Another Great Day…

I was invited to participate in another great day of presentations from the hourly workforce to upper management.

This time though there were some ‘outsiders’ from the plant. Actually these hourly visitors were from a sister plant. They were unable to attend the seminar at their ‘home’ plant.

I thought it was a very interesting dynamic to watch. Would they be accepted? Would they be considered outsiders? Would they participate?

It was amazing to watch.

The outsiders were embraced by the team!

They made them feel fully welcomed and actually tried to help these individuals solve their problems to. Not in a demeaning way but in a truly helpful way.

Why can hourly people see past all of the politics and get right to solving the problem at hand? Whereas management has to posture themselves as the know - it - alls for everything?

This is a lesson for everyone… rank does not matter when improvements are being discussed.

What a wonderful lesson I learned today.