Michael UngarCEO of the Industry 4.0 Club

Empowering Women in Manufacturing: Finding Your Voice

24 Jul 2025 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker reflects on the pivotal role a board member played as a personal sounding board, teaching them how to discern when to say no, when to stand firm, and when to hold their ground. The speaker emphasizes that while mastering these decisions is challenging, having a trusted mentor who backs you up provides essential confidence and support, illustrating a key element of empowerment and voice-finding for women in manufacturing leadership.

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That's something that the board of directors is incredibly helpful with. Hmm. Is one of, one of my board members was really, really helpful in helping me learn how to say no, when to say no, and when to hold my ground when no wasn't okay. And I'm not going to say it's easy because it's not, but having that sounding board of that particular person was incredibly helpful to just Almost back me up. And having that backer is really helpful.