Junior production leaders
Our program, developed specifically for production, supports prospective leaders in confidently growing into their new role – with AI-supported Learning Journeys that are tailored to the shop floor in a practical way.
Shop floor leader program
Shop floor leader program
The customized development program takes into account the specific challenges of the production environment.
Leaders operate in a complex field of tension: large spans of control, in which people with different values, languages, religions, and cultures come together, coupled with high pressure to perform and deliver quality, as well as transparency through measurable results.
Stages of the Learning Journey
- Stage ME: Self-Management & Understanding Roles
The new leadership role: From technical expertise to leadership responsibility on the shop floor.
- Stage YOU: Relationship Building & Communication
Gaining respect and authority without losing closeness.
- Stage WE: Team & Leading in Change
Leading teams, shaping change
- Example of a shop floor Learning Journey
- Duration: 5 modules over 4-6 months
- Structure: Leadership workshop with 3×2 days of face-to-face sessions + collegial case consultation (2×2 hours virtual)
- Support: Buddy System, Coaching and AI-supported Coaching, Peer Learning Groups
Learning Format:
AI-supported Shop Floor Learning Journey with production-specific
practical elements
Duration:
3×2 days of
classroom instruction +
virtual case consultations + self-study
CONTUR Certification:
Qualified
Final Certificate
Experience: 25+ years,
Shop Floor Expert Jens Witte, various industries, international in several languages
References
We have already successfully implemented Development Programs in production with these customers.
The Impact of Our Learning Journeys
Benefits of strategic shop floor leadership development
What participating High-Potential employees achieve through a Shop Floor Leadership Program:
- Developing leadership skills and competence: Using methods and leadership tools.
- Confidence in action: Guidance for difficult leadership situations, increasing resilience.
- Strong communication skills: Constructive communication and conversation skills, even under production-related stress.
- Mastering role changes: Being respected as a supervisor. Gaining self-confidence in the new role.
- Reflection on the leadership role: Gaining clarity about the leadership path.
The advantages of the Shopfloor Program for Management:
- Conflict reduction: Fewer escalations and complaints from production.
- Employee retention: Higher satisfaction and lower turnover.
- Uniform understanding of leadership: Consistent leadership culture across all levels.
The strategic advantages offered by the Shopfloor Program:
- Employee retention and reduced absenteeism: Higher satisfaction and lower turnover, as well as lower sickness rates.
- Generational change and talent pipeline: Internal management trainees from the company’s own production department.
- Cultural change: Development of a management culture in production that is desired by the company.
What participating High-Potential employees achieve through a Shop Floor Leadership Program:
- Developing leadership skills and competence: Using methods and leadership tools.
- Confidence in action: Guidance for difficult leadership situations, increasing resilience.
- Strong communication skills: Constructive communication and conversation skills, even under production-related stress.
- Mastering role changes: Being respected as a supervisor. Gaining self-confidence in the new role.
- Reflection on the leadership role: Gaining clarity about the leadership path.
The advantages of the Shopfloor Program for Management:
- Conflict reduction: Fewer escalations and complaints from production.
- Employee retention: Higher satisfaction and lower turnover.
- Uniform understanding of leadership: Consistent leadership culture across all levels.
The strategic advantages offered by the Shopfloor Program:
- Employee retention and reduced absenteeism: Higher satisfaction and lower turnover, as well as lower sickness rates.
- Generational change and talent pipeline: Internal management trainees from the company’s own production department.
- Cultural change: Development of a management culture in production that is desired by the company.
Sustainable Shopfloor Development
through Innovative Methods
Shop floor DNA: Authentic practical experience
Our trainers come from a production background themselves or have practical experience in the blue-collar environment. Jens Witte, Head of Production Competence, and his team understand the realities of shift work, lean production, and the hectic pace of operations in a production environment.
Practical transfer methodology: working on specific practical cases
Specific tasks and challenges from everyday work are actively addressed and implemented in a practical manner in order to promote learning processes and anchor them in the long term.
Collegial case consultation: Peer Learning between junior managers
Young leaders learn from each other and solve current challenges together—across locations and shifts, if desired.
Digital and AI-supported:
Use of AI coaching, Online Library, and Trainer Feedback
Strategic added value for
production and HR managers
Maximize transfer to everyday work
Our proven practical transfer concept ensures that what has been learned is actually applied in everyday work.
Reduce your administrative workload
Our full-service program support relieves your HR department, while we take care of the successful implementation and monitoring of the program.
Ensure strategic anchoring in your production strategy
We tailor the program to your specific needs. At the same time, our holistic Capability Building Approach promotes a new culture of leadership on the shop floor.
Systemic approach through our capability building – willing, ability, and enabling the implementation of what has been learned:
Involvement of direct supervisors and the human resources department as well as the works council. Involvement of the management team in the form of keynote speeches or informal dialogues, fireside evenings, etc.
Think globally, produce locally – successful worldwide
International expertise in the production environment
With CONTUR, you have a partner who develops shop floor leadership skills across cultural and location-specific boundaries. Our programs are conducted using production-specific methodology and take local conditions into account.
- Locations on 3 continents: Production experience in Germany, China, Mexico
- Shop Floor Trainer: International and local experts with operational background
- Industry-specific adaptation: Automotive, mechanical engineering, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and more
Your contact persons
Are you interested in a non-binding discussion about Leadership Development in Production?
Our experienced production experts are happy to assist you with our Shopfloor Programs.
Jens Witte
Consulting personnel and organizational development
Your contact persons
Are you interested in a non-binding discussion about Leadership Development in Production?
Our experienced production experts are happy to assist you with our Shopfloor Programs.
Jens Witte
Consulting personnel and organizational development