And this is absolutely what Managers are directly responsible for today, and moreover, absolutely have power to accomplish. Creating that ‘feeling’. -2-

A recent 2004 study in UK showed that over 70% of managers spoke less than 30 minutes a day cumulatively to their team! And a staggering 30% less than 30 minutes a week! And our North American results are not far behind. Now I don’t know about you, but how someone who is responsible for my productivity is going to understand me, my strengths, my weaknesses, and my goals without regularly talking with me…is just crazy! They don’t have any chance of tapping into that ‘feeling’ of mine where I could give 100% easily. Unfortunately for them they probably do not have any possibility of reaching their targets or company’s targets successfully either. Managers primarily need to coach not monitor. Yes, understand what their team’s results are….but spend ten times that amount on understanding, encouraging, and positioning each employee that reports to them. How much time does your manager(s) spend understanding their team individually? Do they talk with you once a year for goal setting and then once again before review time, and hardly anything in between? How much time do they spend writing reports vs making their team’s strength’s come alive and weaknesses diminish? How much time do they spend fixing employee problems and spats instead of encouraging their strengths and positioning them to allow them to use these?

But most exciting part about this new Coaching approach is….IT’S EASY. Yes many managers might have to do a severe mind switch, and some egomaniac managers might have to be let go, but overall we’re not talking rocket science here. For those managers reading this; it’s a commitment to understanding what your real role is, and a commitment to your team that you will individually position them for best results possible. If your company needs results for any reason, this is an area that when given attention, will pay HUGE dividends.

Managers need to think of themselves as Coaches of professional sporting teams and not as General Managers. Let their directors, executives & owners do bulk of analyzing, monitoring and company movement….and use their time to concentrate on their players (their staff) and how to get best results from them daily, weekly and monthly. Without these individual player and team results…no amount of fancy marketing, new inventions, slick processes, visionary goal setting, etc will spell success. Coach your team don’t just manage them, results will speak for themselves!

Injection molding started to catch on in 1920’s and was used for simple products such as combs, toothbrushes, and simple industrial parts. As science of plastics and machining technology grew, molding became an increasingly popular way of manufacturing. With todays computer-controlled milling and molding machines, just about any idea or design can be shaped into plastic.

Ever wonder how they make hollow plastic spheres? Rotational molding is a mold in which after plastic is injected, it is spun around at high speeds and then quickly cooled. Scissors and screwdrivers are made by insert molding. The metal part is suspended in mold while plastic flows around it. How about those plastic bottles and food containers? Those are made by blow molding. There are also other processes such as thermoforming and extrusion.

Injection molding, turning dreams into reality. For more information and history on Injection Molding, please visit my blog at: http://www.injection-molds.blogspot.com