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Voices: Human Capital
Get More from Your Team Meetings
Do You Have Effective Meetings? During Meetings Are You Talking Too Much? Can You Talk Less? This article is part of Plant Services Magazine's monthly Human Capital column. Read more from Tom Moriarty. Published July 31, 2020 Buy a signed copy of Tom's Book, The...
Defect Elimination and Whiteboard Mapping
Defect elimination and whiteboard process mapping. Consider these two ways to help your teams maintain productivity and continually keep performance high. By Tom Moriarty Published by Plant Services Magazine Jun 30, 2020 “A few months ago, we were firing on all...
How to Fix Work-Life Balance for Your Team
Follow these three steps to reduce stress at work and increase motivation for you and your personnel. By Tom Moriarty Published in Plant Services Magazine May 28, 2020 I had a question from a work center supervisor who wanted to know how a leader can improve work-life...
Who Are The Chiefs At Your Plant
Who are the chiefs at your plant, and are you giving them the respect and appreciation they deserve? If you can’t identify your chiefs within five minutes, then you have some work to do – on yourself. By Tom Moriarty Published in Plant Services Magazine May 05, 2020...
Supervisors, Keep Your Hands Off of the Tools and Focus on Leading Your Team
Focus on being a supervisor, and leave the work force to do their job. By Tom Moriarty Published in Plant Services Magazine Apr 02, 2020 I’ve said in many articles and presentations that the two most difficult things for a new leader to do are (1) to put down the...
Keep Momentum Going
How to keep momentum going once a challenging goal is achieved; 4 ways to turn short-term success into long-term achievements. By Tom Moriarty Published in Plant Services Magazine Mar 04, 2020 Over the course of several months you’ve worked hard to drive up...
If Your Team Isn’t Ideal, Then Start with What You Have
Jim Collins says first disciplined people, then disciplined thought. I say you have to start with what you have. Disciplined thought first, then disciplined people.
How Much Guidance is Too Much?
How much guidance should there be? When I conduct two-day Productive Leadership workshops, I start out with introductions. Going around the room, I ask attendees their name, their position, and what they would like to get from the training. In general, they want to...
Two Ways to Address the Skilled Labor Shortage
Two ways to address the skilled labor shortage Do you want to fight over the slices of an existing pie, or do you expand the pie for everyone? By Tom Moriarty Published in Plant Services Magazine, Nov 06, 2019 Contact Tom to discuss Productive Leadership consulting...
How to act on your personal vision
Your personal vision may change over time, but the process for realizing it shouldn’t. "How to create and own your personal vision" Read "Setting personal values: What do you want to be known for?" By Tom Moriarty, published July 01, 2019 in Plant Services Magazine In...
Voices: Human Capital
Human Capital is a monthly column for plant managers, department managers, supervisors and aspiring leaders. This column provides a blend of leadership and organizational development concepts with practical applications and insight.