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Burnout Is A Real Workforce Challenge

Burnout Is A Real Workforce Challenge Randy Wolken, President & CEO I’m willing to guess that you've experienced feelings of burnout recently, or at least at some point in your...

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A Head Start – Part 2

A Head Start – Part 2 David Freund, Chief Leadership Officer Last week, I shared some thoughts on how you can get a head start over your peers and the...

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Are You Leveraging Your Team’s Strengths?

Are You Leveraging Your Team’s Strengths? Randy Wolken, President & CEO We want our team members to operate in their areas of strength. When this happens, everyone wins. We win...

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A Head Start

A Head Start David Freund, Chief Leadership Officer Would you like to have a head start over your peers? How about a head start over your competitors? While I was...

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Manufacturing Matters: September

Click here to view this month’s issue of Manufacturing Matters   INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Cover Story: Another Eventful Day on the Links at Our 26th Annual Golf Tournament   Page 3...

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15 Tech Trends Shaping The Future

15 Tech Trends Shaping The Future Randy Wolken, President & CEO Technology is changing everything in our work and home lives. We see this among our MACNY members as we...

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Beware of the Dip

Beware of the Dip David Freund, Chief Leadership Officer Have you ever noticed how you have this dip in emotions after you return from a vacation or an inspiring event?...

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Series: What’s Culture And Why You Need A Good One – Part 4

Culture is the key to innovation. Research shows that one of the keys to innovation is psychological safety. Innovative ideas flow out of a creative process that allows for brainstorming,...

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Manufacturing Is Changing Fast

Manufacturing Is Changing Fast Randy Wolken, President & CEO All of us are navigating in a less predictable, increasingly complex, and rapidly changing operating environment. Technological innovation is accelerating and...

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Nine Years Ago

Nine Years Ago David Freund, Chief Leadership Officer Nine years ago this month, I walked into the biggest hotel I had ever seen, The Orlando World Center Marriott. This would...

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Series: What’s Culture And Why You Need A Good One – Part 3

Not investing in your culture is costing you more than you think. Research shows that companies who invest in creating a growth culture outperform those who don't. Have you intentionally...

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MACNY In The Months Ahead

MACNY In The Months Ahead Randy Wolken, President & CEO Summer has arrived and is mostly gone. However, I am looking forward to seeing so many members at our Annual...

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A Very Personal Insult

A Very Personal Insult David Freund, Chief Leadership Officer Last week I wrote my post titled “Hard is Good.” This week I want to take a look at another aspect...

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Series: What’s Culture And Why You Need A Good One – Part 2

Culture is the key ingredient in everything we make. Our culture will dictate who we attract to hire, how we treat our customer, and what defines a job well done.

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Cautious Optimism About The Economy

Cautious Optimism About The Economy Randy Wolken, President & CEO So far, the recession has failed to materialize, and inflation shows signs of weakening. With this, manufacturers and businesses grow...

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Hard is Good

Hard is Good David Freund, Chief Leadership Officer A few months ago, I was in a coaching session with a Director of Special Education. When she mentioned a conversation she...

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Series: What’s Culture And Why You Need A Good One – Part 1

Culture is the assumptions, relational norms, things celebrated, and the underlying stories that shape us. We want to avoid a lack of clarity or worse bad actors that ruin the...

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Global Economic Optimism Grows

Global Economic Optimism Grows Randy Wolken, President & CEO For the first time in more than a year, global executives are more positive than negative about conditions in the economy. In...

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It’s An Inside Job

It's An Inside Job David Freund, Chief Leadership Officer The difference between a winner and a whiner is that whiners wait to do something until they feel like it, and...

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Reshoring And Nearshoring Accelerate

Reshoring And Nearshoring Accelerate Randy Wolken, President & CEO Last year the predicted trends of reshoring and nearshoring materialized. Reshoring and direct foreign investments related to manufacturing job announcements continued...

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