The Importance of Learning from Peers

The Young Storage Network recognises and supports the youth in our industry and is here to encourage networking and the sharing of ideas.

Networking is important because your colleagues within the self storage industry, can help you find ideas and solutions that perhaps you couldn’t find on your own. If you are experiencing hurdles that you can’t overcome, it’s likely a colleague has faced that hurdle before too and will be able to help you find a way to overcome it. Networking is one of the most effective methods for accelerating the pace of your career development and providing you with new opportunities to succeed.

The YSN actively arranges networking opportunities by holding events for learning, such as our next virtual member’s meeting in November. In these complimentary sessions, we invite industry experts to share their knowledge with us for a short period and then answer questions to help us become better informed and more capable professionals. At these meetings we have a ‘no question is a stupid question’ rule so encourage ‘all’ questions from attendees. It’s also important for us to encourage our managers and directors to invest in their youth and you can do this by asking them to sign and support us via the YSN Charter.

The YSN is well placed to provide good quality training, free of charge. Everyone knows the importance of providing training for new employees, but we shouldn’t ignore the advantages of training for staff that have perhaps been around a while too and know the culture, missions, and goals of their companies. They will be able to more actively see where their businesses can improve and how any training received via the YSN can be implemented quickly and effectively.

Allow the SSA UK and the YSN to support you, bring us together via meetings and learning opportunities and move us forward in our careers for the benefit of our employers which in turn, will contribute to this wonderful industry of ours.

Alex Lane - Young Storage Network