Soft Skills in Manufacturing

Nane Lawson is the assistant manager of human resource development at Toyota’s Bodine Aluminum in Troy, Missouri. She supports Toyota Bodine’s three aluminum casting plants in organizational development and is the Advanced Manufacturing Technician Program (AMT) Advisory Chair for Missouri. As advisory chair, Lawson worked with manufacturers across the region and State Technical College of Missouri to launch Missouri’s first AMT program. She has worked diligently to advocate for this program at multiple legislative, educational and community venues and was a key speaker at Missouri’s statewide Project Lead the Way Conference, as well as the Vision St. Louis – Inclusion Symposium. Beyond the AMT program, Lawson has chaired the Bodine Women’s Leadership Forum to support the education and development of women in Toyota and established multiple training and development strategies across all three company divisions, including the design and pilot of the company’s first formal mentoring program.