Carli Kistler-Miller Director of Programs and Marketing

PMPA

Stereotyping Generations Can Lead to Missed Opportunities

Our workforce consists of Baby Boomers, Generations X, Y and Z. They have grown up in different worlds. But does stereotyping our employees by generation help or hurt our leadership?

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How Emotional Intelligence Helps Sustain a Workforce — Part 2

The lack of available skilled workers is an ongoing issue. A leader with Emotional Intelligence can leverage those skills to keep the workers they have. 

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How Emotional Intelligence Helps Sustain a Workforce — Part 1

The lack of available skilled workers is an ongoing issue. It’s easier to keep a good employee than to find one. A leader can leverage Emotional Intelligence skills to keep the workers they have. 

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Highest and Best Use for Operating Expenses

To keep your business going, you need more than workforce, equipment and materials. PMPA Affinity Partners can enhance your workforce safety, protect your investment in plant and equipment, provide lower costs for energy and shipping, and expedite your quoting process.

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Welcome Tom Halladay, PMPA’s New Board President

Tom Halladay talks about  H&R Screw Machine Products, his history with PMPA and his vision for PMPA this year. 

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Interview with Cate Smith About PMPA’s Annual Meeting 2020

PMPA’s executive director, Cate Smith, shares her first experience at PMPA’s Annual Meeting which took place in person on October 22-25 at Big Cedar Lodge in Ridgeville, Missouri.

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Ventilator Crisis — Clippard Delivers for Ford

Clippard Instrument Laboratory Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio, harnessed their talent, experience, capabilities and PMPA network to deliver 50,000 sets of ventilator parts to Ford Motor Company. 

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Basics

Beware of False Unemployment Claims Filed with Your Information

False unemployment claims are a reality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is a quick reference as to what to look for and how to handle it if a false unemployment claim is filed with your name. 

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PMPA

A Peek Behind the Curtain

For the PMPA members (or nonmembers) who wonder how things get done at PMPA National, here is a little peek behind the curtain. 

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A Commitment to Reducing Machining Times

Steven Baier, Haimer USA’s vice president of Sales, shares the company’s four core competencies, its commitment to reducing machining times and why thinking like a manufacturer has proven beneficial. 

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COVID-19 Effects on the Manufacturing Workforce

How has COVID-19 actually affected the manufacturing workforce? Have employer needs changed? Are the changes here to stay?

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Communicating in an Isolated World

With the COVID-19 pandemic, communication has never been more critical and new communication channels influence change.

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