Work Life

OCTOBER 7, 2024

labor union membership , but representation in top level union leadership positions has lagged, even in female-dominated industries and particularly for women of color. Momentum for Black and Latina women rising into labor union leadership has picked up in the last five years. Women make up roughly half of U.S. Data from the U.S.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 12, 2015

For another group, the main challenge they want to address is how to make emotional intelligence a key foundation stone in their leadership within an organization whose senior leaders don’t see or understand the value of such measures. Indeed, the question we need to ask about our leadership is are we helping our employees to succeed?

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All Work

MAY 20, 2022

It’s important for product designers and retailers to understand their embodied carbon emissions , which relate to the manufacturing, processing, transportation, assembly, maintenance, replacement, and deconstruction and disposal of goods. 80% of Teknion’s component parts are manufactured in-house, they add. “For

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Office Space

APRIL 24, 2024

Examples of corporate investment property may include the business headquarters, manufacturing plants, branch offices, collaboration spaces, etc. The general population is shifting towards a more employee-centric approach to leadership. It’s unlikely the trend of employee-centric leadership initiatives will go away any time soon.

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Work Life

JULY 22, 2024

Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. He says growing up outside the head office–he started his Honeywell career as an account manager in Pune, India–has shaped his leadership style. and Fast Company.

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Workplace Insight

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

To coincide with yesterday’s Emotional Health Awareness Day, furniture manufacturer, design experts and specialists in workplace strategies MillerKnoll outline some key solutions for employers to consider to support their teams, making them feel more connected, and less lonely.

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Work Life

AUGUST 16, 2024

Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. The foundation launched a financing facility that helped manufacturers get the capital they needed to expand production; last year UNICEF provided 9.3 and Fast Company.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 16, 2011

Sailors know that if the mast breaks, complaining about manufacturing standards won’t help, and so they need to come up with a “jury rig,” a temporary mast of some kind. Satellite component manufacturing can be complex to say the least, and it’s not uncommon for post-production testing to reveal flaws. So sue me” was the response.

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Office Snapshots

APRIL 1, 2024

Women-run on both the Blitz and L’Oréal leadership fronts, showcasing important feminist history and celebrating the power of women in the workplace was a priority. Originally an aerospace manufacturing warehouse, the 130,000 SF facility employed thousands of women to build planes during WW II.

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McKensey

JULY 19, 2024

Talent management starts by addressing workforce challenges, adapting to generational needs, leveraging technology in operations, and developing leadership for talent retention.

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Success

AUGUST 13, 2024

While the manufacturing industry emerged strong after the COVID-19 pandemic, it could be facing up to 1.9 million unfilled manufacturing jobs if the current trajectory doesn’t change. “At With a projected 650,000 construction jobs open in the U.S.

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All Work

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Another important factor to think about is that many manufacturers across the globe are still relying on inequitable labor practices.”. Another important factor to think about is that many manufacturers across the globe are still relying on inequitable labor practices. This is something that can be challenging to record and measure.

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Go Burrows

JUNE 5, 2022

In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, I talk with Kristine about what makes an assistant a leader, how to identify leadership strengths, the difference between chief of staff and EA, and more. LEADERSHIP QUOTES. Including our all-day, online leadership workshop at leaderassistantlive.com/workshop. Sheryl Sandberg.

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Work Life

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

I believe fostering that kind of culture in the era of AI means embracing adaptive leadership and leaders must be willing to lean into the unknown. Reimagine ways of working Advances in robotic automation in the 1980s and ’90s doubled manufacturing productivity. Innovations in AI are happening at a staggering pace.

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Work Life

AUGUST 2, 2024

They manufacture household products.” We manufacture high-quality household products.” For instance, when asked where they work and what they do, disengaged employees may say something like “I work at Acme Inc. Engaged workers, on the other hand, might enthusiastically say “Oh, I work at Acme Inc.,

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Work Life

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Jayshree Seth has been engaged in technology and product development for driving the commercialization of innovative products within a large corporation for over three decades and has extensively explored and written about these evolving leadership paradigms. What distant horizons does your leadership vision encompass?

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Hank Queen, former Vice President of Engineering, Manufacturing and Product Integrity for Boeing, put the leader’s dilemma about meetings this way, “I can order involvement, but I can’t order engagement.” Some other posts you may enjoy: It’s Not You, It’s Me – Is Narcissism Good for Leadership?

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Work Life

AUGUST 12, 2024

Even more intriguing is that it’s not uncommon for individuals who perform well in their jobs as individual contributors to fail to perform as expected when given managerial or leadership responsibilities, much like great individual athletes can disappoint after retiring and transitioning to team coaches or managers.

