Leader Feeder by Unique Training & Development
Join our leadership experts for bi-weekly advice on how to develop consistent, capable and confident Supervisors, Managers and Team Leaders who drive safety, productivity, quality and team member engagement.
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Why Your Leadership Training Isn’t Sticking (opens the original)
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Kirk breaks down why leadership and compliance training so often fails to stick, even when the training itself is well-designed. It usually comes down to two things: a lack of clear relevance to the participant’s day-to-day, and no real expectation that anything will change once they’re back on the floor putting out fires. […]
3 Situations Where Leaders Prioritize Short-term Comfort Over Long-term Results (opens the original)
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Three difficult situations that manufacturing supervisors face, and the more you avoid them, the harder they get. In this episode of Leader Feeder, Kirk breaks down three situations where leaders prioritize short-term comfort over long-term results: confronting a long-tenured, highly respected employee about slipping performance, stepping into a conflict between two team members […]
Most Workplace Conflict Isn’t Personal (opens the original)
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Two team members who can't stand each other? It's probably not personality. Kirk breaks down the reasons conflict keeps showing up on the floor.
5 Ways Supervisors Play Favorites Without Knowing It (opens the original)
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Ask any supervisor if they play favorites, and they’ll say no. Ask their team, and you might get a different answer. That gap is where favoritism lives, and in manufacturing it almost never looks like a supervisor openly rewarding their friends. It’s quieter than that. In this Leader Feeder, Kirk breaks down why […]
Why Your Open Door Policy Isn’t Working (opens the original)
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Your door is open. Your team still isn't walking through it. In this episode of Leader Feeder, Kirk breaks down why the open door policy is one of the biggest myths in manufacturing leadership, and why saying "my door is always open" almost never leads to more communication from your team. If you're a frontline supervisor, line lead, or plant manager trying to get your team to actually bring you problems, questions, and ideas, we think this will help. In this episode: - Why the open door policy
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