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22 | /INSIGHT ON MANUFACTURING • September 2016 w w w.in s i g h t o n m f g . c o m Programmable Controllers Operator Interfaces Motion Control Robotics Vision Inspection Data Collection Recipe Control Industrial Automation Systems Integration Engineering | Design | Programming | CAD | Build | Install | Startup Industrial Automation Systems Integration Engineering, Design, Programming, CAD, Build, Install, Startup Neenah, WI 54956 info@a-mation.com 920-886-1275 a-mation.com Call us now for machine retrofits and control system upgrades WHAT IF YOU COULD AVOID COSTLY ________ AND MAKE ________ MORE ATTRACTIVE TO CARRIERS? ACCESSORIAL YOUR PRODUCT NAME Find out more at accelerateyouradvantage.com 866.281.4864 | Green_Bay@chrobinson.com ACCELERATE YOUR ADVANTAGE ® © 2016 C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. All Rights Reserved. GreenBay_Truckload_BranchAd.indd 1 2/16/16 9:12 AM people can ask questions and challenge the way things are done, share ideas. Leadership in today's world is about creating an open environment where people can explore their own ideas, challenge the status quo and inspire people. Inspiring people, giving people chance to think and grow and develop and engage and contribute at a deeper level, that's where you create really fulfilling environments, you attract really smart people and you do really extraordinary things. What's unique about leadership in manufacturing? In a highly disciplined, highly technical category like manufacturing, is leadership different than technology? In my view, it's not. I think leadership is first and foremost, leaders get paid to move their businesses forward. And I don't think you can move your business forward unless you have really smart, talented people. We are a manufacturer. We make 250 million pairs of athletic shoes (each year). We make 500 million pieces of apparel. What we do is design, develop and manufacture. Most of those manufacturers are partners of ours but we really think of ourselves as a manufacturer. I don't think leadership is really any different, it's really the environment that you create. What message do you hope your audience will take away? I'm a very optimistic person and I'm a big believer that extraordinary things happen all the time. Whether it's in the manufacturing space or selling space, I think extraordinary things can happen, and extraordinary things are happening, in the manufacturing space today. What I'd like to provoke is how do we find those extraordinary things? ey don't happen by chance, they're not random, but there's very much a process of finding breakthrough ways of competing and moving your business forward. F F E AT U R E c o n t i n u e d