Events Around Town: Challenges of a Remote Workforce
Managing remote workers requires a completely different mindset to managing in-office employees. While it may be more affordable to hire remote workers for some tasks, it can end up more expensive in the long-run if you don’t know how to manage them effectively. This month we attended a seminar sponsored by the Manufacturers Alliance on overcoming the challenges of a remote workforce. Local leaders from Thermo Fisher Scientific, Skyline Exhibits and Westinghouse discussed what works in their operations. Matt Knutson, Dana Boettcher and Dave Rohlf of MPS Technical sales and business development attended and summarized below some of the key…
Events Around Town: Onboarding That Works
In July, we had the privilege of attending “Onboarding That Works” sponsored by The Manufacturers Alliance. This event was designed to highlight and promote best practices with respect to the onboarding of new employees. Members of the Business Development team, Matt Knutson, Dana Boettcher and Dave Rohlf, attended. Topics covered included: 1) how to get new employees to bring their best efforts to work everyday, 2) how to speed up their learning curve, 3) how to provide the right message, the right tools and timely follow-up so that valuable new talent starts contributing as soon as possible. Presenters from Kurt…
Events Around Town: TCHRA Spring Conference
The Twin Cities Human Resource Association (TCHRA) Spring Conference is held every year as an event to highlight the role HR plays as leaders within our organizations. It is a day filled with great HR information and networking opportunities! MPS Technical had the pleasure of attending this year’s event. Taking part were Andrea Dilworth, Brooklyn Center Branch Manager, Stephanie Poirier, Edina Branch Manager, and Stacy Lindberg Branch Manger for our New Richmond, Wisconsin office. This year the conference featured several keynote speakers including David Avrin, The Visibility Coach. Mr. Avrin shared his insight of strategic branding and how we can…
Events Around Town: MN Manufacturer of the Year
MPS Technical had the pleasure of sponsoring the Manufacturers Alliance’s 18th annual Manufacturer of the Year awards held April 10, 2014, in Minneapolis. Attending the event from MPS were Matt Knutson in Sales, Dave Rohlf from Business Development and Mandy Hanson from Business Intelligence. From the recruiting side, Amara Miller and Cindy Johnson attended as well as Branch Manager Stephanie Poirier. The Manufacturer of the Year award ceremony brings local manufacturers together to celebrate and recognize companies that share information and experience to strengthen the Minnesota manufacturing community. Each year, an award is presented in one of three categories: Companies…
Events Around Town: Creating a Problem Solving Culture
In February, we had the pleasure of attending a seminar on “Creating a Problem Solving Culture” organized by the Manufacturers Alliance and held at Hennepin Technical College. The event featured local speakers with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma and Operations backgrounds. If you are maintaining status quo in any business you are likely falling behind. “Change” is incumbent upon any leadership team, even if its only goal is to sustain current market share. To actually gain market share in today’s business world is to embrace truly new ideas and to “give them legs.” No leadership team achieves change on its…
Events Around Town: Becoming the Employer of Choice
In January, MPS had the pleasure of attending the event “Becoming the Employer of Choice” sponsored by the Manufacturers Alliance and held at Starkey Hearing Technologies in Eden Prairie. What a great topic in today’s tough market! Panel members Kristy Larson Director of Talent Management at Starkey, Kim Blievernicht VP of HR at Metro Mold & Design and Nicki Leritz Corporate Staffing Manager at Anderson Corporation led us through a discussion of what it means to become an employer of choice. Below is our summary of the event’s topic: What does it mean to be the employer of choice? It…