leaders

  • Your Company’s Management Style is Driving Off Employees

    • June 12, 2024
    • Posted by: David Marshall
    • Category: Leadership, Management
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    Winston Churchill is one of my heroes and I look to him as a leader I admire.

    Manufacturing does not have the reputation of being progressive or forward-thinking when it comes to management style, allowing their employees to grow and develop, or considering their employees’ mental health and feelings. Maybe you think it’s soft and you think, “We never had any of that nonsense when I was young! We just sucked it

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  • No More Company Cars

    • June 5, 2024
    • Posted by: David Marshall
    • Category: Business, Management
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    I upset a few people when I put an end to company cars. But they cheered right up when I gave them a car allowance instead that allowed them to get paid to drive their own car.

    I’ll admit, I hate the idea of company cars. They’re a royal pain in the ass and they cause a lot of problems and strife within a company. One thing I did whenever I started in any new leadership role at a company was to eliminate the company cars completely. After all, we were in

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  • How to Develop Good Habits as a Leader

    • March 20, 2024
    • Posted by: David Marshall
    • Category: Leadership
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    Good leaders are always open to new ideas about how to become better leaders.

    Good leaders are always open to new ideas about how to become better leaders. They don’t assume they know everything, especially as they ascend to higher and higher positions. They know their strengths and work to make them even stronger. They know their weaknesses and work to make them, well, stronger, too. You don’t have

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