How do you get good at anything? Practice. But practice what? This webinar describes how to create routines, or kata, to practice communication skills and build your ability to communicate effectively. It shows you how to develop KQ: Kata Quotient: the ability to learn through practice. It then gives you a menu of communication practices to build your skills day by day. A kata is a way of keeping two things in alignment or synchronization with each other. Communication requires synchronizing many different elements.

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Communication kata

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What is a kata?

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Toyota Kata

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Mike Rother’s five questions make sure
considerations are aligned and synchronized
1. What is your target condition here?
2. What is the actual condition now?
3. What obstacles are now preventing you
from reaching the target condition?
4. What is your next step?
THAT’S A 5. When can we go and see what we have
COACHING learned from taking that step?
KATA!

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TK is actually a Communication Kata

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For example:

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Say what you mean

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Mean what you say

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Don’t be mean when you say it

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It’s a lot to balance!

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The question is…

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There are other forms

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So how do you start?

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With a vision of communication
perfection.
different actual? Book goals calm down

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Some options

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Evaluate: how different is your actual
communication?
Obstacles

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Ask what stands in the way between
you and communication perfection?
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Pick one

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Which obstacle are you going
to address first?
Practices

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What will you practice?

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Did you get the response
you were going for?

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Remember the Toyota Kata Five questions?
Use them for your communication kata.
1. What is your target condition here?
2. What is the actual condition now?
3. What obstacles are now preventing you
from reaching the target condition?
4. What is your next step?
THAT’S A 5. When can we go and see what we have
COACHING learned from taking that step?
KATA!

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You can adapt them.
1. What is your target condition here? What
kind of communication are you going for?
2. What is the actual condition now? What
kind of communication do you have?
3. What obstacles are now preventing you
from communicating according to the
target?
4. What is your next step?
5. When can we go and see what we have
learned from taking that step?

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Keep on going

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And enjoying the advantage
that gives you.

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Your best source of practices for your
communication kata
Stay tuned for upcoming programs on how to
create a communication-kata-based
life, office, department or organization.
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