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GA 169 | How to Develop Lean Leaders into Coaches with Elizabeth Fingado

Avatar photo By Jessica Bush Updated on June 28th, 2017

This week’s guest is Elizabeth Fingado, the Director of Strategic Support Services at Denver Health. Ron and Beth discussed what it takes to turn lean leaders into coaches, including specific strategies and obstacles you might encounter along the way. An MP3 version of this episode is available for download here.

In this episode you’ll learn:

  • The quote that inspires Beth (2:41)
  • Beth’s background (4:19)
  • The definition of a coach (6:07)
  • The infrastructure at Denver Health (7:55)
  • Strategies for developing coaches (10:59)
  • A specific example (12:14)
  • Some of the models they’ve used (13:52)
  • About the checklist they use (15:47)
  • How to overcome employee resistance (17:15)
  • Lessons learned from this model (20:07)
  • What Beth would say to lean beginners (21:45)
  • What “Respect for People” means to Beth (23:50)
  • The best advice Beth has ever received (25:18)
  • An experiment that didn’t turn out as expected (26:15)
  • What Beth is most proud of as it relates to lean (28:22)
  • Books Beth has read lately (29:07)
  • The knowledge or skill area Beth wants to improve (29:48)
  • Finals words of wisdom (30:54)

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