Businesses should look to their procurement function for more than just price negotiation. In today’s competitive and challenging business atmosphere, every team within your organization should be playing a strategic role in addition to the basic functional role they have traditionally held. This recent IdeaXchange blog from Bill McCouch, Senior […]
Three decades ago, 90 percent of executives said they were successful at executing their business strategy. Today, that number is down to just 40 percent. WHY? The good thing about change and advanced technology is that it speeds up processes and lets us make decisions faster. The bad thing about […]
Attracting the best and the brightest has rarely been as challenging as it is now. Presenting the right vision is vital to your organization’s success. It’s a “seller’s” market when it comes to finding qualified talent … sellers being those looking for employment. Low unemployment has resulted in significant competition […]
As companies expand globally and regulations increase, HR professionals play an ever-evolving and important role to help ensure that both the employees’ and the company’s goals are achieved. Over the past years, I’ve written a number of articles on the different responsibilities of HR professionals both on the NationaLease blog […]
Each generation has its own set of priorities and employers have to be sensitive to that fact when looking at recruiting and retaining talent. Earlier this month, I posted an IdeaXchange blog discussing the value of a good benefits package as a recruiting and retention tool. That blog cited James […]
Numbers are out for the June CVSA Roadcheck inspection and they’re better than last year but still not good. Last week, my IdeaXchange blog discussed the results of the annual Commercial Vehicle Safety Administration’s (CVSA) Roadcheck inspection that took place this past June 4 through 6. The numbers were slightly […]
Safety matters and the numbers indicate there’s still much to do. In July, I posted an IdeaXchange blog talking about safety technology in trucks, including lane departure warning and collision avoidance/mitigation systems. The main barrier that keeps fleets from installing these systems is often cost; however, the cost of not […]
Procrastination is a normal human response. But when it comes to migrating from AOBRDs to ELDs, waiting will only make matters worse. Back in February of 2018, Victoria Kresge, Vice President of Dedicated Services & Logistics for NationaLease, posted a blog warning fleets that they had a very limited time […]
The technician shortage isn’t going away; however, there are steps you can take that may help you in your recruitment efforts. As you may have noticed, I’ve been posting a number of blogs recently on the need for successful technician recruitment efforts. That’s because we continue to face a daunting […]