Few people get the opportunity to work with someone who not only understands lean but practices it too – correctly. Often, individuals get all wadded up on a particular tool or concept and lose track of the bigger picture. Not Karyn. I have worked with Karyn for a couple of years and have partnered with her on an approach to making lean practical, applicable and fun. She knows many of the lean thought leaders personally while also being able to understand individual situational needs of the people she works with. None of the standard formulaic methods that you get from most consultants. Rather, Karyn creates tailored programs that use classic lean concepts, embedded in The Toyota Way, that focus on identifying and meeting the needs of the customer while focusing on continuous improvement. She understands the theory and application while also knowing that there is no substitute for Going and Seeing at the Gemba. Karyn is a true pleasure to work with and can help most journeyers progress along their path towards True North. Oh, and she is a wicked artist!
Dennis Gawlik, Service Operations Executive
Karyn Ross is a lean practitioner, educator and coach with a passion for making the world a better place. She has outstanding lean expertise and the unique ability to turn lean thinking into delivering business results. With a focus on the service sector, Karyn applies Lean/Toyota Way principles to help organizations deliver value to their customers. Karyn’s inherent commitment to people as the heart and soul of how she coaches a team is core to her phenomenal success. Not only will your organization achieve its business goals, your people will learn how to sustain and elevate those results. If you or your organization has an opportunity to partner with Karyn, I suggest you do so; it will be an experience in driving business success you’ll not want to miss!
Leslie Heckler, Senior Manager Business Process Improvement - Paychex, Inc.
The best coaches whether it be in sports, business, or life, not only teach you how to think for yourself, they make you feel valued as a person. Working with Karyn, she never lets me forget what I CAN do. She makes me feel safe to try, fail and try again. What I value the most about her work is she doesn’t give me the solution to my problem, she guides me to it, which forces me to learn along the way. Get your boots on because Karyn will walk with you to see your work where it happens, identify problems and help you reach your business or personal goals.
With Karyn, you are not just a customer, you are a valued and respected human being.
Tabitha Doran - LEAN Coach
We engaged Karyn Ross and her company shortly after a major consolidation of our organization. Specifically we brought Karyn in to help us instill a new culture across our national organization using the principles of LEAN. Our goal was to seek out new and better ways to focus and serve our customers while at the same time ensuring that we were as efficient and effective as possible in this pursuit. Karyn immediately helped us train key employees to think and practice LEAN methodologies while at the same time provided Senior Executives a new way to think about how we can better service our client base and grow our company while maintaining a keen eye on the bottomline. Karyn’s work has been a true success story at our company and we continue to engage Karyn on an ongoing basis to help us develop our focus, execution, and customer-centric culture.
Marty Stowe, Chief Service Officer - National Payroll and HR Outsourcing Company
Karyn is an amazingly positive person with an abundance of knowledge about releasing creativity to make improvements. She is a true leader and supports a fresh new perspective in the continuous improvement field!
Corinne Visscher, Owner - Bridge Barn Consulting
Few people get the opportunity to work with someone who not only understands lean but practices it too – correctly. Often, individuals get all wadded up on a particular tool or concept and lose track of the bigger picture. Not Karyn. I have worked with Karyn for a couple of years and have partnered with her on an approach to making lean practical, applicable and fun. She knows many of the lean thought leaders personally while also being able to understand individual situational needs of the people she works with. None of the standard formulaic methods that you get from most consultants. Rather, Karyn creates tailored programs that use classic lean concepts, embedded in The Toyota Way, that focus on identifying and meeting the needs of the customer while focusing on continuous improvement. She understands the theory and application while also knowing that there is no substitute for Going and Seeing at the Gemba. Karyn is a true pleasure to work with and can help most journeyers progress along their path towards True North. Oh, and she is a wicked artist!
Dennis Gawlik, Service Operations ExecutiveKaryn Ross is a lean practitioner, educator and coach with a passion for making the world a better place. She has outstanding lean expertise and the unique ability to turn lean thinking into delivering business results. With a focus on the service sector, Karyn applies Lean/Toyota Way principles to help organizations deliver value to their customers. Karyn’s inherent commitment to people as the heart and soul of how she coaches a team is core to her phenomenal success. Not only will your organization achieve its business goals, your people will learn how to sustain and elevate those results. If you or your organization has an opportunity to partner with Karyn, I suggest you do so; it will be an experience in driving business success you’ll not want to miss!
Leslie Heckler, Senior Manager Business Process Improvement - Paychex, Inc.
The best coaches whether it be in sports, business, or life, not only teach you how to think for yourself, they make you feel valued as a person. Working with Karyn, she never lets me forget what I CAN do. She makes me feel safe to try, fail and try again. What I value the most about her work is she doesn’t give me the solution to my problem, she guides me to it, which forces me to learn along the way. Get your boots on because Karyn will walk with you to see your work where it happens, identify problems and help you reach your business or personal goals.
With Karyn, you are not just a customer, you are a valued and respected human being.
Tabitha Doran - LEAN CoachWe engaged Karyn Ross and her company shortly after a major consolidation of our organization. Specifically we brought Karyn in to help us instill a new culture across our national organization using the principles of LEAN. Our goal was to seek out new and better ways to focus and serve our customers while at the same time ensuring that we were as efficient and effective as possible in this pursuit. Karyn immediately helped us train key employees to think and practice LEAN methodologies while at the same time provided Senior Executives a new way to think about how we can better service our client base and grow our company while maintaining a keen eye on the bottomline. Karyn’s work has been a true success story at our company and we continue to engage Karyn on an ongoing basis to help us develop our focus, execution, and customer-centric culture.
Marty Stowe, Chief Service Officer - National Payroll and HR Outsourcing Company
Karyn is an amazingly positive person with an abundance of knowledge about releasing creativity to make improvements. She is a true leader and supports a fresh new perspective in the continuous improvement field!
Corinne Visscher, Owner - Bridge Barn Consulting