Walk into the lobby of almost any factory, plant, facility, or shop and you can read the "culture" in about twelve seconds. Framed values on the wall. People-first language.…
Before your frontline supervisor walks through the door on Monday morning, the day has already started making decisions for them. The inbox has questions. The floor has a problem…
I’m willing to bet there’s a supervisor on your floor who’s circling around a conversation they haven’t had yet… The performance issue that’s been building for six weeks. The…
Walk onto any operation where the floor isn't performing the way it should and start listening. Not to the noise, but to conversations. Listen for what's not being said.…
Pause for a second and picture your most reliable frontline supervisor — the one you’d send into a fire if you only had one to send. Now picture the…
Walk a manufacturing/hospital/construction site or floor with a senior leader for ten minutes and you'll see them somewhere on it. The supervisor who is moving constantly. Phone in one…
How do your frontline supervisors actually view meetings? A. They love them and look forward to them. B. They see them as a necessary evil. C. They hate them…
You've got a mission statement. It's framed in the lobby. It's printed on the back of every employee badge. It's embedded in the new-hire orientation deck. The executive team…
Sit with one question for a second before reading anything else. What’s the actual difference between a team that complies and a team that commits? When you picture compliance,…
When a senior leader inherits an operation running on chaos, the obvious move is to tighten the screws. Push harder on the metrics. Push harder on recruiting. Push harder…