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How Can We Make Manufacturing Sexy? A Mindset of Passion and Purpose from the Production Floor to the Executive Suite by [Karin Lindner]

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Sexy manufacturing? For some, this may sound contradictory. In her book, Karin Lindner outlines that in reality, every organization needs an element of sexiness. The dictionary defines sexy as "generally attractive or interesting; exciting, appealing, trendy." It is the creation of an initial interest. Now more than ever, it is time to rethink, redefine, and thereby rediscover the sexiness of our manufacturing industry.

In general, a job in manufacturing seems to have the same connotation as that of a garbage man. We all know that garbage collection is important and necessary, but it's not a job that we would persuade our own children to consider. Rather than being viewed as an important cornerstone to our wealth and prosperity, a career in manufacturing is looked upon as a possible option for those who are not smart enough to go to university. This may have been true in the past, but it no longer applies today because skilled trades truly are excellent career options.

Written from the heart with personal stories and experiences, Lindner is not shy to point out that it is time to stop pointing fingers and start becoming more proactive. Parents, young adults, educators, guidance counselors and countless others must be made aware of the incredible opportunities that exist in the manufacturing industry.

Length: 122 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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ASIN : B007Z4UJ7I
Publisher : KARICO Press (April 18 2012)
Language : English
File size : 881 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
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Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 122 pages

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John Eric Pollabauer

How can we make manufacturing sexy? Let Karin Lindner count the ways.

Reviewed in Canada on December 5, 2017

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Karin Lindner has produced a fabulous book on the future of the manufacturing industry and gives great insight on what businesses need to change in order to survive and succeed in the new world order. Even if you are not in the manufacturing business, this author has identified many techniques and practices which may be implemented to make an organization function at greater levels of productivity. That is why my rating is 5 stars. Bravo Karin Lindner on a terrific book!

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Yogesh Saini

Optimistic approach for manufacturing in future

Reviewed in Canada on April 20, 2015

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An excellent book that focus on manufacturing organizations. It gives a strong message on how to create a world class manufacturing environment for the future.

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Raquel Chole

How Can We Make Manufacturing Sexy? A Mindset of Passion and Purpose from the Production Floor to the Executive Suite

Reviewed in Canada on March 19, 2013

How Can We Make Manufacturing Sexy? A Mindset of Passion and Purpose from the Production Floor to the Executive Suite
by Karin Lindner
Published in April 2012 by Karico Press, $24.50

As published in the Winter 2013 issue of Springs Magazine

Yes, the title of this book is provocative (and may by blocked by your Internet filter); it's a good tease. The story itself reads like a conversation with a motivational speaker addressing an audience of believers who need a pep talk on revitalizing manufacturing. Lindner delivers well on providing a guide to readers to ken to the excitement and passion of a career in manufacturing. In the preface, she suggests having a pen and paper handy to capture the questions and comments you will have as you read the book. Instead, I used the book itself as a sort of workbook, underlining, highlighting, and filling the margins with notes, which worked well for revisiting sections.
Lindner looks at a number of aspects of the current state of manufacturing as an industry and as a career option. She discusses a variety of topics in a highly opinionated but effective manner, touching on everything from workforce culture to changing mindsets to low cost country sourcing.
She is committed to bringing younger generations and women to see manufacturing as a viable career option. She champions diversity in the workplace, urging manufacturers to achieve a balance of men and women at all levels of the business. And, she targets diversifying at manager level and higher for urgent action, which has historically been challenging for us in the spring industry. Lindner presents a compelling argument for motivating manufacturers to expand their workforce in these directions.
Another aspect of her book is directed towards inspiring the reader to kindle a spark in the current workforce that will motivate them to propel the business forward. Lindner exhorts the reader to energize and engage workers and to spur them to show initiative, responsibility and ownership.
The author, clearly a passionate, positive thinker, seeks to extinguish the impact of the naysayers who make negative or derogatory comments that are nonproductive within the workplace. Key to this strategy is moving away from validating complainers and empowering and affirming the problem solvers. She insists that the reader asks hard questions of the organization: If you have passive, nonthinking, counterproductive employees, were they that way when they were hired or did they become that way after they started working for you?
While Lindner understands that North America arrived at this manufacturing morass as a country, she feels it is individuals who will rescue industry. Much of the ink on the pages of this book is devoted to encouraging the reader to get out of his or her comfort zone and to become a better leader, to be passionate about work, to have energy and to have the courage to change everything and anything within the company that needs improvement.
The book is written in a casual, inspirational, first person essay format, with a heavy dose of bold and italic typefaces. The format is a drawback because it delivers the message rather pedantically. The bolded texts obviously highlight the concepts Lindner feels passionate about; however, that attitude is adequately expressed through the language in the text so there is no need to emphasize in bold. Despite that issue, the book works well as a manual for addressing what ails manufacturing in the US and Canada.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2016

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I enjoyed the book and found it to be very beneficial for leadership training.

Steve Milligan

First half was good

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2013

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Later in the book I thought it was too focused on women. Maybe it's just me. The fundamental philosophy is sound and delivered well.

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