{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Authentic Leadership in Manufacturing for Manufacturing Supervisors: Turning Relationships into Real Results with Kathy Miller #101","description":"Welcome to Manufacturing Greatness with Trevor Blondeel, where we work with organizations to manufacture greatness by leveraging resources you already have to achieve greater retention, productivity, and profits. To learn more, visit www.manufacturinggreatness.com and click here to subscribe to Trevor\u2019s monthly newsletter. Now, let\u2019s jump in! To make better decisions and improve engagement across manufacturing teams, leaders need diversity of thought and authentic leadership. In this episode, Kathy Miller, former manufacturing executive at General Motors, Delphi Automotive Systems, and Rolls Royce, and Women in Manufacturing Hall of Fame inductee, shares insights on manufacturing leadership, workplace culture, and employee engagement for Operations Managers, Production Managers, Manufacturing Managers, Team Leaders, and Shift Supervisors. Kathy draws from her experience as a woman in manufacturing to explain how communication skills, trust building, and growth mindset help leaders create stronger connections and better results. You will learn practical strategies to improve collaboration, support workforce retention, and build manufacturing cultures where people feel empowered, valued, and motivated to perform. 3:29 \u2013 Steel Toes and Stilettos is inspired by the different roles women play to be both their authentic, feminine selves and hold their own on a shop floor 4:21 \u2013 A successful journey in manufacturing requires soft skills, which can be harder to develop than people realize 5:19 \u2013 To make a significant cultural transformation stick in your organization, you need to make it feel like it belongs to the employees, and make them feel it with their hands and the hearts 8:23 \u2013 To get more women and their perspectives into manufacturing roles, it\u2019s important to get women into manufacturing roles at a young age 9:12 \u2013 Inclusive environments get better business results 9:35 \u2013 Every person in your organization has a heart, a brain, and a set of hands, and you have to tap into all three 11:00 \u2013 By giving others an opportunity to contribute, you can find new and better results 13:50 \u2013 Kathy\u2019s equation for successfully improving plants involves relationships, realities, results, and authenticity 14:45 \u2013 Every single relationship matters 16:37 \u2013 Face your realities and work on what\u2019s in your control 17:27 \u2013 Focus on where you are and you\u2019ll find results 18:09 \u2013 If you\u2019re a man in manufacturing, work to amplify female voices 19:05 \u2013 Women in manufacturing can also advocate for their authentic selves Connect with Kathy Miller Connect with Kathy on Linkedin Learn more from Kathy and her coauthor Shannon Karels on their website Buy Steel Toes and Stilettos  ","author_name":"Manufacturing Greatness | Productivity | Retention | Profits | Continuous Improvement | Safety | Workforce Development | Labor Challenges | Skills Gaps | Industry 4.0","author_url":"https:\/\/manufacturinggreatness.com","html":"