With more than 30 years of experience, Blue-Collar Leadership® offers proven, trusted, solutions for Blue-Collar workforce and leadership development.
Helping Leaders Engage the Front Line to Improve the Bottom Line.®
Our Blue-Collar Leadership® training modules cover a variety of topics – such as increasing teamwork, building trust, improving culture, leading change, developing the front line workforce, and equipping leaders/supervisors. Each program can be a keynote or an onsite development session – or anything in between.
Explore options below and schedule a call with Mack to get started or discuss custom programs.
Blue-Collar Leadership®
Engage the Front Line to Improve the Bottom Line®
Key Takeaways:
- A mindset shift from “having a job” to “becoming a leader”
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How to increase influence with or without a position of authority
- Understand the how and why of responsibility
- How to make an impact right where you are
- How to build influence with leaders and teammates
- Become more valuable on purpose
Blue-Collar Leadership® & Teamwork
Turn Team Members into High-Impact Team Players
Key Takeaways:
- Shift from “me” to “we”
- Become a high-impact team player, not just a high-impact worker
- Practice traits that build trust: responsible, humble, flexible, engaged
- Make teammates better, not just yourself
- Support the team’s purpose instead of a personal scoreboard
Blue-Collar Leadership® & Supervision
Move from Management to Leadership
Key Takeaways:
- How to lead with character, not just title
- How to build trust and respect where the work happens
- How to develop themselves
- How to develop their people
- How to increase influence and get better results from their crew/team
Blue-Collar Leadership® & Culture
Attract and Retain Top Talent
Key Takeaways:
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A practical mental roadmap/guide to facilitate culture transformation
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Clarity on how to intentionally become a Sought-After Employer of Choice
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Methods to attract top talent instead of constantly recruiting
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Tips and strategies to reduce turnover
- What “employer of choice” looks/feels like in a plant, shop, or yard — not a poster
Blue-Collar Kaizen
Sustainable Execution and Continuous Improvement
Key Takeaways:
- How to lead and engage Lean teams
- How to generate buy-in to the change and to the person leading it
- How to minimize frustration, resistance, and confusion
- How to engage, empower, and encourage, so gains survive week two – and beyond
- How to build a culture of kaizen where improvement is expected
Change Happens
Turn Resistance into Opportunity and Accelerate Buy-In
Key Takeaways:
- Lead yourself through change before you try to lead others
- Identify and capitalize on opportunities created by change
- Generate and increase buy-in for new initiatives
- Help people shift mindset at every level
- Become a change champion others will follow
Straight Talk: The Power of Effective Communication
Connection is the Key to Communication
Key Takeaways:
- Why connection leverages communication
- How to connect first, so the message is received
- How to build trust and influence through communication
- How to remember names and treat people like they matter
- Skills for difficult dialogue and hard conversation situations
The Ladder of Influence
5 Steps for Climbing to the Next Level and Beyond
Key Takeaways:
- A clear 5-step structure for building influence
- How to and why you should lead yourself first
- How character and competence build trust
- Why developing others maximizes your influence
- How consistent contribution allows you to leave a legacy within others
Who's Buying You?
Until You Sell Yourself, You Won't Sell Much
Key Takeaways:
- How to turn your character into your competitive advantage
- How to sell yourself before you attempt to sell your product or service
- How to increase influence which increases your sales
- How to build trust to strengthen customer relationships
- How to compete on character when others are competing on price
10 Values of High Impact Leaders
Lead with Impact
Key Takeaways:
- How to align habits with the 10 values
- How to lead with 360° influence
- How to delegate outcomes, not just tasks
- How to lead with questions, not directions
- How to build leaders who build leaders
PRIME Time
Workplace Time Management Training
Key Takeaways:
- How to set goals that can be executed, not just announced
- How to plan the week around priorities
- How to set boundaries, and say no without guilt
- How to execute instead of living in the whirlwind
Leadership Gems for Women
Character-Based Influence
Key Takeaways:
- How to lead with authenticity instead of a borrowed style
- How to build resilience when the job (or the room) gets tough
- How to model courage and confidence
- How to earn trust with crews, peers, and leaders
- How to leverage purpose and passion to achieve better results