FEATURE

Collaboration: When Less is More

Internal collaboration can boost results, but it is not automatically a win. Management scholar Morten T. Hansen, drawing on research with Martine Haas and field cases, shows that cross-unit efforts help only when ... Read more.

MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR

This week’s features stress smart decision-making in leadership. “Collaboration: When Less is More” explains that shops should pursue teamwork only when it delivers measurable value, especially for less experienced crews. “Managing Different Types of Employees” outlines tailored approaches for superstars, journeymen, underperformers and toxic staff, to strengthen productivity and culture. Both pieces offer practical strategies to boost shop performance and team effectiveness.

– Tyler Holt, Editor

LATEST NEWS

Chemcraft celebrates 50 years serving North American wood finishers

AkzoNobel’s Chemcraft brand is marking its 50th anniversary, highlighting five decades of supplying industrial wood coatings to furniture manufacturers, ... Read more.

Weston Forest names Adam Nolasco Director of Distribution Sales

Weston Forest has appointed Adam Nolasco as Director of Distribution Sales, strengthening its commercial leadership team and sharpening its focus on retail ... Read more.

Uniboard starts new particleboard production line at Val-d’Or facility

Uniboard has produced its first panels on a new particleboard production line at its Val-d’Or, Quebec facility, marking a major milestone in a multi-year ... Read more.

Tariffs Trigger Layoffs and Job Shifts at Palliser’s Winnipeg Plant

Palliser Furniture has laid off about 40 workers in Winnipeg as the company adjusts its manufacturing operations to offset the impact of U.S. tariffs on upholstered ... Read more.

COLUMN

Managing Different Types of Employees

Businesses are generally made up of a number of groups of employees from superstar top performers to toxic troublemakers. They all need to be managed differently because they’re not ‘wired’ the same. ... Read more.

BUSINESS

Federal Funding Aims to Secure Jobs and Drive MDF Development in Northeast Ontario

The Government of Canada is investing $7.5 million to support Kap Paper Inc.’s efforts to transition toward higher value wood products, with the goal of ... Read more.

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