Operations & Leadership Perspectives
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Tuesday Leadership: Who Owns the Number, Who Defines It, and Who Dares to Report It
Five operating numbers only change results when leaders answer three questions: who owns each number, who defines it, and who feels safe reporting it when it turns red.
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Monday Execution: Five Numbers That Connect the Factory Floor to the P&L
Most executive teams see operating problems only after they reach the P&L. Five leading indicators (OTIF, first-pass yield, schedule adherence, inventory days and cost of poor quality) show them weeks earlier.
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Sunday Growth: The Role That Made You Successful May Be the Role You Need to Outgrow
The behaviors that earned your promotion can become the behaviors that limit your leadership. Early in a career, success is often highly visible. You solve problems. You know the details. You respond quickly. You step in when something is falling behind. You become the person others trust when the situation becomes difficult. Those behaviors are…
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EGBS Weekly Leadership Brief — September 27–October 3, 2026
Strategy. Leadership. Execution. — Seven Days, One Question: Is Your Operating System Converting Activity Into Value? A pattern emerged across this week’s ENLOSA perspectives. The subjects were different. Decision quality. Growth. High performers. Manufacturing footprints. Productivity. Strategic projects. Even the start of another NHL season. But underneath all seven was one recurring executive question: Is…
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Saturday Recharge: Hockey Is Back — What the 2026–27 NHL Season Will Reveal About Depth, Adaptability and Winning Systems
The 2026–27 NHL season is underway with an 84-game schedule, a wide-open Stanley Cup race, elite veterans, high-impact rookies and major milestones ahead. A Saturday Recharge look at what hockey can teach us about depth, adaptability and winning systems.
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Friday Accountability: Your Project Has a Manager—But Does It Have an Executive Who Owns the Outcome?
A project can be delivered on time and on budget yet still fail to create value. This article examines executive sponsorship, continuation decisions, outcome ownership and why accountability must extend beyond project completion.
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Thursday Research: Productivity Is Rising, Capacity Is Available, and Orders Are Flat—So Why Does Execution Still Feel Constrained?
Productivity is improving, manufacturing capacity appears available, and durable-goods orders are roughly flat. Yet many companies still feel constrained. The issue may be how productivity, bottlenecks, demand mix, inventory and financial outcomes are connected.
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Wednesday Environment Scan: Your 2027 Footprint Plan May Be Using Yesterday’s Cost of Capital—and Yesterday’s Trade Assumptions
A 2027 manufacturing footprint decision now has to account for cost of capital, working capital, supplier origin, rules of origin, trade eligibility and labor compliance—not labor cost alone.
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Tuesday Leadership: Your Best People Are Carrying the Cost of the Performance You Refuse to Address
High performers often become the default solution for unresolved performance problems. This article examines the hidden high-performer tax, its business impact, and how leaders can combine compassion with accountability.
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Monday Execution: Demand Is Accelerating—Can Your Business Convert Growth Into Cash Without Breaking Service?
Accelerating demand can increase revenue while consuming cash, straining capacity and damaging service. Leaders need to connect demand, supply, inventory, capacity and working capital before growth exposes the limits of the operating system.
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