All Leadership Episodes

Where Experience Meets Leadership Growth

Browse all episodes of the Leadership in Manufacturing Podcast and hear how experienced leaders across electronics, manufacturing, and supply chain navigate complexity, lead people through change, and build trust in high pressure environments.

These are real conversations with executives, directors, and operators who are actively leading technical teams today.

Built for Leaders Navigating Rising Complexity

Every episode focuses on one core challenge leaders face when technical complexity, operational pressure, and people leadership collide.

No theory.
No generic leadership advice.
No hype.

Just practical insights from leaders who have been there.

What You Will Learn

Across the episodes, you will hear how leaders:

Stay grounded and decisive during disruption
Build trust across functions, regions, and cultures
Lead change without micromanaging
Communicate priorities clearly when everything feels urgent
Use AI and data to reduce noise, not replace leadership
Develop people without losing accountability
Turn belief, listening, and feedback into execution

All Leadership Episodes

Explore conversations leaders return to when expectations are high and answers are not obvious.

KPIs have not evolved, the way we use KPI’s has evolved – Jeff Smith – Episode 18

What are KPIs and what do they mean and how can you use them to improve performance? First of all, KPIs are not targets to be hit, they help you identify areas where improvements need to be made so you can focus your efforts accordingly.

Agile, It’s all about plan-do-check-act – Ricardo Liberato – Episode 17

Episode 17 – Ricardo Liberato
If you’re only trying things that succeed. You’re not going to innovate Why is agile important for a learning organization? Agile is about teaching the mindset that we are always questioning what we are doing.

How do you build a people centric culture? Jared Allmond – Episode 16

Episode 16 – Jared Allmond
The importance of being a people-centric organization How do you build a people-centric culture? you start with aligning with people’s values. The culture is the secret sauce and it is unique for every business

Coach to inspire and to learn – Andy Skipper

Episode 15 – Andy Skipper
Encouraging coaching and mentorship are key components when managing modern employees. The right skills play a critical role in driving future success and it is all about asking the right questions, empower employees, provide feedback, know each individual’s strengths and be a great listener. Coach to inspire — and to learn.

Lean-Agile Mindset – Steve Stucky

Episode 14 – Steve Stucky
How can you radically reduce idea-to-market cycle times? How do you build sustainable, profitable growth for the business through better product development and the elimination of waste? Learn more about lean/agile methodology and why lean product development is not about cost reduction.

Failing fast and fail forward – Sudhanshu Srivastava

Episode 13 – Sudhanshu Srivastava
What is the secret sauce for a successful product launch? The secret is to create a knowledge-intensive company where there is a dynamic between knowledge creation and knowledge sharing across the entire company.

I tech them how to actually think – Fred Leland

Episode 12 – Fred Leland
How can decision making and problems solving skills be improved? What is sense-making teaching/learning and can it helps us to solve problems better? Learn how to help your people work together more effectively by changing your way of teaching.

How to think outside your own experience – Terry Barnhart

Episode 11 – Terry Barnhart
What are the tools you teach people about how to think? How do you get teams to work together collaboratively on learning? It’s really hard. Every high-performing team goes through cycles of growth and development and what really matters is how the team thinks and acts together.

Let go and stay curious – Paul Dunlop

Episode 10 – Paul Dunlop
How good is your company at problem-solving? Learn more about how LEGO serious play works as a catalyst and can improve the implementation of a lean management system in your organization. The lean mindset is effective in any process-driven environment whether it’s in the delivery of a service or a product.