About

This blog was created by Bart Gragg of Blue Collar University as a place for managers and those that manage them to share questions, ideas and solutions to the challenges that blue collar managers face.

Bart has worked in some of the toughest industries out there – from the rice fields of Louisiana, oilfields of Texas and traveled the nation on dismantling and refinery service projects.  He is President of Maverick Business Advisors, Inc. and writes another blog on general consulting, Mental Meals – Brain Food For You Business!

Bart is author of the brief book “Managing or Mangling? A Brief Plea for Sanity in Management!” and is also available as a speaker and trainer.  To see more about that side of his business see www.speakswell.com.

Affiliations:

• Board Member of Institute of Management Consultants – NorCal Chapter
• Board Member at large of the Contra Costa County Employers Advisory Council.
• Member American Society of Safety Engineers – San Francisco, CA.
• Past Board Member of National Association of Women Business Owners – SF Chapter.

Feel free to ask questions, leave comments and stir the pot!