It’s Time to Learn How to Win Again
By: Matthew Kirchner
As a new year begins, we will do well to evaluate the strategies that worked and those that did not.
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Industry 4.0 Elicits Careers of the Future
By: Matthew Kirchner
My classmates used to brag about their plans to become doctors, lawyers and investment bankers. Tomorrow’s “cool” careers may follow the rise of advanced manufacturing.
#management #Industry 4.0
The Reluctant Award Winner
By: Matthew Kirchner
Sales awards make me uncomfortable because they recognize what is good for everyone except, perhaps, the most important people to any business: the customers.
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The Faster You Go, the More Balance You Get
By: Matthew Kirchner
My lifelong passion for cycling started with a lesson 45 years ago, one as applicable to success in business as it was to learning to ride a bike.
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Rip Van Meeting
By: Matthew Kirchner
Dozing off at work is more than just embarrassing. Sleep-deprived employees put themselves and their co-workers at risk.
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Welcome to Your First Day in Surface Finishing
By: Matthew Kirchner
This advice could help someone just starting out turn an entry-level manufacturing job into a satisfying career.
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Parts Unknown
By: Matthew Kirchner
What sets one finisher apart from another is the customer experience, the equivalent of a restaurant’s environment.
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May the Fourth Be With You
By: Matthew Kirchner
The fourth Industrial Revolution is here, and it’s changing the way we manufacture goods.
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How Do You Run a Contract Finishing Business? Ask Your Dry Cleaner
By: Matthew Kirchner
How a provider treats customers is as important as how it treats the customer's product.
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Revenge Is Best Not Served at All
By: Matthew Kirchner
Take the anger, hurt and resentment that arise when you feel you’ve been wronged in a business situation, and turn it into positive energy.
#management #energy
Shoeless Joe, Iowa Cornfields and Surface Finishing Hyper-growth
By: Matthew Kirchner
A variation of a well-known movie quote is sound business advice, too.
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Turning Business Travel into an Adventure
By: Matthew Kirchner
Columnist Matt Kirchner recommends you go off the beaten path on your next trip, and enjoy the experience.
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