The Power of A Positive Workplace Culture with Steven Blue

<p><strong>Connect with Steve Blue</strong></p><p><strong>LinkedIn: </strong>https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenblue/</p><p><strong>Website: </strong>https://www.stevenlblue.com/</p><p><strong>Lisa Ryan:&nbsp;</strong>Hey, it's Lisa Ryan. Welcome to the Manufacturer's Network podcast. I'm excited to introduce our guest today, Steve Blue. Steve is President and CEO of Miller Ingenuity, which is a high-tech company in the transportation space. He's also the bestselling author of five books and a speaker and consultant. Steve, welcome to the show.</p><p><strong>Steve Blue:&nbsp;</strong>Thank you, Lisa. It's a pleasure to be here.</p><p><strong>Lisa Ryan:&nbsp;</strong>Steve, share a bit about your background and what led you to do what you're doing.</p><p><strong>Steve Blue:&nbsp;</strong>I've been in manufacturing for 45 years and in senior leadership in manufacturing for the last 40. In the last 25 years, I've been the CEO of a manufacturing company, so I know the landscape of manufacturers.</p><p>I have written five books. One of them became a bestseller. I'm a professional speaker. Just in the last year, I spoke at Harvard Business School, the United Nations, and Carnegie Hall, to name a few. Now and again, I'll do some consulting, but mostly it's professional speaking, authoring books, and then running my own company, which, as anybody in your audience will know, that's a full-time job in and of itself.</p><p><strong>Lisa Ryan:&nbsp;</strong>Before the show started, you and I were talking about company culture, and you said that you'd created a killer company culture in your company. I want to dive deep into that because with the workforce, with workers so hard to find these days to begin with, it's critical to create the type of workplace culture that keeps the people once you have them. So, share your philosophy regarding company cultures and some specific things you did within your company.</p><p><strong>Steve Blue:&nbsp;</strong>First of all, in my view, culture is everything. It is absolutely everything. I