3 C’s of Employee Development

by Lisa Pustelak, NWIRC, Strategic Planning & Culture Development Specialist With a desperate need for workforce by many companies and industries, is your company known as a “go to” for employment in your community? If not, why? How do your…

Three Things to Know About ISO 9001

by Kevin Smith, President, Leaderstone and The Kevin Shabaar Smith Co. If there’s one thing I know after delivering performance and quality management consulting for over a decade now, is that most people would rather take a hockey puck to…

Business Continuity Plans: Lessons Learned

By Francisco Garcia, Senior Management Consultant at Puerto Rico Manufacturing Extension Inc.   The pandemic and subsequent supply chain disruptions have been harsh reminders of the need for manufacturers to create or update their business continuity plan (BCP). Disruptions of…

UAA – We’ve Only Just Begun

by Bob Zaruta, President/CEO, NWIRC April is National Autism Month. A year ago, I wrote in my column about an exciting new program, the Uniquely Abled Academy (UAA). The program creates career opportunities with family-sustaining wages for young adults with…

Rebooting Lean Together – Company Reflections

by Molly Reichard, NWIRC, Culture Development & Training Specialist Culture, accountability, engagement – these three words were used frequently throughout presentations for NWIRC’s Lean Together™ Reboot graduation last month. Twenty-two (22) employees from seven (7) manufacturing companies gathered to celebrate…