More than salary or benefits, employees want a supportive manager. Dominic Ashley-Timms and Laura Ashley-Timms outline 5 qualities to develop. A supportive manager is one of the most critical factors of a job and only marginally second to salary, according to Owl Labs’ 2024 State of... Continue Reading
Emails and messages alone can’t replace the human connections that fuel true productivity. Picture a freezing winter morning in Vermont. I’m 14, delivering newspapers on an icy road, bundled up against the chill with a heavy satchel over my shoulder. My neighbors are up... Continue Reading
The anatomy of a message that acknowledges unease, provides support, and ties back to your core mission. As the final results of the 2024 US Presidential Election are tallied, a seeming win for Trump means that roughly half of voters are disappointed. Whether your workforce skews blue, red or... Continue Reading
As an MTI Member, two of the most valuable resources that provide your company clarity, certainty, and compliance, are the LIVE webcasts for MTI’s Quarterly Economic and Heat Treat Forecasts, and the Technical Standards Compliance Updates. The next set of webcasts are being hosted... Continue Reading
Manufacturing chief finance officers should lead on these strategic discussions. Manufacturing CFOs face numerous challenges and opportunities in operationalizing long-term business strategies. To navigate these effectively, CFOs should take the lead on these five discussions that are... Continue Reading
MTI is excited to announce it graduated a record 43 executives from the 2024 YES Management Training Program at the Fall Meeting in conjunction with Furnaces North America in Columbus, OH. As each of the 43 executives’ names were read off to come to the podium to receive their... Continue Reading
Managers can better handle their direct reports if they receive on-going communication training. Hinda Mitchell outlines how companies can do that. It’s time for a frank conversation about managers. And we can’t do it well without rewinding to the times of COVID-19, the Great... Continue Reading
MTI is excited to announce this year’s industry award winners. Recipients were honored during the Final Night Awards Dinner on October 16th, at the 2024 Fall Meeting in Columbus, OH. Service and volunteering are true investments in the industry, by any individual and company. Each volunteer... Continue Reading
Furnaces North America (FNA) 2024, the leading trade show for the heat treating industry in North America, took place October 14-16 in Columbus, Ohio, with a full house at the opening night reception, the following two days of technical sessions, and the trade show. FNA Show Producer... Continue Reading
One area of strength for the Metal Treating Institute over the years has always been its line of leadership, and 2025 is no different. At the Fall Meeting’s Final Night Awards Dinner on October 16th in Columbus, OH, 2024 President Ryan Fussell from Southwest Metal Treating passed the gavel... Continue Reading
Leaders can drive behavioral change in their organization by giving those changing ownership in the process, writes Larry Robertson. Over the past several decades, science has infiltrated leadership in ways it once would have been hard to imagine. Business and management gurus, including Peter... Continue Reading
The year 2024 has presented a flat landscape for many in the heat-treating industry. Since the first quarter of 2023, ITR Economics, the forecasting partner of the Metal Treating Institute (MTI), has predicted a downturn for the year. While this is not welcome news, the advantage is that the... Continue Reading
