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Frontline Leadership for Manufacturing

Build essential skills to move into leadership roles in manufacturing

Eastern Iowa Community Colleges

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Course Details

Take your skilled workers to the next level! This engaging and transformational course prepares individuals for leadership roles in manufacturing.

“Almost instantly, we were having fun and learning. Pretty soon managers around the company who were not in the training were asking about it.”

  • Kambren Bigwood, Clysar Human Resources

“It was very good for some of the newer supervisors and shift leads, especially the part about dealing with conflict and motivating your employees.”

  • Troy Yoder, Clysar Extrusion Supervisor

The series features manufacturing-specific examples, paired with Eastern Iowa Community College's highly rated and in-demand Frontline Leadership curriculum for current, new, or aspiring supervisors and managers; high potentials, leads, and charge staff; and anyone responsible for directing the work of others.

This ten-module program provides a toolkit of practical communication and employee development tools that reduce conflict, improve employee performance, and enhance team effectiveness.

Participants will learn to:

  • deliver clear direction,
  • coach employees, and
  • provide effective feedback.

By the end of the training, they will be able to create a work environment that fosters employee engagement and improves performance.

The class delivery is a virtual format. Each module will have pre and post-work within an online learning portal and a scheduled instructor-led live online (virtual) session.

What You'll Learn
List the skills, behaviors, and attitudes needed for effective leadership / Know when and how to utilize tools for connecting and engaging teams and individual reports / Understand the psychology of employee engagement and satisfaction / Learn specific strategies for analyzing employee developmental needs and how to customize an approach for improving employee performance / Improve your communication skills needed to coach, provide feedback, initiate change, and manage conflict / Identify and...
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Skills you'll acquire

Active ListeningMonitoringReading ComprehensionSpeakingCoordination
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Knowledge Outcomes and Experience

  • General & Operations Managers

Eligibility

This course is designed to meet the professional development needs of individuals who have worked in a manufacturing environment and wish to move into management/leadership roles.

Additional Attendance Information

Class meets from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Central Time on THURSDAYS from April 9 to June 25, 2026.

Schedule

Thursday 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Instructor Details

Brenda Meeker
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