Oct 1, 2026 · 40 min · 13 segments
Manufacturing Month 2026 kicked off with a bang Oct. 1 at the Robinson headquarters in De Pere, as training and development manager Jeff Engelbrecht and training and development specialist Ryan…
So Jeff already knows this, but we conclude every episode with your best leadership episode.
I think even though I'm 54 bordering on 55, memory, recollection, long-term and short-term is a struggle at times.
But I think it was along the lines of probably set the example, set expectations, train people to be able to meet those expectations and hold them accountable.
Applause But since this is Ryan's first time on New Manufacturing Insights, I'd love to give you the chance to share your best leadership insight.
Especially coming on board new here to a new company and a new career is just getting to meet those people on the floor and investing in them.
Whether that's something as simple as getting them a different pair of safety glasses that made all the world and the difference for guys that are our age to be able to read blueprints, things like that.
I have a unique opportunity in this is that I see them on sometimes on day one and day two, but then able to follow them through the RTA with them doing training again the next week down there and just being able to do that check in with that person.
We had built a relationship in the RTA with him, but he is, again, just knocking it out of the park and constantly checking in with them, how things are going, showing that appreciation for what they do.
Because at this company, when you look at it, it takes every single piece of what we do to make that end product.
Every cog in the wheel, if one of those goes down and we're not doing that right, The end product isn't what we want from the quality standpoint.
So Jeff already knows this, but we conclude every episode with your best leadership episode.
I think even though I'm 54 bordering on 55, memory, recollection, long-term and short-term is a struggle at times.
But I think it was along the lines of probably set the example, set expectations, train people to be able to meet those expectations and hold them accountable.
Applause But since this is Ryan's first time on New Manufacturing Insights, I'd love to give you the chance to share your best leadership insight.
Especially coming on board new here to a new company and a new career is just getting to meet those people on the floor and investing in them.
Whether that's something as simple as getting them a different pair of safety glasses that made all the world and the difference for guys that are our age to be able to read blueprints, things like that.
I have a unique opportunity in this is that I see them on sometimes on day one and day two, but then able to follow them through the RTA with them doing training again the next week down there and just being able to do that check in with that person.
We had built a relationship in the RTA with him, but he is, again, just knocking it out of the park and constantly checking in with them, how things are going, showing that appreciation for what they do.
Because at this company, when you look at it, it takes every single piece of what we do to make that end product.
Every cog in the wheel, if one of those goes down and we're not doing that right, The end product isn't what we want from the quality standpoint.
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