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Leslie Vandre shared thisA dear friend and work colleague over the years. Carrie is strong and fighting this battle with such grace - please consider helping. Thank you!
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Leslie Vandre shared thisLeslie Vandre shared thisMotivated employees ‘become quiet’ when one or more of the following issues are experienced: -Breach of trust -Lack of leadership consistency -Being overlooked -Dishonesty -Insufficient information and communication -Leadership selfishness -Lack of vision The ‘quietness’ of typically motivated employees is an organisational alarm which leadership needs to recognise and act on. Internal reflection is necessary as the origin of the lack of passion so often lies in leadership inappropriateness, neglect or selfishness. Jonathan Mills Don't forget you can pick up a copy of my book, The Inspirational Leader, Inspire Your Team To Believe In The Impossible, by following the link below: https://lnkd.in/eEn9fvM #entrepreneurship #executivesandmanagement #inspirationalleadership #management #empathy #leadershipfirst #inspirationalleader #believe #transformationalleadership
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Leslie Vandre shared thisChanges coming for U.S. panel builders in July 2020 - 15 things you need to knowChanges coming for U.S. panel builders in July 2020 - 15 things you need to know
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Leslie Vandre shared thisYes!!Leslie Vandre shared thisIt takes an incredible coach, leader, manager to have this level of integrity
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Leslie Vandre shared thisLeslie Vandre shared thisAn Easy Way to Remember PNP and NPN Sensor Wiring #InnovatingAutomation http://ow.ly/VdZy30m6eIe
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Leslie Vandre shared thisExcellent advice!
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Leslie Vandre liked thisLeslie Vandre liked thisToday marks my first day as an AbbVie employee! I’m very grateful for the people I met and the experience I gained during my time at West. I learned so much about the validation required to automate medical device assembly. Followed by the challenges of starting up a new line for 24/7 production. My position at Abbvie is at the same site, overseeing the same equipment, with the same immediate engineering team. I’m looking forward to optimizing our equipment and processes to reach a mature state of production, and seeing what opportunities evolve from there! While my early career path has been a little more circuitous than I expected, I really value the perspectives I’ve experienced from different sides of the same industry. Onward to the next chapter!
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Leslie Vandre liked thisLeslie Vandre liked thisOver a week ago, I watched an exchange on television that has been rattling around in my head ever since. Not because of the politics involved, but because of what it said about leadership, disagreement, and the way we treat people who ask difficult questions—not just in politics, but in corporate America and every organization that claims to value integrity and accountability. When a journalist asks a question, the response should be an answer. If the question is unfair, explain why. If the facts are wrong, correct them. If you disagree, make the argument. But attacking the person asking the question—their appearance, their expression, their tone, or their supposed motives—is not strength. It's deflection. As a parent, I tell my kids all the time: if you're going to disagree with someone, know what you're talking about. Bring facts. Make an argument. Defend your position. If you have to attack someone's appearance, you've already lost the debate. And frankly, it doesn't make you sound strong. It makes you sound unprepared—and insecure in the strength of your own argument. What I don't accept—and what we all should refuse to normalize—is attacking another person because it's easier than addressing the issue. As someone who has spent years conducting investigations, interviewing witnesses, handling complaints, and advising leaders through difficult situations, I can tell you this: When people are mocked, belittled, or personally attacked for asking difficult questions, others are watching. The message received is often not, "You're wrong." The message received is, "Stay quiet…or you're next." And to be clear, this is often the point of the personal attack. History has shown us that one of the earliest warning signs of authoritarianism—regardless of ideology—is the normalization of intimidation and the public humiliation of dissent. When people who ask difficult questions are publicly mocked, humiliated, or made examples of, others learn that speaking up comes with a cost. The result isn't healthier debate. It's silence. That is dangerous in politics, in workplaces, in schools, in boardrooms, and anywhere people are supposed to be able to ask hard questions. Because when enough people decide it's safer to stay quiet, problems stop being challenged, misconduct goes unchecked, and organizations lose the very voices they need most. Good leaders answer hard questions. Great leaders encourage them. That's not a political principle. That's a leadership principle. And if you see this happening—in your workplace, your community, or anywhere else—say something. Because silence doesn't just tolerate this behavior. It teaches people that it works.
