Business
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Onboarding People Should Be About Finding Information
- May 22, 2024
- Posted by: David Marshall
- Category: Business, Management, Productivity, Safety
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When you’re inducting new people into your organization, it’s not uncommon to present them with a lot of information, reading of the manuals, showing them how to operate the company software, and to actually perform their job. In fact, the first few days of most onboarding processes are all about the rules, policies, and procedures
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Empower Your People to Become Leaders When They’re Not
- May 15, 2024
- Posted by: David Marshall
- Category: Business, Management
I think I’m going to upset a lot of people with this one, so let’s see what happens. One way to empower your people to become leaders when they’re not managers is to eliminate the concept of DEI. Before I get a lot of hate mail, hear me out on this. I don’t mean that
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The Role of Safety Audits in Preventing Workplace Accidents
- May 8, 2024
- Posted by: David Marshall
- Category: Business, Manufacturing, Safety
I’m going to say something that’s going to upset some people. There should be no safety audits in a factory setting. Why is that? Because safety audits are like restaurant inspections. Everyone who has ever worked in a restaurant knows the dirty little secret: when you know a health inspector is showing up, everyone makes
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New Tech Doesn’t Always Solve Old Problems.
- April 10, 2024
- Posted by: David Marshall
- Category: Business, Management
Last week, I talked about how I made sure our organization had the right discipline when it came to adopting an inventory management system. My concern was that if we didn’t have the right processes in place and the discipline to stick with them, then a new piece of technology wasn’t going to solve the
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Adopting a Smart Approach to Inventory Management
- April 3, 2024
- Posted by: David Marshall
- Category: Business, Digital Transformation
Remember the old days of inventory management, when you had to walk up and down the aisles of the warehouse, carrying a clipboard and counting every single piece of inventory, comparing it to what you had on your printout? Everyone rejoiced when software companies came out with inventory management software, and they clamored to introduce
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What Role Do Public-Private Partnerships Play in Your Strategy?
- February 21, 2024
- Posted by: David Marshall
- Category: Business, Manufacturing
Many private companies and governmental agencies tout the benefits of public-private partnerships, but I’m a little leery of engaging in them. One thing experience has taught me is that developing a public-private partnership is a very expensive business. The public funding you receive is certainly not without its challenges and a lot of compliance requirement
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How Should Manufacturers Manage Compliance and Regulatory Challenges?
- February 14, 2024
- Posted by: David Marshall
- Category: Business, Management, Manufacturing, Safety
It’s critical that your manufacturing operation stays compliant with all laws and regulations, both domestic and international. It not only affects your bottom line but there are instances where CEOs have gone to prison because they ignored different laws and regulations. No more can you just ignore regulations and pay fines because you think it’s
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The Importance of Having a Mentor, No Matter Your Role
- December 27, 2023
- Posted by: David Marshall
- Category: Business, Leadership, Management
When you were coming up in your career, you no doubt had mentors, people who would help you in your job and prepare you for the next step in your career. These were people who were undoubtedly older, wiser, more experienced, and very knowledgeable. But does that stop once you reach the C-suite? Once you’ve
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How Do You Coach a Reluctant Employee?
- December 13, 2023
- Posted by: David Marshall
- Category: Business, Leadership, Management
The problem with nearly every leadership and management book and philosophy is that they make one dangerous assumption: that your employees are willing and eager to be a part of your vision. They teach you how to communicate, how to lead, how to describe your vision, and how to get people to follow you in
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Truth is a Down Payment on Loyalty
- December 6, 2023
- Posted by: David Marshall
- Category: Business, Leadership
Scott Monty, a noted speaker and writer on leadership, recently wrote about loyalty in a blog post, “Why Does Truth Matter, Anyway?” Truth begets loyalty from your customers, from your employees, from your investors—from anyone you build a relationship with. It’s a long game, though. Relationships always are. But loyalty doesn’t come from transactions; loyalty