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1. THE HARADA
METHOD
one component of the ESP methodology
JOÃO PAULO PINTO, CLT SERVICES ©

2. ESP THROUGH THE HARADA METHOD
THE HUMAN SIDE OF LEAN
 People is the key ingredient in any lean journey;
 Any cause of success or failure can be assigned to people;
 Lean tools and methods are important but they all depend
on people engagement;
 Developing “Lean People” has been a major challenge for us
for many years;
 How we define “lean people”?
 Toyota says that develops people through problem solving…

3. LEANPEOPLE?!
VALUE-BASED
EMPOWERED AND AUTONOMOUS
PROACTIVE AND RESPONSIBLE
SELF-RELIANT AND FOCUSED
RESULTS OVER EFFORTS
… to support the lean journey and have a meaningful life

4. ESP THROUGH THE HARADA METHOD
THE ESP METHODOLOGY
(EMPOWERED AND SELF-RELIANT PEOPLE)
 A method to help people improve their performance at
work and their personal life;
 It is based on an holistic approach to human development;
 Can be followed by anyone, irrespective to its
academic or social background, age or gender;
 It is based on proven tools and methods developed
within western and oriental cultures.
LEAN COACHING
TOYOTA KATA
LEGO SERIOUS PLAY
HARADA METHOD

5. ESP THROUGH THE HARADA METHOD
ESP - THE GENERIC ROADMAP
Liberate people from
old paradigms that
limit their
development
Adopt a new attitude
and paradigm towards
empowerment
Improve character
and skills
Definition of
objectives, planning
and implement
routines
Coaching process – helping and guidance

6. ESP THROUGH THE HARADA METHOD
THE HARADA METHOD
 Developed by Takashi Harada in the 1990’s;
 Mr Harada was a teacher in a grammar school in Japan…
 Harada is a method to develop people’s self-reliance;
 It is a simple method that uses forms and templates to guide
people in achieving their goals;
 So, the starting point is to define your goal…

8. ESP THROUGH THE HARADA METHOD
THE 5 STEPS OF SELF-RELIANCE
DEFINE YOUR
OBJECTIVE
WHAT IS THE
PURPOSE?
SELF-ANALYSIS
ACTION PLAN
DEFINE YOUR
KATAS
Validate it,
be SMART
Learn from successes
and failures from past
What obstacles and
measures?
MATRIX 8X8
FROMWHERETO START?
DEFINE PRIORITIES!
DAILY ANDWEEKLY
ROUTINES

9. Your Name Starting date
Closing date
Objective / Project title
Optimistic target Closing date
Intermediate target Closing date
Current capacity Closing date
F o r o thers (eg. family and society) F o r yo u
T angible effects
Intangible effects
LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE/PROJECT
Impact evaluation (value and purpose of the Objective/Project)
Clear and realistic objective, a well defined target!
PROPOSEDPROJECTCHARTER–part1/2

10. The Improved Harada M ethod João Paulo Pinto, 2015
Everyday service to Family:
Everyday service to Others:
Social life scope
Learn from the Past:
Prepare the Future:
Personal scope
Analysis of Past Successes Analysis of Past Failures
Professional scope
Personal scope
Health scope
Anticipated Obstacules Proposed Countermeasures
Professional scope
Health scope
Social life scope
PROPOSEDPROJECTCHARTER–part2/2

11. AREA 1 AREA 2 AREA 3
AREA 4 AREA 5
AREA 6 AREA 7 AREA 8
João Paulo Pinto, 2015
YOUR OBJECTIVE HERE!
Discipline beats intelligence
Keep Focused!
THE IMPROVED HARADAMETHOD - Matrix 8X8
THE8X8MATRIX

12. Actions to be taken Actions to be taken Actions to be taken
Actions to be taken Key Metric Key Metric Key Metric Actions to be taken
Keep focused
Key Metric Key Metric
Discipline beats intelligence
Actions to be taken Actions to be taken Actions to be taken
Key Metric Key Metric Key Metric
João Paulo Pinto, 2015
YOUR OBJECTIVE HERE
THE 8X8 MATRIX WITH TARGETS
THE8X8MATRIX

13. Closing date:
Actual date: 15/01/2015
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João Paulo Pinto © 2015TASKS AND ROUTINES THAT SUPPORT YOUR OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE
Your Name
From this point you will need a Coach to guide you and support your evolution along the way.
Always keep in mind those tenets:
Discipline beats intelligence!
Kata is a paramount ingredient in your success

15. THANKYOU SO MUCH
J oão Paulo Pinto
C LT VALUEBASED SERVIC ES
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