Relief Chapter 25 - Prepping for Fun with Puzzles Friday, March 10 - 6:35 am, On the Way to Work with Maggie Friday, March 10 - 7:15 am, Finally a Chance to Play with Puzzles, but First… Chapter 26 - Kata to Grow Exercise Friday, March 10 - 09:50 am, Back to Kindergarten for Puzzle Time 　 　 Chapter 27 - Welcome to the Coaching Dojo, Shoes off at the Door Friday, March 10 - 12:30 pm, Denise Gets Coached Again Friday, March 10 - 2:00 pm, Finally, Dojo Fun PART IV - Upping the Pace: It’s a Sprint and a Marathon to the Finish Chapter 28 - A Month Down the Road Friday, April 6 - 8:00 am, Four Weeks of Learning, and Some Stalling Friday, April 6 - 8:30 am, On Pace For the 3-1-1? Tuesday, April 11- 3:50 pm, Thunder and Lightning Chapter 29 - A Fleet of Coaches is Born Time passes, progress accelerates Wednesday, May 4 - 4:00 pm, Presenting to the Ghouls, Again Chapter 30 - If Only You Could Kata Your Love Life Thursday, May 5 - 8am, Something’s Up with David Thursday, May 5? Evening, Dinner is on Sales Friday, May 6 - 7:00am, Trouble in Paradise Friday, May 6 - 6:00pm, A Breakup? Chapter 31 - Victories and Setbacks Tuesday, May 10 - 7:00am, A Visit from the Big Boss Tuesday, May 10 - 1:00pm, Devious Dick at it Again Chapter 32 -The Grand Finale Thursday, May 18 - 4pm, Countdown, 3 Weeks to go Thursday, June 4 - 2pm, Times Up! Thursday, June 4 - 4:30pm, The Jury is Back Chapter 33 - New Beginnings Friday, June 5 - Celebration and an Offer Friday, June 5, 5:00pm - The Surprises Keep Coming AFTERWORD