Team leader - leadership on the shop floor

Here is what we are finding in the Tier I & II's of the auto industry. After the downsizing and reduced hours of 2007 - 09, customer demand is picking up, however, hiring for the old jobs is being resisted. Where once was a manufacturing manager, production supervisor and 4 team leaders, now is a production manager and 2 team leaders (one on each shift.) And this effort to get more production with less requires more skills in the "people" side of the business that before.