Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves; Building Culture in a Family-Run Business

Steph meets Laura McBrown, Managing Director of G&B, an electronic manufacturing service provider, who has been running the family business with her sister, Kate, for the past 11 years.  Laura explains how she got into the industry entirely by accident but loved the creativity and diverse range of roles so much that it inspired her to study electrical engineering. She shares the story behind her father founding the company during the recession of the later 1980s and how the business has grown since that time, now serving the defence, aerospace, medical, and other highly regulated sectors.  Laura discusses how she and her sister are shaping the culture of the business, why team morale matters and how they approach recruitment in the face of a sector wide skills shortage.  00:00 Welcome00:28 Family Business Origins01:24 Industry Shift to Manufacturing04:06 Learning on the Job08:02 Proving Leadership and Culture09:51 Business Today and Growth Goals10:57 Skills Pipeline Challenge12:20 National Manufacturing Day Tours15:08 Making Outreach Work for Business17:39 Building Confidence and Upskilling Get in touch with us at sospod@enginuity.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.