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Coaching Kata Essentials

What Is the Coaching Kata?

The coach­ing kata is a set of prac­tice rou­tines for teach­ing sci­en­tif­ic think­ing to the improve­ment kata learn­er. Learn the main objec­tives and activ­i­ties, char­ac­ter­is­tics of the coach-learn­er rela­tion­ship, the delib­er­ate way ques­tions are used, and how this con­tributes to estab­lish­ing a con­tin­u­ous improve­ment culture.

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