And Your People Can Help You Get There “All entrepreneurs experience setbacks, but successful entrepreneurs move from one setback to the next without losing their motivation.” Steve Jobs struggled with his business as he tried to sell computers and was even kicked out of his own business for some period, but he didn’t let that stop him. Jobs later took a risk in buying Pixar in the hopes of creating a computer hardware company. In…
Cabinet production has remained consistent over the last 40 years. Production technology improvements have worked to enhance productivity and profits while maintaining the process. However,…
Employees are a crucial part of any organisation. Training and development should be as important to senior management and CEOs as bringing more customers/sales. In…
The skills shortage has been a problem since the dawn of the modern corporate system. Both companies and employees have not been able to keep pace with the rapid changes in almost every industry. The lack of skilled staff can obstruct or even stop some long-standing operations. Recently, many manufacturing-related jobs that require a highly specific skill-set are going unfilled. This situation is the result of an entire generation heading towards retirement without passing…
Do you invest in your physical health and appearance by going to the gym or buying supplements? How about your psychological well-being? As recent research…
Compared to the high-tech industry with its wealth of product innovations, most industries seem slow and boring. That is what I thought when I visited…
Let’s face it – most people don’t grow up fantasizing working in woodworking. Even after flying, firefighting, policing, you-tubing, instagramming, snap chatting, and countless others are exhausted – some may like woodworking as a hobby or reminisce about the walnut cabinet they built in their shop class – but even fewer still see it as a viable long-term career choice. The key is to attract a future generation of woodworkers to your business by developing…
Many employers/owners speak of the skills gap and the need for employees. I hope to address these needs with action items that can be implemented…
If you are the owner, leader or manager of a woodworking business and want to see your shop consistently run better and grow more quickly,…
