Talk Real Shift is a podcast spotlighting the people powering the backbone of manufacturing, operations, and logistics. Behind every product that ships, every line that runs, and every team that shows up, there are leaders making it happen. In engineering, operations, supply chain, HR, sales, marketing, communications, finance, safety, quality, and every function that keeps industry moving. Each episode features candid conversations sharing powerful stories, honest leadership lessons, and moments of vulnerability, grit, and growth, from the floor to the boardroom. If you care about culture, performance, and the future of industry, this is your seat at the table. No scripts. No fluff. Just real shift.
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Simple Advice From A Top CEO | Joseph Fadool
Aug 11, 20261h 2m
Joe Fadool is the President and CEO of BorgWarner, a company with 38,000 people and products riding on some of the toughest trucks and SUVs in the world. His path wasn't a straight line… Joe took a role too early in his career. He missed deadlines on a launch and was ultimately pulled from the job. In a later role, he was missing his son's birthdays for two years because of the travel. He went to his boss and said he had to get off the road, but he was instead offered a turnaround: a billion dollar unionized manufacturing plant in Huntsville. Joe calls it the best thing that ever happened to him - it got him home for dinner, and it was the operational experience that opened the door to BorgWarner. In this episode of Talk Real Shift, we covered: → Why operational experience is the price of entry for leadership at BorgWarner → The difference between one way and two way decisions → How to tell when someone is in the wrong role instead of the wrong company → What generative AI means for people who didn't start on the same line as everyone else → The moment he got pulled from a job, and what he did with it afterward Thank you Joe for making the time to Talk Real Shift - running a company doesn't leave a lot of open time, and he still showed up ready to talk. Glad to have this conversation with you! Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:00 Trivia, the pink hat, and a shoutout to the Livonia team 06:30 From a kid tearing down engines to an engineer at Ford 08:00 The leap from engineering into sales 19:41 The failure that got him pulled from a role 20:39 Choosing family over the road, and the plant that changed everything 22:09 Why the shipping doors are the most important doors in the company 33:08 Right person, wrong role: the nine box problem 37:18 One way doors and two way doors: how he makes big decisions 51:10 Advice to his younger self, and where generative AI fits in ~~~ This episode is powered by TeamSense TeamSense is the AI-powered shift intelligence platform that automates attendance, connects every worker, and drives performance across your operation — all through text. Ready to see how leading manufacturers and logistics teams keep every shift covered? https://teamsense.com/ Prefer to listen? https://pod.link/1896826304
How He Beat Back Imposter Syndrome | Dr. Tim Tenneriello
Jul 24, 20261h 15m
Dr. Tim Tenneriello started as the Principal of a low-performing charter school with teachers who'd been in classrooms longer than he'd been alive. He had no blueprint, just the weight of 55 people looking to him for answers he didn't have yet. Four years later, they were the top-performing school in the network. Then he ran multiple schools. Then the whole network. He bought the company with no family money and no connections, just seven months of obsessing over how to find $4 million he didn't have. He sold it and got into wealth management. On this episode of Talk Real Shift, we covered: → How to survive the "temporary period of incompetence" every new role brings → Why imposter syndrome is just a signal that you're growing, and how to beat it back → The DISC profile that showed Tim he has zero natural tendency to care about people, and what he did about it → How to buy a business when you have no money and nobody in your life who's ever done it → Why letting your team fail on purpose is one of the most important things you can do as a leader Thank you Tim for being as honest about the hard parts as with the wins!. Chapters 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Dr. Tim's background: from classroom discipline to charter school principal 5:15 - Getting the doctorate and MBA 6:19 - Imposter syndrome at every level 9:00 - Building a network by saying yes 10:36 - When saying no is the right call: priorities vs. ambition 13:08 - Buying a company with no money and no connections 18:20 - How to earn trust fast: start with the small, visible wins 20:05 - Leadership clarity: vision, focus, and avoiding shiny objects 23:14 - The generational wealth transfer and opportunity in M&A 27:46 - What it actually takes: work, luck, and the preparation that earns it 38:05 - Where it went wrong: the transactional years and the shift toward people 44:45 - The DISC profile, the "I have no S" moment, and learning to lead intentionally 52:39 - Building teams from scratch at every stop, and why that worked 58:45 - Advice to 25-year-old Tim 1:02:11 - On luck vs. preparation, and five graduate degrees 1:07:03 - Final advice: build great people and then get out of their way ~~~ This episode is powered by TeamSense TeamSense is the AI-powered shift intelligence platform that automates attendance, connects every worker, and drives performance across your operation — all through text. Ready to see how leading manufacturers and logistics teams keep every shift covered? https://teamsense.com/ Prefer to listen? https://pod.link/1896826304
