Engagement for Frontline Supervisors: Understanding Your Impact to Build Stronger Teams and Better Daily Performance with Dave Baker #23
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Show Notes
Welcome to Manufacturing Greatness with Trevor Blondeel, where we work with organizations to manufacture greatness by leveraging resources you already have to achieve greater retention, productivity, and profits. To learn more, visit www.manufacturinggreatness.com and click here to subscribe to Trevor's monthly newsletter.
Now, let's jump in!
With over 20 years in HR across automotive, pharmaceutical, and wood products manufacturing, Dave joins the podcast to share insights on manufacturing leadership, workforce engagement, and authentic leadership for Operations Managers, Production Managers, Manufacturing Managers, and Shift Supervisors.
We talk communication skills, accountability, and trust building, plus how leadership at every level connects to culture, retention, and getting real results on the shop floor.
:40 – Listener feedback: Kim reminded us that just being aware that sometimes we're very hard on ourselves and that it's okay, to not get everything done, nor show up as that person that's always doing the right thing, because that's how we learn. Our journey is more like the golf game, just trying to hit the green more often
02:16 – Introducing new co-host and guest for today Dave Baker
04:07 – The practicality of why Mindfulness in manufacturing matters
06:00 – Mindful contrasts of being masked and not masked
08:31 – Presentation to a CEO making no eye contact and the resulting impact
12:00 – Mindfulness of the blue-collar worker 'pulling handles' at 3:00 a.m.
17:36 – That 'silly certificate'
18:57 - The money left on the table in the absence of discretionary effort
20:29 – A funeral and a tie. Underestimating the impact you have on people. That estimation that you have on others is what's called mindfulness.
22:45 – Work the shutdown? Nope, and here's why
23:48 - The one thing: pay attention to what you say how & how you say it
25:49 – What would be done all over again? Stepping forward to make mindful changes to facilitate positive employee relations to get better results
29:32 – Summary
30:05 - Closure