A shop foreman is a management job, not a technical one. The role should be judged by what your team produces, not by your own hands-on work. Calling it "production manager" better reflects what the job actually is.
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You know, I think that's a. Probably the place to start this whole conversation is we, we have to view it as a leadership position. That is like mistake number one is we, we pull the shop foreman into a category of a technical position. And if you're, if you're viewing it through that lens like, you're, you're starting off in completely the wrong. The wrong spot. Like, I almost wish we just called it a production manager or something like that and not a shop foreman. Because
leadership is measured in the outcome of the people you're leading, not in your.