Trust for HR Leaders: Helping Team Members Find Their Seat at the Table and Build Belonging with Jesika Young #20

Welcome to Manufacturing Greatness with Trevor Blondeel, where we work with organizations to manufacture greatness by leveraging resources you already have to achieve greater retention, productivity, and profits. To learn more, visit www.manufacturinggreatness.com and click here to subscribe to Trevor's monthly newsletter. Now, let's jump in! What kind of leader does it take to go from team member to owner and president of three manufacturing companies? In this episode, Jesika Young of Cimtech joins the podcast to share insights on manufacturing leadership, growth mindset, and authentic leadership for Operations Managers, Production Managers, Manufacturing Managers, and Shift Supervisors. Jesika breaks down how to earn a seat at the table, her three C's for building the right culture, and why communication skills, accountability, and trust building matter at every level. We also talk mindfulness, leadership presence, and what it takes to drive performance while being recognized by Influential Women in Manufacturing. 2:25 – What Jesika does different – put the team first, and all things will fall into place.  'No one person is above the team' Bo Schembechler 4:07 – Jesika's background – how this made her what she is today 6:25 – The three C's to a team culture, being collaborative, communication, and consistently – they key to their growth 8:30 – 2M to 20M in annual revenue manufacturing plants, are forecasted to be the growth space for woman to have ownership in manufacturing.  If that number grows by 2.5% per year, one third of manufacturing could be owned by women by 2030.  (From article published by Frances Brunelle) 9:53 – Jesika's biggest struggle – getting a seat at the table, still a struggle today!  Always being one to raise her hand, working hard has earned her a presidents role at the Metro Manufacturing Alliance, a group for manufactures by manufactures. 13:08 – Advice for other's – nothing is not earned, woman still need to perform.  Things need to change and evolve – example is the flex time – involved the team and there was a great morale and productivity boost.  Not the whistle blowing break time, think outside of the box! 17:00 – You are with your team more than your family, enough trouble outside the four walls so work together – Rank everyone on Safety, Quality and being a good team member.  Being accountable, dependable, innovative and showing initiative. 19:00 – Performance evaluations come with personal incentive plans 21:05 – A fourth C could be Celebration!  Recap on the success and build on it. 26:00— Managing the ego, make yourself aware of your strengths, and consistently stay in my lane.  Built a team with the strengths that I do not have. 28:42 – Sit down, absorb what you got, and think and act with intention to better yourself.   Follow Jesika here;anks Trevor, that certainly captures it.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesikayoung/    https://www.facebook.com/jesika.k.young   https://twitter.com/JesikaYoung   Cimtech website: www.cimtechmachine.com