The Production Line

In the last episode, I told you about a guy that changed his career twice within a short time spean successfully And by the way He is over 50.   Meet Dave C. Here is an interview I did with him earlier this year.   Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Jim Trela; James; Dave; Leadership; Management; Employment Help; Over 50; Ageism; 

Today, we are going to continue our conversation pm moving forward with your career when you are, I’ll say “further along in your career” For example over the age of 50   For the last couple years, I’ve been listening to people around me These are people that are of my same age And we began complaining Complaining about the shrinking opportunities as we get older   Here's what I did about it... Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Production Line; Jim Trela; Management; Leadership; Over 50; Fifty; Career; 

I don’t know about you, but, as I get past the age of 50, I’m looking at my career and where it is headed next. I don’t mean retirement either I have an 11 year old at home, which gives me at lease another 12 or 13 years of work ahead of me, just to get him through college With this on my mind, I’ve been writing down some notes... Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Jim; Trela; James; Production; Line; Management; Leadership; Over 50; Fifty; Career; Change; Strategy;

If you look around your work area, what do you see? Is it related to your education? You Family Previous jobs? Current job? Awards?   More importantly, why are they there?   Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Jim Trela; Production Line; Management; Leadership; 

After taking a couple weeks off, I've decided to improve the Production Line.  Listen in to find out what Then we talk about Disagreements That Work Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Production Line; Management; Conflict; Disagreements; Management; Leadership; Jim Trela; James G Trela; 

There are many companies out there that are ignoring one of the most valuable talent pools in the world And they are going to have to pay for it We’re talking about the Seasoned Veterans Let’s talk about this resource pool And how it can help save you some time, money and headaches KeyWords: Production Line; Jim Trela; Management; Leadership; Process Improvement; Age in Business; Seasoned Citizens; 

Why? We spoke about it from your perspective. Why are you in business? Why are you doing the thing you do for your customers? This is the most important reason in any business person’s career. The same goes for me Here’s why I created the Production Line and why I haven’t missed a podcast in over 85 episodes Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Production Line; Jim Trela; Leadership; Management; Business; Entrepreneur; Life

In our current series titled: So you want to Start A Business… We have looked at the questions of: Why -The reason behind the business What - The business you are going to start Who - Defining your customer And now we are going to talk about the most important question: How?” Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Production Line; Leadership; Management; Entrepreneur; Process Improvement; Jim Trela; Standard Operation Procedures; Quality

Today, we are going to take a little break from our talks about starting your own business This episode is being published during the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend so I wanted to take some time to reflect on all we have All the while, dropping some value nuggets for Holiday Scheduling Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Jim Trela; Production Line; Center for Grateful Leadership; Judy Umlas; Leadership; Management; Holidays; Process Improvement

Wouldn’t you like to have a customer at your beck and call to whom you could ask all your questions? A customer that would answer you with the sincerity of the question being asked? Someone that would answer questions like: What are you [customer] most in need of that I [businessperson] could provide? When are you most in need of my services? What are your concerns right now? What color should I produce? And more .. Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Production Line; Entrepreneur; Small Business; Jim Trela; Process Improvement; Management; Leadership; Business; Persona; Avatar; Customer

Today we are going to continue our discussion on the topic: So you want to start your own business Last episode we began the whole thing by answering the question: “Why?” This is answered with the mission and vision statements. The mission statement tells why you are starting this business The vision statement tells how you are going to make the mission come true What is the business going to look like?   So once you have these two in order, the next question is: What? What are you going to do in this business? You have to nail this question What are you going to produce or provide to your customer? This follows very closely behind the vision statement Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Production Line; Entrepreneur; Mission Statement; Vision Statement; Product Definition; Service Definition; Process Improvement; Leadership; Management; Product Development; Product Owner

Welcome to the Production Line Today you are going to ask yourself a key question that will help take your business in the right direction I’ve asked this question to a woman that is looking to start her own business I’ve also asked this question of people that have owned their business for years A third group of people I ask this question of are those managers responsible for delivery of a good or service to a customer What is this question? Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Production Line; James G Trela; Jim Trela; Business; Process Improvement; Start A Business; Entrepreneur; Management;p Leadership