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Success

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I have hired hundreds of employees right out of school over the years as the founder and CEO of a Silicon Valley-based manufacturing company. However qualified—and they’re all highly educated and extremely talented—one of the most common mistakes I see is wardrobe choice.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

It’s the willingness to fill leadership roles , promising to advocate for and shedding light on the unrepresented and undervalued. This valuable experience set her up to establish her first company in biomedical engineering and manufacturing. What does it mean to be a changemaker? It means stepping up to bat for what you believe in.

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Work Life

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Working remotely also can facilitate faster travel to business-critical locations like regional farms, customers, and manufacturing facilities. This approach leverages digital communication and collaboration tools. Office visits are expected at least four times per year to maintain cultural connection and alignment with the broader team.

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Success

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Operations this strict and stagnant may have been a fit for manufacturing work, but in an age where enterprising ventures reign supreme, it “doesn’t really make any sense in terms of how creativity works or how knowledge works or how explorations work,” McGowan says. Those in leadership positions should do the same.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

In some cases, this manifests itself in incremental improvements over the current product or service, something that’s become a key tactic of every major smartphone manufacturer.

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The Receptionist

DECEMBER 3, 2021

But they must also have the people skills and leadership skills necessary to get their changes and suggestions implemented successfully. Because of all of these roles, operations managers must also exhibit a wide variety of skills. First, they should be detail-oriented and analytical to improve processes and outcomes. That’s not all.

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Go Burrows

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

In this episode, Nichole discusses advocating for assistants to the leadership team, extending grace at work, transitioning from being a peer to being a manager, and more. LEADERSHIP QUOTE Apologizing is a strength, not a weakness.

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Success

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Softworks analyzed data from a variety of different industry sectors across the globe, from education and nonprofits to healthcare and manufacturing. Albertie says, “In my over 20-plus years of leadership, here are 10 things I have seen excel for supporting employees.” to catch up to other developed countries.”

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Work Life

JUNE 10, 2024

Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. Manufacturers can use the traceability enabled by 2D barcodes and other digital tools to suss out counterfeits. Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! and Fast Company.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 16, 2011

In the case of manufacturer this includes quality controls, in the case of an accounting firm or financial services a strong set of values. This emphasizes the value of prevention and preparation strategies applied to everyday business practice. The goal of prevention strategies is to eliminate or significantly reduce crisis risks.

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Workplace Insight

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The latest thought leadership on sustainable design will come from, among others Natalie Smith, Principal, Perkins & Will; Gurvinder Khurana, Director, M Moser Associates; Lucy Townsend, Head of Sustainability, BDP; and Beatriz Gonzalez, Director, Scott Brownrigg. Collaborators include FUTURE Designs, sponsors of the bar area.

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Success

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Sustainably manufactured tees and hoodies show your commitment to the future. I met top leadership shopping there in jeans and a flannel, and I learned the produce seasons in a part of the country I’d never known. A great way to build relationships with new clients and employees is with a fun package of branded company swag.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Taylor, who used his role as the Plant Manager for the Goodyear Fayetteville plant to implement measures like putting up information boards throughout the plant that identified which manufacturing team was working on a given product line and the level of output they were creating.

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Success

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A seasoned jet-setter, Harper had worked in leadership roles at The Limited as vice president of merchandising and design, Gymboree as chair and CEO, and Belk as CEO. fit model and later worked for the denim designer and manufacturer by flying around the world to source products. That was in the mid-1990s.

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All Work

JUNE 2, 2024

What will it mean to be part of a multi-disciplinary practice or an ecosystem of manufacturers? Members at Chapter Leadership Council 2024 – IIDA HQ’s IDEA Studio. What new disciplines will be defined by new ways of practicing? Photo Credit: Elliot Mandel Want More?

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Success

APRIL 4, 2024

Not only do personal and professional development opportunities provide key benefits to employees—like learning new skills, boosting confidence and credibility, developing leadership skills and increasing earning potential—but employers greatly benefit too. million people enrolled in these types of courses in 2023 alone.

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Work Life

JULY 21, 2024

Like everyone else, once the pandemic subsided and we had to decide whether to come back to an office, there were strong opinions from leadership and employees. In fact, understanding the rationale behind those strong opinions is what drove me to figure out how to manufacture these little moments that accumulate to create culture.

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Workplace Insight

MAY 16, 2022

The current global energy crisis has tightly squeezed output-based industries like Manufacturing, which this survey indicates is being disproportionately affected by rising energy prices. Indeed, 42 per cent of survey participants working in the manufacturing sector anticipate further increases in project costs due to the crisis.

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Workplace Insight

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In the UK, some of the top industries hiring for AI-related roles are administrative and support services, professional services, technology, manufacturing and finance. ‘Head of AI’ roles have tripled globally in the last five years, and job posts mentioning AI have more than doubled (2.3x) in the UK in the last two years.

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