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Top 10 Tips: Successful manufacturers get things done. I’m continuing the Top 10 Tips gleaned from successful companies and leaders that I’ve worked with over my 40-year career. Although the two [...]

Rubbing two sticks together to make fire By Paul Hogendoorn Its tough starting a business. Its not for the faint of heart. The first challenge is the biggest – getting it started – but then [...]

Co-op Students the Key to Plant Managers’ Success By Paul Hogendoorn As I continue to share the Top 10 Tips I gleaned from industry leading manufacturers over my 40 year career, I almost missed [...]

Leading for Success: Tips to help you make your company great! I’m continuing the series of sharing the top 10 tips I’ve learned from manufacturing companies I had the privilege of working with. [...]

Leading for Success: Tips to help you make your company great! by Paul Hogendoorn [email protected] I’m continuing the series of sharing tips I’ve learned from manufacturing companies and [...]

Leading to Win: Best practices learned from a 40-year career. By Paul Hogendoorn   I’m a half-dozen weeks into “non-employment”, which is a new and interesting condition for me. I’ve been [...]

Finishing Well By Paul Hogendoorn What does it mean to “finish well,” and how important is it to do so? That’s a question I have thought about from time to time over the last dozen years, but [...]

“Old is Gold” – Lessons learned from TB12 and Superbowl LV by Paul Hogendoorn I confess I am a big Tom Brady fan and was rooting for him to get number seven. Yes, I am in awe of Patrick [...]

Three Reasons for Manufacturing’s Resilience By Paul Hogendoorn The manufacturing industry in North America has proven to be very robust, resilient and durable during the Covid crisis. Even [...]

The Critical Value of Purposeful Work How do your end up building a motorcycle in your family room? (Its not actually too difficult to explain). My wife and granddaughter have kept me plenty busy [...]