This advanced course is designed for foundry supervisors with prior supervisory training or experience who are ready to develop the judgment needed when the answer isn't obvious. Participants will hone their leadership approach, manage performance with clear expectations and documentation, work through conflict and difficult conversations, make fair and consistent hiring and development decisions, recognize employment-risk situations, lead change they did not choose, and connect everyday supervisory decisions to their foundry's financial performance. The course concludes with a personal action plan for continued growth.
Class will be online each day from 12- 4 p.m. CENTRAL TIME, using the same Zoom link.
Please login by 11:45 a.m. CT each day.
Please register at least 2 weeks prior to the class date to ensure timely delivery of course materials. Thank you!
Course Instructor:
Jim White, Expert Consultant
With over 20 years' experience in the foundry industry working for Caterpillar Inc. Jim White was responsible for developing processes for iron castings, advanced product quality planning (APQP), design for manufacturability, and continuous improvement at Caterpillar’s Cast Metals Organization.
The second half of Mr. White’s career was spent at Caterpillar’s Purchasing Division, providing leadership and technical expertise to both non-ferrous and ferrous casting suppliers. Eventually Mr. White would lead a team of purchasing professionals responsible for $200 million in world-wide casting spend.
His unique blend of experience as both a casting producer and purchaser gives him a unique perspective on the Casting Industry. Mr. White has addressed the AFS Executive Conference, and Casting Congress concerning the state of the foundry industry from the purchaser’s perspective. Mr. White is the 2010 recipient of the Childress-Loebler Lifetime Achievement Award.