It is probably not a surprise when I say that the best leaders have a range of skills and tools that they can deploy at any one time. The key to leadership is to have as many tools as then to know when to use each tool. If your management skills were a real toolbox, then there is one skill that...
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Coaching is not just an activity consigned to the training room or your office, or something that takes hours each month. 'Every day' coaching is a habit you can do every single day. Opportunities to coach your team, improve their performance and develop their independence, come to you many...
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As an MD I was in two different types of peer groups, Vistage and The Alternative Board and I found them invaluable to me as a leader. I know am fortunate to run the Yorkshire branch of the Manufacturers Alliance, helping develop manufacturing leaders across the county. Read on the find why I...
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It wasn’t the HSE Inspectors or Fire Officers that worried me most when running a manufacturing company. It was my insurance auditor, who seemed to demand more from me than any H&S legislation or fire regulations ever did. And if I didn’t do all this extra work that was specified then there...
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In the 1970s, I was introduced to manufacturing in my Grandad's pickle factory. My lifelong love affair with manufacturing started here. As I approach my 30th anniversary of working in manufacturing, the excitement of making things in factories has stayed with me all my working life. The idea...
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Many people believe that the culture in an organisation is set from the top down or the bottom up, but in a manufacturing organisation, I believe it is the Supervisors who set the standard for your culture.
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