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EMS@C-LEVEL Season #1 Episode #4 with Audrey McGuckin, Leadership Guru

EMS@C-LEVEL · 2 Sept 2020 · 25m · Episode 4

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Audrey McGuckin, founder of Audrey McGuckin Leadership Solutions and former executive at Jabil, discusses leadership development within the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry. She explains how strong leadership impacts investor confidence and OEM relationships, citing specific metrics like diversity increases and revenue growth. McGuckin identifies empathy, agility, and innovation as critical leadership qualities that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic, contrasting them with traditional engineering-focused traits. She outlines her methodology for scaling leadership transformation from the CEO down to shop-floor managers, emphasizing the need for top-down cultural change and data-driven feedback loops.

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