WE TRAIN
frontline leaders people actually want to follow
2,000+ leaders trained
Learn alongside other frontline leaders.
Designed to fit the work week.
Focused and practical.
Practical, hands-on activities allow you to use what you learn right away.
Next cohort starts September 21, 2026.
Small cohorts for more interaction and feedback
Most supervisors were never trained to lead.
They were promoted because they were great at their work. Now they’re stuck between the floor and management—and what made them successful before doesn’t necessarily make them great leaders.They’re wearing so many hats, they feel overwhelmed and poorly equipped with the skills they need. New leaders can lose trust, take on too much, avoid hard conversations, or depend too heavily on their own manager.
When frontline leaders are equipped
The MFG.inc Frontline Leadership program is built around application on the job. It’s how Run Improve Grow ®shows up in real life—and how manufacturers turn frontline leadership from an individual talent into a core organizational capability.
Built for growing manufacturing teams.
For companies:
- Growing shops promoting from within
- Operations that depend too much on a few leaders
- Teams that need consistency across shifts
For individuals:
- New supervisors stepping into leadership
- Team leads ready for more responsibility
- Experienced leaders who never got formal training
What happens over 6 weeks in MFG.inc Frontline Leadership
Week 1: Leading the Right Way
Lead like a servant-leader and protector of your team’s safety and well-being. Build a culture of trust, respect, and safety through daily leadership habits.
Week 2: Innovating and Driving Change
Challenge the status quo by raising the bar of excellence and creating quick wins that spark continuous improvement.
Week 3: Communicating to Build Teamwork
Lead Daily Huddles that drive engagement and mutual accountability throughbehavior modeling and inspiring peak performance.
Week 4: Training Skills & Coaching Empowerment
Train job skills using proven job instruction methods and coach your team to build reliable work habits and ownership of the RUN!
Week 5: Solving Problems
Stop firefighting and get to the root of problems rapidly but not recklessly! Use FAST problem solving to engage your front line in solving their own problems.
Week 6: Giving Feedback & Recognition
Provide meaningful recognition and feedback to your team that reinforces desired behaviors and builds confidence. Wrap up by building a personal leadership action plan.
First cohort starts September 21
The first MFG.inc Frontline Leadership cohort starts September 21, 2026.
- Six weeks | Online with live discussion | Approximately 3 hours/week
- $1,295 per participant
- Small cohorts for more interaction and feedback
- Enrolling a team? Email hello@mfg.inc for group options.
Choose the cohort date that works for you.
Not another training program
Most training lives in binders, focuses on concepts, and is hard to apply to real work. This program is different.
Everything connects back to your work, your team, every day.
It’s not about knowing more.
It’s about becoming a leader that people actually want to follow.
Common Questions
Who is Frontline Leadership for? +
This is built for frontline supervisors, team leads, newly promoted supervisors, and people preparing to lead a team on the manufacturing floor. If someone is responsible for people and results—but hasn’t had formal leadership training—this is a fit.
It’s also built for companies that want to develop multiple frontline leaders around a shared approach to leadership.
What if someone has been leading for years? +
Most frontline leaders have been promoted because they are great at what they do, not for leading others. Even experienced frontline supervisors usually haven’t been trained on how to set expectations, coach people, give feedback, and solve problems consistently. This training focuses on those fundamentals.
How much time does the training take each week? +
Plan on about 3 hours per week.
That includes sessions and applying what’s covered during normal work. It’s designed to fit into a full schedule, not sit outside of it.
Is this online or in person? +
It’s a cohort-based program delivered live online in a cohort of manufacturing leaders.
Leaders go through it together in a small group, with real-world applications, activities, and live sessions included in the course.
Is this just another training course? +
No. This isn’t a library of content or something you watch and move on from. Leaders will be able to apply what they learn each week in their actual work to make it stick.
Is there a certificate or digital badge for completing the training? +
Participants who successfully complete the course and required application work earn the MFG.inc Frontline Leadership Certificate, which means the leader completed the program and applied the core practices in their real environment. It’s not just attendance—it reflects that the work was done and practiced.
How many people are in each cohort? +
We keep cohorts small enough for meaningful interaction, discussion, and feedback while still bringing together leaders with different experiences and perspectives.
Our goal is for each participant to leave with a peer group they can continue learning from and leaning on as they grow as frontline leaders.
Can we enroll multiple leaders from the same company? +
Yes, and that’s often where this works best.
When multiple leaders train together, they build a shared language, align around the same operating principles, and create more consistency across the company.
Can we create a dedicated training cohort just for our company? +
Yes. We offer dedicated company-only cohorts made up exclusively of leaders from your organization.
This is often the best fit when you want to train a full leadership team, department, or cross-functional group together. A private cohort allows the examples, discussions, and application work to stay focused on your company’s real challenges.
To learn more about enrolling a larger group or creating a dedicated company cohort, email us at info@mfg.inc
Build stronger frontline leaders.
Choose from multiple cohort dates to fit your schedule.