manufacturing Leadership Development
Take the Next Step in Leadership Development
Empower Leaders. Strengthen Teams. Drive Manufacturing Success.
Outstanding leadership is essential for sustaining growth, driving operational excellence, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. WMEP’s Leadership Development programs provide manufacturers with the tools, strategies, and training to build high-performing leaders at every level.
$623k
Average Retained Revenue Achieved by WMEP Workforce Development Clients
Why Investing in Leadership Development Matters
Investing in leadership development ensures better decision-making, stronger workforce engagement, and long-term business success.
- Increase Workforce Retention – Employees stay longer when valued and supported.
- Boost Productivity & Efficiency – Well-trained leaders drive better team performance.
- Improve Decision-Making – Empowered leaders create more substantial, more agile businesses.
Our Services
Leadership Fundamentals Training
Leadership Fundamentals blends experiential learning, interactive discussions, and hands-on practice to build confident, capable supervisors. Participants gain a practical toolkit of leadership and coaching skills to improve communication, engagement, and performance. Designed for new supervisors, emerging leaders, and experienced managers, this immersive program strengthens leadership effectiveness at every level.
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Executive Coaching & Leadership Development
WMEP offers personalized coaching for executives and senior managers to drive strategic growth and foster a culture of leadership excellence and accountability.
- Key Focus Areas: Vision Alignment, Executive Decision-making, Performance Coaching.
- Results: Stronger leadership pipeline, robust succession plan, improved strategic execution, higher business performance.
Training Within Industry (TWI)
Developed during WWII to quickly train workers, TWI empowers supervisors with core, practical skills for immediate application on the shop floor.
The four core programs are practical, proven, and hands-on—supervisors learn by doing. Programs can be done individually or sequenced to meet your goals.
- Job Relations (JR): teaches supervisors to develop employees for peak performance.
- Job Instructions (JI): teaches supervisors the right way to train employees to do the job correctly.
- Job Methods (JM): teaches supervisors to improve the way every job is done.
- Job Safety (JS): a proven method that helps companies prevent accidents and promote environmental health and safety awareness.
Leadership Assessments & Tools
Team dynamics and leadership styles are critical to an organization’s success. WMEP’s assessments and tools provide actionable insights that help foster trust and build productivity.
- Key Programs: Talent Diagnostics, 360 Assessments, Individual and Team Assessments and Performance Improvement Plans.
- Benefits: Objective feedback to build personalized leadership and team development plans and priorities.
Case Studies
Palmer Hamilton: Overcoming Workforce Challenges and Doubling Growth Through Strategic Partnerships
COMPANY PROFILE: Palmer Hamilton, established in 1880, began its journey into education furniture in 1965. Since then, it has grown into a company that offers comprehensive services, creating innovative designs and furnishing solutions for various markets like K-12, higher education, commercial sectors, libraries, fab labs, and makerspaces. Based in Elkhorn, WI, with over 200 employees,…
Componex Uses Standard Work Instructions to Gear Toward Greater Productivity
Componex, which operates a facility in Edgerton, Wisconsin, is a division of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based Maxcess International. Componex manufactures precision, aluminum idler rollers that have extremely low rotational inertia. Its products include WINertia idlers, which feature free spinning, low inertia rollers. SITUATION: WMEP Manufacturing Solutions has been doing business with Componex since 2005. The relationship…
WMEP assists Sub-Zero to create a sustainable method to train operations leaders
Company Profile Launched in 1945, Sub-Zero Freezer Co. introduced the first system for preserving food at ultra-low temperatures. The company quickly established a reputation for quality and innovation. The third-generation, family-owned business, which operates as Sub-Zero Group Inc. based in Madison, Wisconsin, consists of three divisions – Sub-Zero refrigerators and freezers; Wolf Appliance cooking appliances; and Cove…
Testimonials
It’s always a pleasure to work with WMEP. There is exceptional value in all the training we do with the organization. Our business structure is changing with our company being bought by a larger corporation. The challenges that we will have will be much more operational and geared toward greater productivity. I look forward to working with WMEP and its team more.
Darcy Perona
,Director of OperationsComponex