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He's sitting in his office wondering what to do. Demands from above wave objectives in front of him he doesn't know how to meet, and from...

People are very alive to the fact that there are workplaces where management meets more than their basic needs, aspiring to the higher...

Suffering the costly effects of negativity in your company and want to lay some positive foundations on which to rebuild your culture?...

Do you suspect low morale is affecting your production output? You're probably right. Here's how it happens :- People internalise...

There's a ring of truth in all that people say, whether it's understood by others or shared as a perspective is a matter of subjectivity....

Have you considered the possibility that your workplace could be harbouring intense stress levels, pushing people to the brink of their...

There's a big chasm between the shop floor and the upper management team, guarded by terrified Trolls appearing when no-one is looking to...

The first High Noon webinar went live yesterday to a small audience who really enjoyed the production and gave great feedback at the end....

Initiated in the 1950s by economist Howard Bowen, CSR has become all but forgotten in the rush for technology to answer profitability...

The Manufacturing Assembly Network puts "developing skills, attracting the next generation of engineers and ensuring safe and supportive...

Shop floors can be difficult - that's probably why most training-delivery companies prefer to cosy up with the management team who've...

In the industrial workplace, there are obvious reasons why communication should be a priority in the training matrix. Loud, dangerous and...

Somewhere in your workplace there's probably a fire hazard. I don't mean the health-and-safety kind of hazard, I mean a location where...

A long time ago I was invited to take up a serious challenge. Once there stood a building on the outskirts of a sprawling steelworks,...

In the world of engineering, there are lots of ways for motivation to melt. Let's face it, the job may not be that exciting. Long shifts,...

Are you frustrated by lack of impetus in culture transformation? There's probably a very good reason, but you might not want to hear it....

Every company worth its salt has KPIs, or would like to have them if the majority wasn't biased against the gravitas they represent. Dry...

In a harsh, unforgiving industrial environment, how do you go about turning negative into positive? We are very small units on a planet...

Never before has mental health been such a high-profile issue. In the field of engineering, employees and business owners contend with...

Why wouldn't anyone want to look after a vested interest? 32 years ago I moved to the village I live in now, and the wildlife was...