Maintaining a leadership EDGE in turbulent times
Why is it that some people seem to weather any business storm or crisis without appearing to break into a sweat? How is it that they always seem able to recover from a stumble and move on to even greater success? Are they immune to failure because they have won the Success Lottery? No. Those who achieve success during turbulent times do so because they have an EDGE to their approach to leadership: They understand the value of external...
Eight things leaders can do to cut out “Noise” at work (and why we must)
Information overload and endless digital disruptions are crippling your employees and harming your business. Joe McCormack shares strategies to help employees manage the “noise” so they can stay focused and give you their best Remember when we thought “more” was better? In a more innocent time, leaders really believed the more information people had, the smarter they’d be, the better decisions...
How do we stack up?
As you know, I have been involved for many years in the material handling industry, the construction equipment industry and the equipment rental industry. It has been a very interesting and educational ride leading me to totally respect all the players in these industries. What I find so interesting about the material handling business is how many dealers respond to competitive and economic headwinds and still survive to fight another...
Industry remains charged up about lithium-ion batteries
Though lithium-ion technology has been around for more than two decades, it’s just recently that this technology has been available in material handling applications. “We’re definitely in an evolution, if you think of it as crawl-walk-run adaptation, we’re still in that crawl stage,” says Jennifer de Souza, senior director of Energy Solutions & Procurement for Raymond. “There’s a lot of shiny objects.” But that interest and buzz...
MHEDA Rental Strategies II
Last month, I started a series based on the information and ideas presented at the 2019 MHEDA Rental and Used Equipment Conference. This conference was held in October of 2019, and during the conference, I shared ideas and strategies with the attendees regarding best rental practices, and strategies. Although the information provided by the speakers was relevant and useful, some of the most exciting ideas were shared across the table...
This place couldn’t survive without me…Not!
When I was 19, my dad made me production manager of his 75-employee kitchen cabinet manufacturing factory. Before I officially took the job, I worked in the shop at each job, and set production standards based on what I could produce at each station. On my first official day as boss, Ozzie, our superstar cabinet assembler (main guy in the most important position), came to me and asked for a 25 cent per hour raise. I went to my dad for...
Quarter One: Here we come.
I am composing this month’s column after opening the presents Santa left for me. All I can say is he must have enjoyed the shot glass filled with 30-year-old Scotch I left under the tree. Also been wondering how you reacted to last month’s column which did not express much hope for 2021. Adding another six weeks of data to the thought process has not changed my mind much, and in fact, I came up with another risk or two that need...
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