2018 is a wrap Ladies and Gentlemen, where\u2019d all the time go? Here we are in Week 52, next week will be 2019 and we\u2019ll have 365 days to reach all of our new Goals! I\u2019m Marty with you at Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I\u2019d like to invite you to share our Podcast with your friends and co-workers, maybe show them how to find and listen to all the free educational, instructional and entertainment shows out there. And of course I\u2019d like to thank each of you for hanging out with us here at WAOC each week too! If you haven\u2019t liked or followed our Facebook and Twitter feeds, check\u2019em out using that @whseandops, we can usually be found hanging out in there throughout the week! Well, here we are, the end of another quarter. I\u2019m really excited about todays program, we\u2019ve gathered up a few of our regulars to pick their brains and just throw thoughts up on the table for discussion!
\nI have John, Rodrigo and Phillip on the phone with us today, I think we caught John and Rodrigo in Texas this week and I bet Phillip has a coat on up in Chicago!
\nJohn, how have you been, and could you remind our group what it is your doing professionally right now Sir?
\nRodrigo, welcome back to WAOC my friend and what is your position and duties in our fine industry Sir?
\nChicago\u2019s been a little cooler than it\u2019s been here in Texas hasn\u2019t it Phillip?
\nIt\u2019s been a while since you\u2019ve visited with us, could you remind our listeners what it is your doing now?
\nI\u2019ve been asked a couple of times why I\u2019m so big on the end of the year. Besides, as we\u2019ve been talking about over the last couple of weeks, it being a great time to review our success stories and, well, not failures, we\u2019ll say opportunities, it\u2019s also when businesses are closing out the month, the quarter and yearly books. It\u2019s a busy time for just about every team member in management, I think.
\nJohn, what does the end of the year mean to Senior or Executive Management?
\nRodrigo, you over see a lot of different facilities, your supervisors direct a lot of employees. Do you see any end of year challenges with Associates or things us as employees should be watching for ourselves?
\nPhillip, your doing quite a bit of hiring right now and dealing with the end of the year too. Would you agree or disagree with anything that\u2019s been said already Sir?
\nJohn, we\u2019ve been learning a lot about the importance of Planning and Goals the last few week\u2019s here at WAOC. Last week we learned quite a bit from a few young managers out in the field that had definitely been working a plan over the last year. Is planning and goals important, even for employees just entering the workforce? Are we here at WAOC taking it a little overboard?
\nRodrigo, what do you think about Planning and Goals for your young employees?
\nPhillip, your kind of like me, I\u2019m sure you have a thought or opinion on the subject. Is planning and defining goals important for our Careers?
\nI asked our guests last week if they talked about or worked with their employees and direct reports about Goals. Do you work with or have the opportunity to work on Planning and Goals with your Supervisors and Managers?
\nSo John, that question makes me think about training. I feel the importance of training is a corporate topic again. As you know I\u2019m a big proponent on training and I\u2019m heavily involved with training programs. What\u2019s your thought on the importance of training in the light industrial arena?
\nPhillip, Rodrigo, I know you agree with the importance of training, do you see it being fully taken advantage of by the new boots or employees. Do they understand the importance of it and how taking advantage of it can make them successful?
\nWhat I\u2019m seeing is people are needing jobs. I try and speak to long term careers when I\u2019m visiting with an applicant, but I feel the culture is really just give me a position at X hourly rate,