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Leslie Vandre liked thisTruth!Leslie Vandre liked thisIf you’ve ever worked in an FDA‑regulated environment, you know this dynamic: 𝗤𝗔 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀: “Document everything.” 𝗤𝗖 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀: “Test everything.” 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀: “Can we just… make it?” 😅 The reality is, all the SOPs, audits, and documentation aren't about checking boxes. They ensure what reaches people is safe, consistent, and works. and it shows up everywhere: operations, reputation, your bottom line. Quality doesn’t seek attention, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀. So the next time someone groans about documentation, just remember: “𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯.” 😉
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Leslie Vandre liked thisLeslie Vandre liked thisWow! Big news for a Tuesday. Very exciting way to end Q1!Sterling Engineering Acquires Absolute Machine Control Technologies, Inc. (AMCT)Sterling Engineering Acquires Absolute Machine Control Technologies, Inc. (AMCT)
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Leslie Vandre liked thisLeslie Vandre liked thisCongratulations to our Edgewater Manufacturing team. Scrolling through LinkedIn this evening, I noticed we hit 1,000 followers!🎉 A huge shout out to our team for the hard work, creativity, and consistency that made this milestone possible. And to everyone who’s followed, liked, shared, and supported us along the way, we appreciate you more than you know. This is just the beginning. I’m excited for what’s ahead and proud of what we’re building together. #Milestone #Teamwork #Gratitude #GrowingTogether
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Leslie Vandre liked thisLeslie Vandre liked this"Can we just add one more inspection camera? It shouldn't be a big deal." Yes, it is a big deal. Scope creep is the silent killer of automation ROI. An engineer asks to add a "quick" vision check after the PO is signed. But it’s never just a camera. It’s a new mounting bracket, a lighting package, a PLC programming update, an HMI screen addition, and three extra weeks of validation paperwork. Define your User Requirement Specification (URS) before you sign the contract. Lock the scope. If you want a machine delivered on time, you have to stop changing your mind. #ScopeCreep #ProjectManagement #Manufacturing #Engineering #Automation
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Manufacturing Automation – Labor Day Right Sized Automation is Designed for the Worker! Let's figure it out together Starting with a No Obligation Conversation! What are you working on that I can help with? -- "2nd Option Embrace and execute an “Industry 4.0 agnostic incremental approach", quickly bringing the level of automation out of the 1980's into perhaps the early 2000's as a minimum. Parsing out and selectively automating manual processes using the guidelines of machine and human functions as listed above while simultaneously utilizing Lean Manufacturing principles to right size and optimize the manufacturing process, sequentially, on a work cell or production line basis. This strategy involves a commitment to a continuous improvement strategy that rationalizes the manufacturing capabilities with the market demand. ... With an equally thought out automation strategy as the 1st Option, this approach is less focused on how much labor content is reduced, (although it will be reduced), but is instead focused on creating a predictable takt time or production rate driven solely by customer demand. As such, the automation itself is not the objective, while the economic labor-capital mix is maintained and the customer demand is met. As such, it is a much more responsive and flexible automation model, (within defined limits of course), than the 1st Option which, by definition, is tuned to a certain production rate to profitably meet the minimum economic mix. This 2nd approach is generally more manageable as the focus is in defined work cells and production lines but still requires an overall strategic vision of the future state process with a much more detailed understanding of the current state as much more of the current state will survive the transformation, whether manual or automated. The attributes of this approach are: - Commitment to relatively smaller initial and ongoing capital investments - Well defined and understood manufacturing processes and value streams - Relatively high mix – mixed volume operations - “Pull” manufacturing based on tightly matched customer demand and -production rates - Fully engaged but not necessarily highly skilled workforce - Relatively smaller manufacturing space footprint - Generally reserves dexterity, perception and flexibility functions for humans - Relatively larger labor-capital ratio" -- Is your Automation Designed for the Worker? Your thoughts are appreciated and please SHARE this post if you think your connections will find it of interest. 👉 Comment, follow or connect to COLLABORATE on your automation for increased productivity. Adding value on the WHY, WHAT and HOW of Automation! What are you working on that I can help with? https://lnkd.in/eSEegmaH #automation #productivity #robotics #innovation #tariffs
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