WOMEN IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY Prairie Manufacturer Magazine welcomes Lori Schmidt as guest columnist for this edition of Women in Manufacturing.
The Caregiver Sandwich Leading, and caring, in the midst of a crisis By Lori Schmidt
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s we work to get the COVID-19 pandemic under control and get our economies moving, we see almost every aspect of our lives has
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been impacted; from how we work and communicate, to how and what we buy, to how we live, and even how we manage our roles as leaders and caregivers.
In this extraordinary new reality, the massive changes in behaviour have put leaders, especially women leaders, in challenging positions. Suddenly they find
