Leader Feeder by Unique Training & Development

Leader Feeder by Unique Training & Development

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Leader Feeder by Unique Training & Development episodes

  • Why Your Team Resists Change (And How Frontline Leaders Can Fix It)
        In 1878, people predicted electric light would never catch on. They said the automobile was just a fad and we’d never make it to the moon. They were wrong, and Kirk uses these famously bad predictions to dig into something every frontline leader deals with: how we respond to change. In this episode, […]
    9 min
  • Why Your Best Operators Become Struggling Supervisors
        Kirk dives into something we see all the time in the organizations we work with—the gap between promoting a great technical operator and actually setting them up to succeed as a frontline leader/supervisor. When someone starts as a new operator, we’d never just put them in front of a machine and tell them […]
    12 min
  • Tried Empowering Your Team… and It Failed?
        What do you do when you try to empower your team… and it doesn’t work? Kirk breaks down one a common leadership challenge: You give someone responsibility… and they don’t meet expectations. So what happens next? Most leaders take the work back.And that’s where things start to go wrong. In this episode, you’ll […]
    16 min
  • Training the Available into the Capable
        Turnover can feel like an endless cycle. When the pool of experienced workers runs dry, frontline leaders are often left with “available” candidates—people with great potential but zero production experience. How do you turn them into “capable” team members who actually want to stick around? Kirk breaks down practical, low-stress strategies to bridge […]
    14 min
  • How to Prevent Employee Disengagement in Manufacturing
        Employee disengagement is at an all-time high—and leaders everywhere are feeling the impact. In this episode, Kirk breaks down two practical, proven strategies to help you prevent disengagement before it starts. If you’re leading a team and noticing low energy, lack of ownership, or increasing frustration, this episode will give you simple, actionable […]
    12 min
  • How Leadership Development Makes Your Life (and Your Team’s) Easier
        Kirk dives into a question many frontline leaders ask: “Why should I care about leadership development if I’m already doing ‘good enough’?” Many leaders in manufacturing and supply chain are promoted because they are excellent technical operators, not necessarily because they have formal leadership training. Kirk explores how viewing leadership as a learnable […]
    11 min
  • Reversing Quiet Quitting: Managing Disengagement
    Lately, you’ve probably seen the term "quiet quitting" all over the headlines. While the term is trending, the behavior itself—people coming in, doing the bare minimum, and clocking out the exact second their shift ends—is certainly not new.
    But let’s be honest, quiet quitting is really just another word for disengagement. Whether your team feels undervalued, overworked, or just disconnected from the "why" behind their work, that lack of engagement hits your organization's performance hard.
    In this episode, Kirk shares three practical strategies you can implement right away to re-engage your team and start reversing that trend.
    12 min
  • 4 Ways to Improve Your Production Floor Communication
        Kirk discusses how to improve communication on the production floor. Communication is the backbone of leadership, and as a leader, much of your daily role involves facilitating the flow of information. He shares four practical tips for frontline leaders to help remove ambiguity and ensure messages are delivered effectively. By focusing on planning, […]
    8 min

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