Tackling Cultural Changes in the Workplace

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There was a real buzz of excitement at our Digital & Advanced Manufacturing Special Interest Group event yesterday on "Tackling Cultural Changes in the Workplace."

With new technologies constantly being developed, how do you ensure your workforce keep up with these changes, especially as their roles are shifting? Added to that, the shifting of attitudes since the advent of working from home due to Covid-19, has raised a number of questions, including:

• How do you keep teams working effectively?
• How do you monitor and promote productivity?
• How do you avoid a split between office and workshop staff?
• Do we need new systems and processes?

We were joined by industry experts to address all of these questions and help provide some solutions.

• Simon Garwood, formerly of Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd, discussed 'The Journey to Effective and Efficient Working from Home'
• John Henderson, Director at Sara Penrose talked about how we can utilise the fundamental human skills we all have to tackle culture change in the workplace.
• Phil Hammet, Sales and Marketing Director at MPA talked us through the overall requirement for innovative business leaders to drive the UK economy forwards from a cultural perspective.
• And, Aly King-Smith, Director of Clearworks Coaching presented on the transformational impact of building a culture where leaders coach rather than tell and explore the role as leaders in building safety, community, trust and challenge as critical success factors in accelerating team performance. She also shared some practical take-aways that you can implement straight away if you are leading within an SME.

Huge thanks, as always, to our speakers, hosts and guests... and to everyone else involved.

If you missed it, keep an eye out for our follow up article on the website, and for the session recording on our YouTube channel.

In the meantime, here are the links to some short videos, with excellent feedback from speakers and guests alike.

Aly King-Smith of Clearworks Coaching and Simon Garwood (formerly of Toyota)

Talitha Heaton and Phil Hammett of MPA , and Niall Johanson of Charpak Limited

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