An anonymous employee feedback tool How do I get anonymous feedback from employees? When things aren’t going great at work, it easily makes your workdays grey. But not just as a leader, the same goes for your employees. A lot of managers struggle with deciding on what steps to take to change. What […]
Manufacturing Month 2022 is soon here: 7 Fun Manufacturing Month ideas What used to be held on the first Friday in October - Manufacturing Day - was so successful it turned into Manufacturing Month! According to a study by Deloitte, the current talent skills gap might leave 2.4 million manufacturing positions unfilled until 2028. The economic impact of […]
Leaders in manufacturing: A Roadmap to Engage Your Team To help leaders in manufacturing, we put together a calendar! What type of manufacturing leader would you like to be this year? Similarly, what kind of team would you like to have? Don’t just dream it. Plan it. New year, new beginnings! This year has been challenging for leaders in manufacturing. […]
Best Time and Attendance Systems - 18 Manufacturers Time and Attendance systems (TNA) have come a long way since the first punch clock. The basics remain though. You need a simple way for employees to let your company know when they start and finish their work shifts. So what tends to happen? Employees forget their cards. Or […]
Data from Blue-Collar Employees shows how to be a better manager For many of you reading this, the answer won’t come as a surprise. In fact, you’re probably already doing it, without realizing just HOW right on track you are. And this is a sign of a problem I often find in my day-to-day as I speak to […]
Manufacturing Podcast The popular Manufacturing Wellness Podcast is hosted by Laura Timbrook. If you’re in manufacturing and into podcasts on leadership, you’ve probably heard of this show already. Laura’s podcast is famous for highlighting health and wellness initiatives within the manufacturing industry. The main goal of the show is to inspire leaders to improve employee wellbeing […]
What is Six Sigma And Why Is It Important for Improvement? What is Six Sigma? Six Sigma is the method that provides organizations with tools and techniques to improve the business process capability. Using this disciplined and data-driven approach helps eliminate defects in the process. The term was coined in 1986 by an engineer […]
Today we’re doing some hypothesis testing: Hypothesis testing: Is the daily mood higher on paydays? [Manufacturing] Fact: The Mexican subsidy of Lohmann-Koester measures employee engagement on a daily basis. Hypothesis testing: Their manufacturing workers get paid every Tuesday. Is employee engagement higher that day? Today we’ll be doing some hypothesis testing! […]
Are you on a journey towards a more transparent leadership? Meet Dirk: Transparent Leadership Like many other good leaders I interview, Dirk Feldhaus is modest when he speaks about his transparent leadership. We had a chat about their 4 years of measuring employee morale on a daily basis. What have they learned? How do […]
