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Resilience for Operations Managers: Helping Teams Push Through Tough Times and Sustain Performance with Rick Ezell #35
Season 1 · Episode 35

Resilience for Operations Managers: Helping Teams Push Through Tough Times and Sustain Performance with Rick Ezell #35

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

March 24, 202129m 45s

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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!

00:00 – Introduction 00:29 – We're all wound up and need to unpack

01:33 – Rick Ezell; a workplace Chaplain

02:19 – The "boss's role"

02:46 – Unpacking vs. Venting

03:35 - Work, Personal, and Relational issues

04:25 – The Paradox

05:25 – The impact of time, expertise, and geography

06:11 – The proven need to talk, be reassured, and reminded

08:55 – Listening for the trends

09:30 – Advice for leaders without the luxury of an onsite Chaplaincy service

11:14 – The rules and value of a "listening session"

12:53 – % of conversations at work tend to be about personal and relationships

15:12 – Anecdotal evidence for leader's job requirements rarely recognized nor assessed

18:00 – The peril of ignoring the non-work-related issues

19:21 – The value of transparency and empathy

21:11 – Healthier people make better employee

24:40 – A manager's role in partnering with others

26:29 – A renewing of the mind

27:25 – A culture of care and desire for a resource

28:50 – Summary and closure

29:09 – Share your feedback with us

29:43 – End

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