The Frontline Leadership Podcast

The Frontline Leadership Podcast presented by Operation Lead Building Frontline Leadership Systems That Actually Work If you're a manufacturing or operations leader watching good people walk out the door because of bad supervisors, this podcast is for you. The biggest problems in your organization—turnover, disengagement, stalled performance—aren't caused by your workforce. They're caused by what your workforce is missing: frontline leaders who've been equipped to lead. After managing high-stakes operations worth $330M+ globally, I noticed something I couldn't ignore. In aviation, we never let pilots fly without systematic training. Yet in manufacturing, we promote our best technicians to supervisor and hope they figure out leadership on their own. That needs to change. Here's the reality: 60% of new managers fail within their first 18 months. 70% of team engagement variance is driven by frontline managers.