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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.…

  I want to start by taking a moment to wish all of my readers the very best that this holiday season has to offer. This month I will write an article about the CVOR. And about how a CVOR can be ruined. And as I started to think about it I realized that I…

As the trucking industry in North America looks toward women to create a more diverse workforce and to fill talent gaps, nations around the world look toward America to lead the way. Recently, I was asked to speak at a conference in Hue City, Vietnam to share the best practices that the Women In Trucking…