Manufacturing Leaders’ Top 7 Tips to Retain Your Best Workers in Times of Scarcity

Dr. Kevin Gazzara
5 min readDec 4, 2023

Special thanks to Tip Harris (@Tip-hHarris), James Schuler (@James-Schuler), Rob McBroom (@Rob-McBroom), and Carlos Garcia (@Carlos-Garcia) for their practical insights as experienced Manufacturing Plant and Operations Managers.

Introduction

In today’s highly competitive job market, finding and hiring is crucial for the success and stability of any organization. Click to read my hiring tips article. Even if you hire the right people, if you can’t keep them, you will be creating a perpetual system for long-term failure. Plant managers and Operations Managers play a pivotal role in understanding and ensuring the success and efficiency of their operations. To achieve this, they must retain a talented workforce that can meet the demands of modern manufacturing. This article explores valuable insights and tips from experienced plant and operations managers on how they retain their best workers to ensure productivity, stability, and success in manufacturing plants.

In this article we will share our best tips to help you retain your best workers. Although focused on manufacturing, you will find many of the recommendations valuable for other industries as well.

Retention Tips

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Dr. Kevin Gazzara
Dr. Kevin Gazzara

Written by Dr. Kevin Gazzara

CEO of Magna Leadership Solutions, Certified ICF &Positive Intelligence Coach, Management Expert, Professor, Speaker, Author. Contact: Kevin@Magnaleadership.com