Greetings - This issue’s curations offer tips for developing a mindset to maximize automation and leadership. Andy & Julie Plata, Co-CEOs
eNews’ lead articles focus on business issues. Scroll down for print tech announcements. • 5 Tough Skills for Leaders • Boosting Automation Mindset • Accomplish 10x More • Sandwich vs Taco Feedback • Sustaining Value • Expose your Experience!
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5 Difficult Things All Leaders Must Learn To Do It’s natural to avoid confrontation. But a good manager needs to do precisely that – confront the difficult. That’s why it’s hard to be a good manager. This article shares lessons learned as Tobias Charles worked to increase his business impact. His discussion of the ‘five things leaders need to learn’ is valuable if you or one of your managers struggle to meet the challenges of management.
Expanding Your Company’s Automation Mindset In today’s complex business environment, minimally automated print companies are falling behind. Catching up requires developing and nurturing your team’s automation mindset. That mindset will help your team identify repetitive, fragile, or timely tasks for profitable automation. This article discusses strategies for maximizing efficiency and profits by automating mind-numbing, recurring tasks prone to human error.
10X Your Capacity to Accomplish 10x More Managing a print company in today’s highly evolving environment requires an ever-increasing set of skills and intelligence. Cost increases, highly personalized and creative print requirements, and lower cost demands can challenge both owners and managers. This short blog shares how a freely available but often misunderstood tool can significantly amplify your effort and skillset by increasing the intelligence working on your behalf.
Management Reviews: Sandwich vs Taco Style Feedback Management reviews provide employees with constructive criticism to improve performance. Those reviews were often “feedback sandwiches,” with quick criticism delivered between opening and closing praises. However, improvement feedback was easy to miss in the sea of niceties. This article suggests replacing the sandwich with direct, kind, and specific taco-style feedback to ensure constructive criticism is clearly understood.
Sustaining Value That You’ve Created In this article, Sid discusses how some print industry owners regret selling to Private Equity firms, finding the returns unsatisfactory for their decades of hard work and dedication. In his CEO Peer Group, young managers are groomed to take the reins of their company slowly. Developing your next Senior Management Team is a win-win-win!
Printers Are You Exposing Your Experience? Quit making excuses for not inviting customers to tour your facility. It’s time to open the door and show them what you can do for them. Phone calls, emails, and texts aren’t working. Customer-facing is still the best method of building long-lasting relationships. We need more customer-facing time.
Featured News
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o Quadient Receives 'AA' MSCI ESG Rating, Recognizing Longstanding...
o 30-Year Business Apexgraphix Converts to Minuteman Press Franchise in SC
o Target Report: Print Providers Seek Variety Via Acquisitions
o Cal Poly Team Takes Fifth Consecutive Win at the 2024 Xplor Summit for the...
Miguel Foglia Miguel Foglia, after 30 years at Xerox, is now Chief Executive Officer at Incognito Consultants.
Fiona Lam Fiona Lam, previously with Neways Electronics, was appointed CFO for the Agfa-Gevaert Group.
Ken Forlenza Ken Forlenza, formerly with Keystone Plastics, has joined Schreiner Group as U.S. President.
Miraculous Dog Rescue After Hurricane Helene After Hurricane Helene, a desperate situation unfolded for a dog in Jonesboro, Tennessee, as flooding overtook her home. On October 2, the Kingsport Fire Department, aided by a K9, made a surprising discovery while surveying the wreckage.
Additional News
o Minuteman Press Franchise Owner Josh Zeidman Joins President’s Club in Riverside, CA
o Flex Technology Group Captures Leadership Award for Best MPS Professional Services
o Quadient Receives 'AA' MSCI ESG Rating, Recognizing Longstanding Commitment to...
o 30-Year Business Apexgraphix Converts to Minuteman Press Franchise in Columbia, SC
o Cal Poly Team Takes Fifth Consecutive Win at the 2024 Xplor Summit for the Association’s...
o Ricoh Introduces New A4 Imaging Series to Meet the Demands of Modern, Flexible Work...
o Industrial Print Integration Announces Conference Agenda
o Hybrid Software BrandZ Expands in the Americas with Dedicated Team
o Fiona Lam appointed as CFO for the Agfa-Gevaert Group
o BOBST Strengthens Its Global Presence With the Opening of a New Labels & Flexible...
o Flint Group’s Evolution Range Helps Optimum Group Excel in Shrink Sleeve Recycling
o Crawford Technologies Champions Digital Accessibility Initiatives at the 2024
o Fortis Solutions Group to Host Summit in California
o Tecnau Solutions are Pivotal to the Success of a Globally Recognized National Health Ins. Service
o Canon Solutions America’s University Inkjet Program Provides Clemson University Students...
o Crawford Technologies’ New Record-high Net Promoter Score Reflects Exceptional Customer...
o Brook + Whittle Invests in New BOBST DIGITAL MASTER 340 to Improve Efficiency
o Canon U.S.A. Unveils the Upcoming imageFORCE C7165 Device, Designed to Help Deliver...