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The Leadership Connection
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Episode 2: George Parada

The Leadership Connection Host, Doug Plucknette, interviews reliability leader George Parada in Episode 2 of this series. George has spent his career working in the food and beverage industry and is currently the Global Asset Management & Ops Readiness Manager at Facebook.

The Leadership Connection
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Episode 1: Tim Goshert

The Leadership Connection Host, Doug Plucknette, interviews reliability leader Tim Goshert in Episode 1 of this series. Tim has 40 years of experience working in processing industries.

Two Minute Tips
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How Do You Trigger Change in Your Plant

Implementing a CMMS involves making changes. How can we convince people to buy into these changes…

Interviews
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Mental Health in the Face of Uncertainty

With the COVID-19, we're facing a lot of uncertainty and changes in our daily routine. How can we stay safe from a mindset perspective and grow during this time instead of shrinking in fear? How do we deal with the unrest in the stock market, uncertainty around our jobs/companies, uncertainty around when our lives will return to normal?

Learning Paths
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Assembling Your Production System Project Team

In our series on selecting the right team for your next project we will walk through each role, why it’s critical to the process and which of your team members show the right traits to be the ideal fit. Whether you're anticipating a smaller project or a massive overhaul, you'll need to put your team in place before any major decisions are made.

Interviews
Leaders Interview With Tom Moriarty
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Leaders Need a Personal Mission, Vision and Values

In this interview, Tom Moriarty discusses the definition of a leader as "A leader, provided with direction and requirements, applying leadership roles, attributes and skills, through personal and position power, to influence others towards achieving goals." He shares the there are two important aspects regarding the person who is a formal leadership position.

10 Minute Talk
Corporate Counter-Dependency
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Corporate Counter-Dependency: Why This Is a Problem

In psychology there’s a phenomenon known as “counter-dependency”. People with this tendency will refuse help when it is offered and won’t even seek it when confronted with a problem. Organizations that are poorer performers often exhibit this same tendency.,,

Two Minute Tips
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Reliability Training

Any real sense of reliability training returning the greatest possible value must be based upon the needs of the business and the future growth and technology, extending to every individual and department. Reliability training must not be conceived as something to improve the skills of the lowest technician but to improve the skills of every technician.

Five Minute Facts
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What is the Impact of Automation on Skilled Trades

In a few buildings in Manhattan I’ve boarded and have had elevator operators who ask for your floor and perform some manual operations. However, when you step into an average modern passenger elevator you push a button and off you go. In an effort to reduce waiting times and delays, there are systems where you declare your floor and are assigned an elevator.

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