Ownership, It’s All About Choices

About this episode

Marty discusses the concept of ownership in warehouse and operations roles, emphasizing personal responsibility and accountability.

In our world of warehousing, transportation, and supply chain operations, titles or what we call ourselves can vary widely. You may be in sanitation, running a scrubber and setting the plate for the next shift or you may be a yard spotter moving trailers or maybe you’re on a forklift racking pallets, or an order selector chasing cases, a clerk managing paperwork, a dispatcher coordinating loads, or an inventory analyst balancing numbers that keep millions of dollars accounted for. All different roles with different responsibilities. But there is one thing that ties every successful associate, supervisor, and leader together. Welcome back all, I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career and today I’d like to talk about Ownership. Ownership is not given to us with a certificate, a vest, or a title. It’s not written into our job description. It’s a decision, one we make every single shift. I think ownership is the mindset of saying t his is my job, and I’m responsible for how it’s done. Or if something goes wrong, I don’t look around, I point at myself. If something can be better, I want to be part of the solution. In my view, o wnership means you don’t separate yourself…

People in this episode

Host: Marty

Topics covered

• ownership
• responsibility
• warehouse operations
• supply chain
• mindset

Keywords

• ownership
• warehouse
• supply chain
• responsibility
• mindset
• operations
• roles

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