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Why Turnover, Absenteeism, and Disengagement Are Destroying Your Safety Numbers

Posted by Kevin Burns on July 10, 2026

If your safety numbers aren't moving, your safety program probably isn't the problem.

How Industrial Operations Managers Sabotage Their Leadership Pipeline

Posted by Kevin Burns on June 19, 2026

when you feel there is no one to promote, you shortcut your leadership pipeline

If you ask most operations managers why they can't find anyone ready to promote, they'll tell you it's a people problem.

Why Employees Don't Trust Their Supervisors (3 Directions of Trust)

Posted by Kevin Burns on June 12, 2026

trust me why employees don't trust their supervisors

Ask most senior managers whether their employees trust their supervisors, and you'll get one of two answers. Either a confident yes or a long pause.

4 Ways Departmental Silos Are Costing You Every Metric

Posted by Kevin Burns on June 5, 2026

there are 4 ways silos are hurting your company

In nearly 30 years of working with industrial companies, almost every single one has admitted the same thing. They have a communications problem, a departmental silo problem, or heaven help them, both.

Have You Given Your Supervisors a Hope Promotion?

Posted by Kevin Burns on May 29, 2026

have you given your frontline supervisors a hope promotion

There's a mistake that almost every industrial operation makes when they promote someone to supervisor.

Leadership for frontline industrial supervisors.

Why Turnover, Absenteeism, and Disengagement Are Destroying Your Safety Numbers

How Industrial Operations Managers Sabotage Their Leadership Pipeline

Why Employees Don't Trust Their Supervisors (3 Directions of Trust)

4 Ways Departmental Silos Are Costing You Every Metric

Have You Given Your Supervisors a Hope Promotion?

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