In any healthy organization, 1:1 meetings create alignment around priorities, progress, and accountability. Yet too often, these conversations become consumed by managing today and improving tomorrow, leaving little space for intentional development. The 4/3 meeting fills in the gap of the 1:1 by adding a deliberate commitment to growth. It creates space for leaders and followers to ask where they are getting in each way, align on development goals, and invest in becoming bet

Operational empathy is not sympathy. It is the act of listening and understanding the operations. It is the constant reminder that manufacturers manufacture. It is the act of staying close enough to the floor to sense things such as fatigue, complacency, and momentum.

Since 1996, college football has not experienced a tie. Instead, the emotions of a game get carried into overtime. The current college football student body was not even born when the last time a tie occurred. Could this be why fans seem to be rushing the field after a victory more than ever before? Have we lost the value of a regular season win, at the expense of removing the emotions learned from a tie? This blog looks at this history, and considers what we have lost withou

Leaving a job is common. Leaving a legacy is rare. This blog explores why how you leave may matter just as much as how you arrived—and what it means to transition with purpose.

As virtual meetings become a permanent fixture of modern work life, organizations must grapple with a subtle but critical challenge: emotional disengagement. This blog explores how virtual platforms often fail to engage the amygdala, the part of the brain responsible for processing emotion and forming memories. When the amygdala isn't engaged, it leads to reduced retention, motivation, and collaboration.

The goal of a leader is to make their team feel special. A recent activity existed in a company where they made a tempered version of a "signing day" for recent co-ops that were signing a full time employees. The importance of the event humbled many with the response of one of the employees when asked to describe the experience.

These are my Top 10 lessons learned from the service industry that are applicable to manufacturing.

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