He Ran a 200-Person Plant But Couldn't Decide What's for Dinner. | Joe LaRussa
Jul 10, 20261h 6m
Joe LaRussa spent his career in automotive. Promotions, a patent, industry recognition. He was winning at work but walking into chaos every night. He talks about how the industry downturn swept up his position. He was a new dad with toddler at home and no plan. On the drive home that day, with nothing left to schedule and no meetings to run, it hit him: Every system he used at work was usable. He built a household balance sheet, a family mission statement, spending thresholds, and a calendar. Now he's a small-city mayor, and people trusted him with that office because of how his household runs. In our episode we covered: → Why work-life balance is a myth and what work-life blending looks like in practice → The family mission statement that ended the dinner argument → Running your home like a balance sheet → The Japan trip that came after ten flopped blending attempts → Why your problem at home is almost always the system Thank you, Joe, for Talking Real Shift! -- PROMOS MENTIONED -- https://homegrownleadership.net/wmm Use promo code REALSHIFT for $20 off (expires 8/31) Use promo code REALSHIFT99 for $100 off Insight to Action workshop. Chapters 0:00 Teaser 0:48 From automotive leadership to Homegrown Leadership 3:08 The drive home that changed everything 6:19 Running the household like an operating machine 7:34 Building a five-month reserve, the household balance sheet 11:08 Getting aligned, the family mission statement 15:11 The vulnerable moments behind the anger 19:48 Get hold of your time first 24:58 Work-life balance is a myth, try blending 35:25 Good leaders lift other leaders up 44:23 The sledgehammer and the velvet hammer 54:45 Course-correcting a broken culture at home 59:48 The one resource you can't make more of 1:00:00 What he'd tell his 25-year-old self 1:01:48 Where to start and the closing invite ~~~ This episode is powered by TeamSense TeamSense is the AI-powered shift intelligence platform that automates attendance, connects every worker, and drives performance across your operation — all through text. Ready to see how leading manufacturers and logistics teams keep every shift covered? https://teamsense.com/ Prefer to listen? https://pod.link/1896826304
What Crisis Taught Me About Leadership | Terry Rhadigan
Jun 26, 202659 min
Terry Rhadigan spent 36 years at General Motors. He started answering phones on an 800 number in Troy, Michigan, fielding angry customers in an era when Detroit's quality reputation was taking hits. Communications was the goal, but it took nine years of dealer visits, district service calls, and floor-level learning before he got there. On the other side of a GM crisis, he became VP of Global Communications at one of the largest companies in the world. In our episode we covered: → Why transparency is your best crisis tool, and what happens when you don't use it → How to redirect a conversation without lying → What 15 different roles at one company teaches you about communicating → What it will take to keep Detroit's momentum going → What Terry would tell his younger self about balance, kindness, and the long game People who can communicate well under pressure aren't born that way… they earn it in the hard roles nobody wanted, before anyone trusted them with the big ones. Terry, thank you for sharing your story with our audience! Chapters 0:00 - Introduction to Terry Rhadigan 1:30 - Career Beginnings: Nine Years to Get Into Communications 4:00 - Breaking Into GM Communications and Learning the Business 5:00 - The Core Rule of Crisis Communication: Own It 7:00 - Redirecting the Narrative: How Product Launches Changed GM's Story 8:45 - Using Communication Skills in Your Personal Life 11:15 - Life After GM: Four Boards, One Consultancy, and Detroit's Momentum 13:15 - The NFL Draft, the Sports Commission, and Detroit's Image Shift 17:00 - Michigan's Automotive Industry: Fighting to Stay at the Top 25:00 - The EV Crossroads: Where the Industry Goes From Here 38:15 - When Shift Hits the Fan: Inside the GM Crisis 44:50 - Leading at 22: Managing 70 People Through a Company Crisis 50:35 - Advice to My 25-Year-Old Self 52:05 - About TeamSense ~~~ This episode is powered by TeamSense Prefer to listen? Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/033oapRSFlbJrOYMyW2IVS?si=d552ddefbc0c4c10 Apple → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talk-real-shift/id1896826304 TeamSense is the AI-powered shift intelligence platform that automates attendance, connects every worker, and drives performance across your operation — all through text. Ready to see how leading manufacturers and logistics teams keep every shift covered? https://teamsense.com/
What Crisis Taught Me About Leadership | Terry Rhadigan
Jun 26, 202659 minS0
<p>Terry Rhadigan spent 36 years at General Motors.</p><p>He started answering phones on an 800 number in Troy, Michigan, fielding angry customers in an era when Detroit's quality reputation was taking hits. Communications was the goal, but it took nine years of dealer visits, district service calls, and floor-level learning before he got there.</p><p>On the other side of a GM crisis, he became VP of Global Communications at one of the largest companies in the world.</p><p>In our episode we covered:</p><p>→ Why transparency is your best crisis tool, and what happens when yo...
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