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Voices: Human Capital
Hold On Loosely
It’s a balancing act for leaders in giving too much, or too little direction. By Tom MoriartyPublished in Plant Services Magazine, Apr 01, 2021 It can be extremely hard for a leader to resist jumping in and giving too much direction or oversight. Leaders can also err...
Leadership Survey 2021 Call to Action
Back in 2015 I partnered with Tom Wilk and the staff at Plant Services magazine to create a leadership survey. We had about 300 respondents. After crunching the numbers, slicing and dicing the information, I wrote a series of Plant Services magazine articles that...
Leadership Skills: Develop Accountability from Top to Bottom
In my consulting practice, I was working with a company on scheduling and productivity issues on their multiple production lines. Primarily they were concerned with keeping up with the workload and availability of resources – having enough employees and contractors...
Reducing Losses
How organizations are reducing losses due to preventable maintenance issues A new report sheds light on maintenance economics. In September 2019 I was doing some research on the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP). I came across an article on the National...
How to Develop Qualified Employees
An analogy for developing employees... On January 21, 1971, Apollo 14 roared off the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center. Few people remember Apollo 14. Most of us know of Apollo 11 and, “One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.” A lot of us have seen the...
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...
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.