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Leadership: The Key to Revitalizing Manufacturing

July 19, 2024
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Our mission at Harbour Results is to revitalize the North American manufacturing industry. We are passionate about helping small- to medium-sized businesses transform their operations. Since establishing the business 15 yr. ago, we have worked closely with manufacturers, associations and the government to improve the competitiveness of the industry we love. We created Harbour IQ to gather data and intelligence that can benefit manufacturers and help us advocate on behalf of them and use several different platforms to share business and operational best practices. 

And now, more than ever before, we feel the future of manufacturing is in the hands of today and tomorrow’s leaders. There is an urgent need for North American manufacturing leadership to keep pace with the rapid changes in competition, economics and technology to compete in the global marketplace.

We are at an inflection point where today’s leaders need to transition to the next generation of leaders – and, yes, we know this is easier said than done. We have visited many manufacturers that are struggling to create a succession plan and/or find the right people to trust with the future of their business. 

In fact, it was this need for a transition and leadership transformation to invigorate the manufacturing industry that prompted us to write a book: Tradition Meets Transformation: Leadership Strategies to Revitalize Manufacturing.