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Toronto, ON – March 8, 2018 – The Kriska Transportation Group (KTG) was recognized for overall business performance and sustained growth with the prestigious Canada’s Best Managed Companies designation. The 2018 Best Managed program award winners are amongst the best-in-class of Canadian owned and managed companies with revenues over $15 million demonstrating strategy, capability and…

A couple of weeks ago, I had the great opportunity to speak at an event at the KSM Transportation Advisors Client Seminar. This is a first-class, accounting/consulting firm that continually impresses me with their integrity, innovation and dedication to the industry. Every six months or so they assemble a large number of their trucking clients,…

American Author and Management Expert Kenneth Blanchard once said, “The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.” Too often we hear people complaining about their circumstances, but they don’t seem to make any effort to change the situation.  They’d just prefer to grumble and let others deal with the same issues. How can YOU…

I’ve had recent discussions with several different insurance brokers and they are telling me that the insurance companies are beginning to behave quite differently. So I decided my article this month will be about insurance companies, what they are doing and what you as a trucking company can do about it. The insurance company world…

Commitment throughout the organization is important to the success of improving Driver Retention. But commitment is especially important among the ownership and management team as they are setting the example for all others in the company. To consider and then decide to embark on a project to improve Driver Retention means that ownership and the…

Started in 1987 by a young entrepreneur with a single truck and trailer, Steve’s Livestock Transport is a made-in-Manitoba success story that has since grown into the largest commercial livestock carrier in North America. President & CEO Steve Brandt learned much of what he knows about the livestock business from his father, Alvin, who ran…

Over the past six months I have been meeting with various carriers all over North America.  The purpose of my visits is to facilitate workshops for our recently released program called Driver Retention Masterclass through Vertical Alliance https://www.infinitiworkforce.com/instructors/ray-haight. The training I do encompasses the entire gauntlet of steps that it will take to get a…

My gosh, is it 2018 already? What a year 2017 was for the trucking industry. We saw several new items come into our industry; mostly good stuff. Of course, the BIG one was Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs). As of December 18, 2017, all trucks entering the USA need to have an ELD or an EOBR.…