Shop Talk

About Shop Talk

Listen as John Jeanguenat and Elliott Vigil candidly talk with rental operators about timely topics affecting the equipment rental industry.

Publisher

Rental Management

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Sept 2024

Latest episode

1 May 2025

Latest episodes

21 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 May 2025

   Shop Talk: Thieves using your equipment to steal more equipment

   In this episode, Elliott Vigil and John Jeanguenat talk to Kristen Bonewell from AMAROK about brazen thieves in the equipment rental industry.

2. 

   25 Apr 2025

   Shop Talk: Doug's first rental theft - what it's like for an independent operator

   John Jeanguenat and Elliott Vigil sit down with Doug Haas at the Equipment Rental Guard event to talk about Doug's experience with theft. He says it's more than a $100 million problem and that independent operators need to do more to prevent it.

3. 

   19 Mar 2025

   Shop Talk: How do we find people to work in the equipment rental industry?

   Melissa Hanna joins John Jeanguenat and Elliott Vigil to talk about one of the hardest challenges facing our industry - finding the right talent. 3:00 - How young is too young to start talking about rental with people? 6:00 - How important is mentoring and on the job training? 8:02 - Can personality tests help you in the hiring process? 14:19 - How do we grow our workforce 18:23 - Are we training enough in our industry? 19:35 - What is an experience map? 21:10 - How does culture fit in to retention? 23:29 - How do you maintain the culture through acquisitions? 25:52 - How do the big companies and independents work together to sell what rental has to offer?

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 12 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

11

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.