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  • 5 Mistakes New Plant Managers Make in Their First Year

    5 Mistakes New Plant Managers Make in Their First Year
    Jul 6 2026
    Most plant managers pick up one or two of these five patterns in their first year — not because they’re bad leaders, but because nobody warned them. In this special edition of Accelerating Operational Performance, Greg walks through five common mistakes first-year plant managers make, from thinking day-to-day instead of long-term to confusing […]
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    11 min
  • What 49 Interviews Taught Us About Leading People

    What 49 Interviews Taught Us About Leading People
    Jun 22 2026
    After 49 interviews with senior leaders, operators, engineers, and executives — including a former London, Ontario mayor — Greg pulls back the curtain on the three themes that keep surfacing no matter who’s in the chair. What do success and struggle actually have in common across industries, roles, and experience levels? Spoiler: it’s […]
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    16 min
  • B2B Sales Strategy for Manufacturing Leaders: Stop Being a Commodity

    B2B Sales Strategy for Manufacturing Leaders: Stop Being a Commodity
    Jun 8 2026
    If you’re an operations leader with any responsibility for growth, sales isn’t someone else’s problem — it’s yours. In this episode of Accelerating Operational Performance, Greg Schinkel sits down in-studio with sales strategist, speaker, and author Shawn Casemore to tackle the sales challenges that manufacturing and operations leaders face every day — whether […]
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    32 min
  • Josh Post: What a Fractional COO Does For Organizations

    Josh Post: What a Fractional COO Does For Organizations
    May 25 2026
    Most business owners have heard of a fractional CFO. Far fewer have heard of a fractional COO, and that might be exactly the role their business needs. In this episode of the Accelerating Operational Performance podcast, Greg Schinkel sits down with Josh Post, a fractional COO and executive coach who spent more than […]
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    30 min
  • Kevin Schinkel: Manufacturing Leadership Lessons From the Plant Floor

    Kevin Schinkel: Manufacturing Leadership Lessons From the Plant Floor
    May 11 2026
    Kevin Schinkel, President of Schinkel’s Legacy, joins Greg on the Accelerating Operational Performance podcast to share what 14 years on the plant floor taught him about leadership. From the Easter ham disaster that humbled him, to overcoming imposter syndrome, to the simple question that transformed how he delegates—Kevin opens up about the real […]
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    31 min
  • Nadia Dawe: Frontline Leadership Development That Builds Trust

    Nadia Dawe: Frontline Leadership Development That Builds Trust
    Apr 27 2026
    Nadia Dawe, a people, learning, culture, and operations leader with deep experience in transportation, transit, maintenance, safety, compliance, and frontline leadership, shares what she learned as she moved from L&D into Operations and why the work ultimately comes back to people. Together, Greg and Nadia explore how leaders can get closer to the work, […]
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    29 min
  • Darcy Scott: Building High-Velocity Teams

    Darcy Scott: Building High-Velocity Teams
    Apr 13 2026
    How do you transition from a “top-down” manager to a strategic leader who drives operational excellence? Greg sits down with industry veteran Darcy Scott to unpack over 30 years of experience in high-velocity logistics and 3PL. Darcy shares his personal journey of leadership evolution. This conversation provides a roadmap for empowering teams, leading […]
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    34 min
  • Jeff Gallant: How Leadership Drives Results

    Jeff Gallant: How Leadership Drives Results
    Mar 30 2026
    Greg sits down with Jeff Gallant, an operations leader with over 30 years of experience driving transformation across some of Canada’s most recognized industrial organizations. Jeff has led billion-dollar investments, large teams, and major operational change—but what stands out most is his perspective on leadership. This conversation gets into what actually drives results on the floor: - The shift from technical expert to people leader - Why employee engagement directly impacts KPIs - How to implement change that actually sticks - And what great leaders do differently Chapters: 00:00 – Introduction 04:52 – From technical expert to people leader 08:01 – Managing by email vs in person 11:00 – Advice for new and aspiring leaders 13:20 – Talent management and succession planning 15:33 – The link between employee engagement and KPIs 21:17 – What makes change initiatives successful 25:41 – Organizational silos and misalignment 29:38 – Decision-making waste and pushing decisions down
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    33 min