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TEACH YOUR TEAM TO MAKE DECISIONS LIKE YOU WOULD

Profit loss can happen when your employees operate in silos. The way you break down silos is through educating how the actions in each department have a ripple effect throughout the company.

If your team doesn't understand or appreciate other departments they cannot build technical empathy. Educate your employees to build your company and prevent profit loss.

What brings you here today?

Meet the Instructors

Left Hand Learning team implements right brain approaches (creativity and emotional intelligence) to solve your most pressing technical problems. 

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Director

Matt Kownick

Matt's unique value is his creative approach to engineering and his emotional intelligence which has enabled him to help dozens of midwestern companies thrive through bottlenecks. You'll find Matt at the front of your "classroom" working tirelessly with your team to get them on track.

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Learning Coach

Jake Weems

Growing up on a farm in southwest Michigan instilled an
appreciation of positive mindsets and the ability to think on his feet. Jake is a
skilled fabricator with a passion for manufacturing and process optimization. 

You will find Jake supporting the implementation of Left Hand Learning which his unshakable optimism and determination to solve problems.

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Learning Specialist

Teekay Kowalewski

Teekay’s passion for making has propelled him through lift and into Mechanical Engineering at UW Madison. After founding the Phone Mount People LLC, he Is becoming an expert in problem solving and teaching.

Teekay currently lives in Madison. You'll find him supporting your learning sessions with resources and technical support. 

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See What Our Clients are Saying

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"Working with Matt made work life easier, period. He is incredibly intelligent and is always keeping the customer in mind whether it comes to convenience of unpackaging on a job site or achieving customer expectations in all forms, sometimes in ways they aren’t even aware of.  He brings a serious ‘get after it’ yet fun attitude to the table every day. The improvements and changes that he has made at Millennium made an immediate impact in our production, engineering, supply chain and sales areas."

Katelynn Fraher

General Manager- Millennium Forms

A Sampling of Learning

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Client Problem: Cash flow in winter months.

LHL Solution: Find batch incentives, financial planning

Freed up $255,000 for light cash flow in winter months.

Client Problem: Improper packaging and crating leading to profit loss.

LHL Solution: Education to prevent mistake. 

Cost savings $14,100. 

Client Problem: Incorrect material specified.

LHL Solution: Education for most accurate material for each application.

Cost savings: $24,000

Unlock your team's potential

Build an environment for employees to understand how and why each role in this company is critical.

Build business acumen of your employees
This destroys a silo mentality (“as soon as it is out of my department I don’t have to worry about it anymore”)

Improve cohesiveness and cross pollination of all departments working together.

Help employees understand the ripple effect of their actions
The way you start to break down silos is through education how the actions in their department have a ripple effect throughout the company. If they don’t understand or appreciate other departments they cannot build technical empathy.

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Ready to Learn More?

Whether it’s an appreciation refresher for of co-workers and their job roles or laying the baseline for a change initiative, Left Hand Learning is critical to companies wanting to grow together, increase profitability today, and be sustainable for tomorrow.

We will be in touch shortly!

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