One of the most iconic film sequences from the last century shows Rocky training for his fight with Apollo Creed. Some of Rocky’s training includes running past burning trash cans, punching the air while holding bricks, and hitting frozen pig carcasses in a walk-in freezer. Finally, a chorus swells, and Rocky runs up the steps in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, making man’s most ancient, fake-it-till-you-make-it power pose, the “classic contrapposto”.
Similar to Rocky, your contingent workers learn and grow from the experience they receive in your warehouses or on your production line. With an all-time-high national turnover rate, ensuring such experience stays in your warehouse is essential to remaining profitable. One of the biggest issues facing companies that use outsourced labor is the problem of the “training ground.” It goes something like this…