Thursday, April 3, 2025

The New Guy Part 16

I now end an up and down March and begin April with optimism, knowledge gaps closed, lessons learned and a greater plan. 

Myself and my counterparts have been reading "From Good To Great". The main takeaways from the last chapter was to have a disciplined staff and make a stop-doing list instead of a to-do list.

Here's my stop-doing list: .

Working 12 hours every shift
Skipping meals and snacks
Complaining and making excuses
Neglecting admin and certain tasks until the end
Allowing any disrespect from FLEX drivers or associates 
Failing to update my blog and Twitter
Make clear expectations to the team for stowdown transition, support during PSLO and my role in crash sorts at the end
Doing it all myself instead of delegating 
Just listening: provide feedback
Not having a clear plan from the past, checklist, etc
Neglecting what metrics are needed to focus on

Start doing: 

Focus on DPO routes
Picklist to picklist times 
Follow up with other sites for best practices.
Shadow the best stower and the lower stower.
Have someone for EOS Watchtower daily.
Utilize accommodations associates better 
Dive deeper into high picklist times 
STU/ADAPT long breaks and long staging times. 
Ensure LP2 has enough carts
Ensure enough of every device. 
Follow up with ACES
Have daily, weekly pick contests.
Get safety callouts clear 
Have as many Dragonfly entries as possible and close them in real time

It's time to get this shift to the top performance and cost wise! #StepByStep