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Productivity + Engagement for Manufacturing Leaders: Using Mindfulness Without Losing Operational Focus #45
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Productivity + Engagement for Manufacturing Leaders: Using Mindfulness Without Losing Operational Focus #45

Manufacturing Greatness | Productivity | Retention | Profits | Continuous Improvement | Safety | Workforce Development | Labor Challenges | Skills Gaps | Industry 4.0 · Trevor Blondeel

August 11, 202124m 4s

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Show Notes

Mindful Employment:

Throwing the Baby Out with the Bath Water

with Trevor & Dave

#45

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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!

00:00 - Intro 00:28 – Mindfulness relative to the employment challenges today

02:07 – The "shortage

03:35 – We just need warm bodies

05:08 – The pressure on incumbents to feel valued

06:00 – Values and retaining your culture

06:41 – 6 X 12 workweek and its impact

08:18 – Are we driving our workforce away?

09:12 – Making mindful decisions as an employee and employer

10:56 – Intentionality

10:15 – "If you can label it, you can tame it"

10:50 – Turnover rationale

12:02 – Loving you workforce and why the relationship is sustained

13:48 – Go flip hamburgers somewhere. Really?

14:45 – Leaders' mindfulness messaging and alignment

15:15 – The huge disconnect

16:00 – The devil you know is better than the devil you don't know

17:06 – The employment equation

17:47 – A Mindful word for the Employee

19:46 – A Mindful word for the Employer

22:20 – It's time for us to talk about this

23:28 – Closing

24:00 - End