Key Insights to Balancing Warehouse Workforce

If you are a manager for a Bay Area warehouse services company and you want to get the best out of your team, here are some few tips to consider.

Running a warehouse workforce successfully requires good interpersonal skills. As a warehouse manager, you want your staff to be successful, both as a team and individually. However, there are many challenges facing today’s warehouse manager, including differences in language, age, gender, literacy levels and cultural differences, among others.

Team and Management

It all starts with putting the right team in place. First, you need to hire the right people, then offer them appropriate training, advanced opportunities and fair compensation. Once the warehouse is running properly, there will be positive energy at the workplace, which transforms to even better performance. You need to identify the type of people that you want to fill each position. Sometimes on-the-job skills matter more than mere academic credentials. Additionally, you will have to lead by example. People will only take their roles and duties seriously, once they see you are serious with your work too.

Teamwork

Any great manager understands the importance of teamwork. Regardless of the position held, everyone should work as a team. This means that every person should be working towards the goal of the company, and not individual goals. Everyone should understand that the success of the company is a collective effort. Some people are only willing to work as a team, when there are individual rewards. However, rewarding an individual instead of the entire team is not recommended. Apart from teamwork, it is important to come with various team-building efforts.

Trust

Regardless of the business, success starts with trust. If you want consistent levels performance from your team, then you have to win their trust. If trust is not there, then don’t expect any miracles. For example, a football team will put in all the hard work needed to make sure their team succeeds, just because they have great trust in their manager. People will always recognize a fake leader. Regardless of your level of education or even technological know-how and advancement, if there is no trust, don’t expect long-term success. If you make your employees feel valued and mentored under your leadership, then you can expect to retain their loyalty and great productivity. What you should remember is that, high pay will not guarantee high performance in your warehouse.

Running a successful warehouse requires a good manager. Sometimes you don’t need to have all the academic credentials in the world. What you need are skills and competencies needed to handle diverse people. If you can bring them together to work as a team, then you are clearly headed for success.

R&A Trucking Company is a Oakland firm specializing in Logistics, Intermodal Transportation, Trucking, Warehousing and Distribution services.

We have been proudly serving the San Francisco Bay Area for nearly 40 years. With our fleet of over 100 trucks, as well as our 130,000 sq ft Oakland warehouse, we’re in the position to give local businesses the services they need to help their companies grow and thrive. For any inquiries in what we do and how it can benefit you or your business, please give us a call at (510) 632-7112.