Creating a Safety Culture

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Creating a Safety Culture

Creating a Safety Culture

 If you’re a leader in a production or operations role, safety should be your top priority. When leaders emphasize safety, workers know that management cares about them.  What is it that motivates unsafe or risky behavior? Usually it involves the worker deciding that productivity and shortcuts will save time, and they think that […]

The Importance of Productivity

The Importance of Productivity

 Productivity should be a major focal point for virtually every leader, because your team’s output has a direct impact on revenue and cost. Productivity is how much output your team can generate within the resources you have available. The more you can produce with the resources available, the greater the value your team generates. […]

Avoid Communication Confusion

Avoid Communication Confusion

Words can be interpreted differently by different people, so it’s important as a leader to avoid communication confusion. Leaders who use vague words can be easily misinterpreted. Here are just a few examples: “That employee is always late.” “Sometimes the machine is down.” “We almost never have an issue with that supplier.” The problem with […]

Avoid Communication Confusion

Avoid Communication Confusion

 Words can be interpreted differently by different people, so it’s important as a leader to avoid communication confusion. Leaders who use vague words can be easily misinterpreted. Here are just a few examples: “That employee is always late.” “Sometimes the machine is down.” “We almost never have an issue with that supplier.” The problem […]