When I mentioned that I would be traveling to Amarillo, three different people on three separate occasions began singing to me. Apparently, most everyone (except me) has the lyrics to…
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When the five-year, $305 billion highway bill passed late last year, it didn’t solve all of the problems facing our industry. Recently, an opinion piece by Dave Beaudry, NationaLease’s Director…
January is the month of resolutions. Actually, there are a lot of “re” words that seem to appear in the month of January: refocus, renew, refresh, restart, recharge, revitalize. The…
I was on the road quite a bit in December. I actually took two separate road trips, and they couldn’t have been more different. The first one took me south…
During the holidays, we all love a feel-good story, and this one makes all of us here at NationaLease feel very, very good. When Karen Talbot and Dante LaSasso first…
So you’ve finally found the perfect driver for your company. You’ve offered a package. It’s been accepted. You may think your job is done…it’s not. Now that you’ve found the…
In this second of our driver recruiting series, we decided to go to those who experience the issue of driver shortage directly; our members who offer dedicated contract carriage. I…
The driver shortage is one of the biggest concerns for the trucking industry. Our three-part series addresses the issue of finding and keeping the best drivers you can in this…
If you want to know what millennials want when it comes to a job as a diesel technician, just ask them. The answers might surprise you. For the last few…
I recently finished reading “Team of Rivals” by Doris Kearns Goodwin. It’s a wonderful biography of Abraham Lincoln that was the foundation for the 2012 movie “Lincoln.” I learned a…
