Practical Leadership & Management for the Electronics Industry

Build stronger teams, communicate clearly, and lead through change.

Leadership in Manufacturing is an independent learning platform created by Sannah Vinding for people leading technical and commercial teams across the electronics industry.

Through interviews, articles, short videos, and newsletters, LIM shares practical leadership and management lessons from people working across electronics manufacturing, distribution, supply chain, and the manufacturers’ rep community.

Explore how industry leaders build trust, develop people, make decisions, and manage change. Choose the format that fits your day and take away something you can use with your own team

Set Direction and Build Accountability

Explore how leaders clarify priorities, delegate responsibility, and help people take ownership of their work. Find practical approaches to keeping teams aligned across functions, locations, and competing demands.

Build Trust Across Teams and Business Relationships

Learn how industry leaders communicate expectations, listen to different perspectives, and handle difficult conversations. Explore ways to strengthen relationships within your team and across manufacturers, distributors, reps, suppliers, and customers.

Develop People and Prepare Future Leaders

Discover how experienced managers approach feedback, coaching, recognition, and succession. Learn how they help people grow into greater responsibility and make room for others to lead.

Lead Through AI and Organizational Change

Explore how leaders across the electronics industry approach AI, changing workflows, and shifting customer expectations. Understand where tools can help and where human judgment, relationships, and accountability remain essential.

Learn From Industry Experience

Learn from the situations industry leaders have faced, the decisions they have made, and the lessons they have carried forward. Connect their experiences with the challenges you face in your own work.

Use a lesson from an article, conversation, short video, or newsletter to reflect on your approach, start a team discussion, or prepare for a decision.

Who Is Leadership in Manufacturing For?

LIM is for managers, executives, and emerging leaders working across electronics manufacturers, distributors, supply chain organizations, and manufacturers’ rep firms.

It is especially relevant if you:

• Lead engineering, operations, sales, marketing, product, or a business.
• Manage technical, commercial, or cross-functional teams.
• Coordinate people across locations, organizations, or time zones.
• Develop others or prepare for greater leadership responsibility.
• Want practical perspectives from people who understand your industry.

What Makes LIM Relevant to the Electronics Industry?

The conversations draw on firsthand experience from people working in the industry. Topics connect leadership and management with the realities of technical products, customer relationships, supplier partnerships, and developing teams.

Sannah brings her own experience in engineering, product marketing, and commercial leadership to these discussions, asking questions that connect industry experience with everyday work.

Do I Need to Listen to a Full Episode?

No. Articles, newsletters, and short videos offer lessons you can use on their own. Full episodes provide more context when you want to explore a topic further.

Read an article, watch a short video, listen to a conversation, or get insights in your inbox. Choose what works for you.

Find an Idea You Can Use With Your Team

Explore a topic that matters to your work, from building trust and developing people to managing change and improving collaboration.