499: Overview of the 8 Blue-Collar Leadership® Series Books

About this episode

Mack and Ria Story provide an overview of the eight core books in the Blue-Collar Leadership® Series, offering insights for personal and team development.

Practical, straightforward, and recorded for real blue-collar leaders, aspiring leaders, and workers who want to climb to the next level and beyond. In this special husband-and-wife episode, Mack and Ria Story give listeners a brief, practical overview of the eight core books in the Blue-Collar Leadership® Series—part of the 35 books they’ve published. They walk through the five 30-chapter/3 pages per chapter books: Blue-Collar Leadership® & Culture: The 5 Components for Building High Performance Teams Blue-Collar Leadership®: Leading from the Front Lines Blue-Collar Leadership® & Teamwork: 30 Traits of High Impact Players Blue-Collar Leadership® & Supervision: Unleash Your Team’s Potential Blue-Collar Kaizen: Leading Lean & Lean Teams Plus the three quick-hit Blue-Collar Leadership® Toolbox Tips books which are packed with 60 micro-lessons each. Mack and Ria share how frontline team members can use these books for personal growth and how formal leaders and supervisors can turn them into powerful team-development tools through short book studies or by sharing weekly Toolbox Tips. Whether you’re looking to build better habits, improve communication, strengthen…

People in this episode

Host: Mack Story

Guest: Ria Story

Topics covered

• blue-collar leadership
• personal growth
• team development
• leadership tools
• communication improvement
• workforce development

Keywords

• blue-collar leadership
• leadership development
• teamwork
• personal growth
• communication
• culture
• job site
• book studies

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Blue-Collar Leadership® & Culture: The 5 Components for Building High Performance Teams, Blue-Collar Leadership®: Leading from the Front Lines, Blue-Collar Leadership® & Teamwork: 30 Traits of High Impact Players, Blue-Collar Leadership® & Supervision: Unleash Your Team’s Potential, Blue-Collar Kaizen: Leading Lean & Lean Teams, Blue-Collar Leadership® Toolbox Tips

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