SHOP FLOOR TO BOARDROOM: A PRACTICAL PLAY BOOK FOR LEADERSHIP, SYSTEMS, GROWTH & MANUFACTURING LEGACY
Most leadership books are born in lecture halls. This one was forged on the factory floor. Sundeep Kumar draws on decades of hands-on manufacturing and operational experience to produce a guide aimed squarely at those working their way up through industry, whether they're engineers, supervisors, plant managers, or operators with bigger ambitions. The result is a practical, grounded read rather than an abstract collection of corporate wisdom. Kumar covers a fair amount of ground, from building teams that perform consistently to designing systems that don't fall apart the moment a key person leaves. He also tackles the trickier, more human side of leadership: shaping culture, steering change, and nurturing the kind of growth mindset that keeps professionals moving forward rather than standing still. Each section is built around frameworks you can actually use, not just admire from a distance. The book's central argument is a quietly compelling one: the distance between the shop floor and the boardroom isn't measured in job titles. It's measured in discipline, in how well you develop the people around you, and in what you leave behind once you've moved on. For anyone navigating the middle rungs of an industrial or manufacturing career and wondering what the next step looks like, this offers a clear-eyed, experience-backed perspective that's genuinely useful.
- Author: Sundeep Kumar
- Publisher: MLMW Publishers
- Genre: Industry-Specific Business
- ISBN: B0H6CTBJ1L
- Pages: 299 pages