Last week, I told you about the volunteering I do at my son’s school. Like last year, I ran this year’s Father / Son Service Program at the Sacred Heart Apostolic School in Indiana So what did we accomplish with $1,250, 80 People, and 4 Hours?   Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Production Line; Leadership; Management; Non-Profit; Program Management; Sacred Heart Apostolic School; SHAS; Process Improvement

Again this year, I ran the Father / Son Service Program at the Sacred Heart Apostolic School in Indiana How did it all begin? In July, I contacted the the Rector of the High School, Fr. Timothy Walsh, to ask about the Father / Son Weekend and if the Service Program was going to be part of it. Since the program was such a success last year, I assumed it would, but didn’t want to make that assumption. The dads and the students all enjoyed the time together as well as the physical work performed at the school. As expected, the service program was going to be part of the weekend. I volunteered to coordinate it again this year. Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Production Line; Process Improvement; Leadership; Management; Business; Sacred Heart Apostolic School

Over the life of the Production Line podcast there have been several occasions where I have mentioned the concept of the Power of Acknowledgment. But does this payoff in the market place? Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Production Line, Leadership, Management; Whole Foods Market; Art of Grateful Leadership; Center for Grateful Leadership; IIL; Process Improvement

Topic of today’s podcast Delivering a consistent quality product to your customer requires a solid process I say this at the beginning of each and every podcast Now, I’m not the only one There is a blog that talks directly about this topic The blog comes from the Genesys company and can be found at: http://blog.genesys.com/consistency-is-key-to-customer-experience-excellence/   The name of the post is: “Consistency Is Key to Customer Experience Excellence” And it’s dated October 3, 2017 They author is David Sudbey Keywords: #IWorkForGM; David Sudbey; Production Line; Process; Improvement; Management; Leadership; Genesys Blog; 

Over the last couple episodes, I have walked you through the processes I found while on vacation. I told of Horse farms, hotels, a cavern tour and the Jack Daniels Distillery So what does this leave you in your business or organization? Do you have solid processes and systems in place? Do you have any systems in place?   Let's get back to working on your business.   Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Production Line; Process Improvement; Management; Leadership; Processes; Systems; Taylor Made Farm; Jack Daniels;

Are you process aware? Not only within your organization, but when you are out and about? Today, I want you to begin becoming more process aware.   As an example Let me tell you more about my vacation... Now, what do you notice when you are on vacation? Everything is novel to you so you begin to notice everything   My wife and I recently went on vacation Driving to Louisville, KY Then to Nashville, TN Then to Chattanooga, TN Our Ultimate destination was to Columbus, GA and Fort Benning. Then we drove home with a stop in Lexington, KY In each city we stayed for at least one night Each city had a different hotel chain too And each experience was unique Some good Some not so good Let me tell you what I noticed.   Processes are everywhere   In the last episode we talked about the first half of our vacation Today we are going to talk about what we did once we left Nashville, TN   Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Production Line; Jim Trela; Processes; Procedures; Process Improvement; Lynchburg; Jack Daniels; Ruby Falls; Leadership; Management

Are you process aware? Not only within your organization, but when you are out and about? Today, I want you to begin becoming more process aware. Let me tell you about my vacation...   What do you notice when you are on vacation? Everything is novel to you so you begin to notice everything We recently went on a vacation Driving to Louisville, KY Then to Nashville, KY Then to Chattanooga, TN Our Ultimate destination was to Columbus, GA and Fort Benning. Then we drove home with a stop in Lexington, KY In each city we stayed for at least one night Each city had a different hotel chain too And each experience was unique Some good Some bad Let me tell you what I noticed.   Processes are everywhere   Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Production Line; Jim Trela; Redneck Comedy Bus Tour; Process Improvement; Processes; Systems; 

What do you notice when you are on vacation? Everything is novel to you so you begin to notice everything We recently went on a vacation Driving to Louisville, KY Then to Nashville, KY Then to Chattanooga, TN Our Ultimate Destination was Columbus, GA and Fort Benning   On the way back we drove to Lexington, KY and stayed with friends While there I got the chance to visit place a place that was a testament to processes, procedures and satisfied customers Taylor Made Farm Keywords: #IWorkForGM;Taylor Made Farm; Production Line; Jim Trela; Management; Leadership; Processes; Procedures;