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Distraction from Action

7/17/2024

Spoke to a CEO of a large foundry the other day.

They’re busy. Always looking for workers.

Same story as most manufacturing companies.

His biggest challenge right now from a productivity standpoint, is that the workers in the plant are constantly on their phones.

Taking away from production.

Hmmm.

How do you handle this challenge as a manager?


He says, he doesn’t know … phones belong to the employees, and you can’t just let go of a skilled worker because they check their phone.

But productivity is being negatively impacted.


Foundry factory phone challenges, who would have thunk?


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Jim Guerrera

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Jim Guerrera

Jim Guerrera, Managing Director, founded SCN in 2000. Jim is primarily responsible for the development of the leaders at SCN, strategic planning, the hiring and development of company associates, culture leadership, core value leadership, sales le...

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