Leadership
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How Much Should Manufacturing Be Concerned About the Environment?
- January 15, 2020
- Posted by: David Marshall
- Category: Leadership, Management
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Like it or not, whether you believe in climate change or not, the manufacturing industry should be very concerned about the environment, period. I certainly understand a lot of industry is living with legacy technology, dealing with machines that are 50 – 60 years old but are still operational. And legacy tech does not recognize
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Greenfielding can Help Integrate Several New Pieces of Tech Into a Manufacturing Facility
- January 8, 2020
- Posted by: David Marshall
- Category: Leadership, Manufacturing
How do you bring 10 new projects together at once? If you’re looking to make major wholesale changes in your operation, how do you do it without interrupting the flow of what’s already there? How do you revamp an entire facility, replace old machines with new ones, old processes with new, and even old mindsets
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How Do you Get Your Staff to Buy Into Your Goals?
- December 4, 2019
- Posted by: David Marshall
- Category: Leadership, Management
When you’re a leader, getting your staff to buy into your goals and overall vision is not just a transactional event. You don’t just offer them something in exchange for supporting you. It’s not their job to automatically buy into your vision. And you can’t just do it because you’re the boss. That’s not leadership,
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What are the Economics of Sustainability vs. Remediation?
- November 27, 2019
- Posted by: David Marshall
- Category: Business, Leadership, Safety
Companies that spend a lot of money on remediation, and are doing it only to avoid penalties and fines, are going to end up having bigger and more expensive problems than they were hoping for. When I was at Robroy, we had an old Duoline factory that was costing us $2.5 million every year in
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The Importance of Networking at Every Opportunity
- September 4, 2019
- Posted by: David Marshall
- Category: Leadership
I spent a lot of time at the Center for Creative Leadership and the Darden School of Business, networking with and learning from a lot of great people. People who were doing important work for a number of different government agencies, large corporations, and wide-reaching nongovernmental organizations. The faculty put us through the wringer most
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Are You Serving on a Good or Bad Board of Directors?
- August 28, 2019
- Posted by: David Marshall
- Category: Business, Leadership, Management
As someone who has served on a board of directors at different times, I pay attention to corporate and nonprofit boards. A few weeks ago, I received an email newsletter from a fellow named Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures about his experience with boards of directors and the two types of problematic boards. He
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Another Important Lesson in Self-Awareness from the Center For Creative Leadership
- July 17, 2019
- Posted by: David Marshall
- Category: Leadership, Management
Last week, I talked about my time at the Center for Creative Leadership in North Carolina. I attended with many military and government leaders who wanted to improve their own leadership skills. I learned a lot of valuable lessons there, including how to communicate, how to manage, and how to lead. One important lesson I
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An Important Lesson in Intelligent Listening Learned from the Center For Creative Leadership
- July 10, 2019
- Posted by: David Marshall
- Category: Leadership, Management
Several (okay, many) years ago, I had a chance to attend the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, North Carolina. I attended with many military and government leaders who were looking to improve their own leadership skills and better manage their staffs. While I was there, I learned a lot of valuable lessons about how
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Impostor Syndrome vs Dunning-Kruger Effect
- June 12, 2019
- Posted by: David Marshall
- Category: Leadership, Management
Last week, I wrote about the Impostor Syndrome (How Do Executives Deal With Impostor Syndrome?) and the effect it has on people. I said Impostor Syndrome is. . . . . . the fear that you’re not good enough for the job you’re supposed to do, and that you’re going to be discovered and outed
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Creating a Caring Company Culture Where You Can Have Retention
- April 17, 2019
- Posted by: David Marshall
- Category: Leadership, Management
When I think of company culture, I think of a company’s office environment, the attitudes of the people, and the general emotional atmosphere around the building. It’s the feeling of camaraderie and the drive to get things done. It’s the relationships and whether people get along. A company culture can tell you a lot about