Leadership Workshops That Address Real Manufacturing Challenges
Interactive training designed specifically for manufacturing teams – from operators transitioning to leadership roles to experienced managers building stronger cultures.
Your shop floor challenges are unique. Generic leadership training doesn’t address the reality of promoting technical experts, managing production pressure, or building reliable teams in manufacturing environments. These workshops tackle the specific leadership transitions and culture challenges that manufacturing companies face every day.
Whether you’re developing new supervisors, strengthening management skills, or addressing organization-wide leadership gaps, these sessions provide practical tools and strategies that work in your operational reality.
Workshop 1: “Barriers to Leadership Development”
3-hour intensive
Address manufacturing’s retention crisis through systematic leadership development. Understand critical transitions from technician to supervisor to manager, identify common development obstacles, and build approaches that directly impact frontline employee retention.
Pricing starting at $900
Workshop 2: “Shifting Leadership Models”
90-minute session
Move from command-and-control to supportive leadership. In today’s manufacturing environment, people can job-search on their phones while working. Learn the belt-to-suspender leadership transition that helps employees see their value and choose to stay.
Pricing starting at $600
Workshop 3: “Re-thinking Promotions”
90-minute session
Stop setting supervisors up to fail. Learn why promoting your best technician to supervisor isn’t a promotion – it’s a career change. Discover how to properly prepare technical professionals for leadership roles and retain talent at both levels.
Pricing starting at $600
Workshop 4: “How to Create Culture instead of Accept It”
90-minute session
Eliminate organizational tension through alignment. Discover how misaligned assets, written rules, and unwritten rules create conflict, then learn how leaders can actively create culture through mission, vision, and values alignment.
Pricing starting at $600
Custom Leadership Solutions
Duration varies
Every manufacturing organization faces unique leadership challenges. Circle of 5 creates customized workshops tailored to your specific operational environment, culture, and development goals using real examples from your shop floor and practical solutions that fit your manufacturing reality.
Pricing starting at $750