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24 POWDER COATING, August 2018 Business Leadership, holds his NACE CIP Level 3 (#31504), and is a member of PCI's Custom Coater Steering Committee. His company is focused on providing powder coating and abrasive blasting to the local market and specializes in process- driven quality for pieces up to 38 feet by 9.5 feet by 10 feet and 7,000 pounds. If you would like to contact Chris, he can be reached at chris@ aegis nishing.com. This column discusses problems encountered by powder coaters during the daily operation of their powder coating lines. These are in-the-field experiences from coaters. Its intent is to provide practical information to line personnel who coat all day to help them improve in their work. If you would like to contribute to this column, contact Alicia Tyznik, editor, at 651/287- 5620, or email atyznik@cscpub.com. the culture in your organization. You don't have to be a French philosopher to understand these things or to come up with solutions that may make a dif- ference – you just have to do them consistently every day until it becomes the norm. Do that, and one day you will see the people around you acting out what you have been pouring e ort into creating. PC Editor's note For further reading, visit Powder Coating magazine's website at www.pcoating. com and search the Article Archive by keyword, subject, organization, author, or issue date. All articles listed in the archive are available for free download to registered users. Chris McKinnon owns A e g i s I n d u s t r i a l Finishing Ltd. with his father in Surrey, BC. As a third generation m e t a l f i n i s h e r ( h i s grandfather started a plating company in 1948, and his father has worked in powder coating for more than 20 years), he is actively developing new markets for powder coating and providing those who will listen a greater appreciation for powder coating. He has an MA in bottle, you cannot put it back in with- out breaking trust. Here are a few books I've read that will help you on this journey: • e Advantage, Patrick Lencioni • Good to Great, Jim Collins • Ownership inking, Brad Hams • Start with Why, Simon Sinek o Sinek also has a TEDx Talk that can be viewed at https:// youtu.be/u4ZoJKF_VuA (the link is case sensitive; last accessed 7/19/2018) Bottom line You are the captain of the ship and the responsibility is on you to make sure your employees have the training and clear understanding to perform the duties for which you hired them. But I also believe that if you can clarify, com- municate, and celebrate, your people will take notice. ose that should be with you will get more engaged and those that shouldn't be will either leave or gradually come around. Cultural change is hard, but de nitely worth it. I hope that if you do not have time to read books appropriate to this topic, then the above points have provided food for thought on how to improve plating company in 1948, and his POWDER COATING DON'T FORGET! The Quick Web Resource is available now at pcoating.com Link to our featured vendors to nd videos, white papers, case histories, and much more. IT'S EXPERTISE AT A CLICK!