#5 Dave Davies is on the podcast!! Everyone listening should take something away from this podcast!

Dave Davies is an accomplished self-storage professional with 19 years industry experience -- 17 years with Safestore PLC at Executive board level. Joining at 15 stores and 40 employees, as a member of the management buy-out team in 2004 and the IPO team in 2008.

He’s passionate about self-storage, the people who work in it and the customers who use it. His key to a successful self storage business are the people. Recruiting the right people with the right skills and growing their potential through effective coaching and by supporting them.

On today’s podcast

0:18 – Knowing Dave Davies 

1:01 - How did Dave get into the self-storage industry?

3:00 – He worked at SafeStore for 17 years

3:25 – What Dave loves about the industry is the people

5:15 – What Dave Davies does now?

7:17 – Dave #1 Superpower

8:30 - Different Roles at the SafeStore

13:02 - The biggest change that Dave has seen in the industry

16:34 – The biggest lesson Dave learned in his career

18:25 – Tips from Dave

24:10 – Advice on selling/buying storage facility

28:14 - Where do you see yourself in the next five years?

28:51 - Quick Fire Round: Five questions for fun

Dave Davies on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/davedavies2

Email: [email protected]

Enjoy 

Dean