“I am always in rooms that are all men. This feels so strange… but so appreciated” What one leader told us at our Chicago dinner last week hit home. It’s exactly why we are so proud of the Women in Manufacturing series that ran last week thanks to our partner BrandActive. How can you help? Read the recap, then like/comment/share a featured post with someone who should see it. Every bit of engagement helps visibility for these leaders and helps your feed be that much better. Keep amplifying awesome, friends.
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“The purpose of our leadership position is not about the power or pay - it’s using our positional power to impact people and their potential.”
Many leaders, one shared conviction: people matter as much as the product. Hilary Gwisdala took the Solstice Advanced Materials brand from Honeywell spin-off to IPO, and she believes manufacturing deserves a more human story. Arvis Williams spent 37 years in automotive and now runs quality, engineering, and OpEx at BorgWarner, where she treats operational excellence as a culture, not a toolkit. Deanna Postlethwaite leads product management for Hitachi’s industrial equipment and air power businesses, and she’ll tell you women leaders were never short on capability. Nikki Bishop bridges technology and the humans who use it at Emerson, and she says asking for what you’ve earned “is not arrogance. It’s accuracy.”
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If you missed the series, you can still meet every leader in the full recap, or nominate an extraordinary woman to be featured in our regular (beyond manufacturing) weekly spotlight. 👇
💜 That One Thing: Knowing who to call…
A new logo takes a day to approve. Getting it onto every sign, truck, package, uniform, invoice, and website is the hard part, and in manufacturing that can mean plants on three continents. That’s where BrandActive comes in. They’re trusted experts in rebrand implementation, and they help organizations bring their brand strategy to life at every touchpoint.
They also believe women in manufacturing deserve a bigger spotlight, and they did something about it. BrandActive made this series possible, nominated leaders, and co-hosted dinner in Chicago last week. If your company is facing a merger, a spin-off, or a rebrand, they’re the team to call. Hit reply and we’ll make the introduction ourselves.
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