Personal Growth and Time Management
b'I can\\u2019t believe we\\u2019re wrapping up the 3rd quarter of the year already can ya\\u2019ll? Well Thanks for checking in with us today here at Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I\\u2019m Marty, and I\\u2019m super excited about all the things we\\u2019re working on, we have some great guest coming up over the next few weeks to share and visit with us. It\\u2019s really a lot of fun putting these shows together, I hope you\\u2019re enjoying them and that your finding, at least occasionally, something of value that helps your career, plans and goals! I\\u2019d appreciate if you\\u2019d Subscribe to us on iTunes, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast or any of your favorite Podcatchers. Maybe even share the show with a friend or two, we love seeing our group growing each week!
\\nWell back to today\\u2019s episode, let\\u2019s talk about our advancement opportunities and how we may be able to push things along a little. I was speaking with a young gentleman a few weeks ago that thought he\\u2019d like to get into the Safety realm. He\\u2019d always enjoyed teaching and volunteering in community projects, he\\u2019d been in warehousing for about 8 years and was looking for his next opportunity. He had put a plan together and wanted to run it by me, see if I had any idea\\u2019s or opinions and as you know I\\u2019ve got no problem sharing an opinion ever now and then! We\\u2019ll call him Brett for today, Brett had launched his warehousing career in Sanitation for a large production facility, I think he worked there for about a year. He\\u2019d earned some time on the electric pallet jack, and although he liked his position it was quite a drive each day and he\\u2019d found an opportunity closer to home at a Distribution Center that was advertising for a Pallet Runner. He\\u2019s been with the company now for about 7 years, he moved to a forklift operator in year 2 and on to a Receiving position in year 4 so he\\u2019s been doing that for about 3 years. I had asked about supervision or a lead position, but he has very little interest in the office hours part of the job, dealing with the merchandising department and having to direct his peers or the same men and women he\\u2019d been working with all this time.
\\nHis facility has a strong really Safety Department, I mean the kind that shares articles, always participates in the crew\\u2019s start-up meetings and really presents Safety in such a way that it builds a Culture, a way of doing things right every day!
\\nBrett\\u2019s been educating himself with different articles on the internet and he\\u2019s taken several on-line Supervisor and Management classes, I think he\\u2019d found a couple on Safety or safety practices as well. If you\\u2019re not familiar with Alison.com or universal class.com I urge you to check them out, it\\u2019s the internet and believe me you can find a class on just about anything on the internet, a lot of them are free or at a very reasonable price! Now these courses are probably not going to give you any credits towards degrees or even any certificates, but they will arm you with knowledge. I\\u2019m a big keyword advocate, keywords can grab our boss\\u2019s attention and get us heard and noticed.
\\nAnd that\\u2019s exactly the plan Brett has put together. He is self-educating, learning about Safety, he\\u2019s actually purchased the book for OSHA\\u2019s 29cfr1910.178 standard and several others on workplace violence building safety etc. Just through speaking up at the shifts start up meetings he\\u2019s been noticed, and the Safety Manager is now aware of his goals and what he\\u2019s doing to achieve them! I\\u2019m certain he\\u2019ll have a position in Safety before years end!
\\nBrett\\u2019s story reminded me of a class I gave last week. One segment was on Personal Growth in the workplace and although the participants were office staff I think a few of the points can apply to us here in operations.
\\nWe all have a personal life outside of work, and I hope that\\u2019s our primary life. Our spouse, children and families, yep even our in-laws are important to us. I hear a lot about,'