Ray Haight Author Gravatar Image Business Management Is your management style Ying or Yang? by Ray Haight There are many definitions of an effective manager. I think of it as Ying and Yang. Let’s take a quick look into the differences. When hiring a manager, it is…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Business Management Experienced? Be prepared to prove it, or it’ll be worthless. by James Menzies Jaspal Singh Bal can’t get a job. He has 22 years of experience as an AZ driver, the most recent five as an owner-operator. A clean driving record – no…
Dave Earle Author Gravatar Image Transportation Let’s move forward, together by Dave Earle For over two decades our nation has earmarked the first week in September for celebrating the contributions of the women and men in the Canadian trucking industry. Although the…
Jean Claude Fortin Author Gravatar Image Transportation National Trucking Week wishes from CTA by Jean Claude Fortin As a 60-year veteran of the trucking industry, I have witnessed dramatic changes in my career. However, one thing has remained constant – the resiliency and dedication of our…
Wendell Erb Author Gravatar Image Transportation National Trucking Week message from OTA by Wendell Erb It has been another challenging year for all Ontarians, particularly for the men and women who have kept our country moving throughout the pandemic – from office workers to…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image Business Management How to lead a productive meeting — if you have to by Rolf Lockwood Thankfully, and I really mean that, I don’t have to take part in multi-person meetings any more, being mostly retired. Not the awful Zoom things that the pandemic created for…
Carole McAfee Wallace Author Gravatar Image Business Management New pay equity rules arrive for federally regulated fleets by Carole McAfee Wallace For every dollar a man earns in Canada, a woman earns 89 cents. It goes without saying that women and men should receive equal pay for equal work. An employer’s…
Marisha Tardif Author Gravatar Image Business Management 7 steps to comply with the new pay equity agenda by Marisha Tardif On Aug. 31, the Pay Equity Act and its regulations will enter into force, creating new requirements for federally regulated employers with 10 or more employees. The new legislation requires…
David Henry Author Gravatar Image Infrastructure Why we should pay as much attention to water consumption as fuel by David Henry Recently I was on a trip that took me over a lot of territory, and into some areas that I don’t often travel. Literally thousands of miles of dry ground.
Mike Millian Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety Drivers’ rights need protecting as fourth wave approaches by Mike Millian Canada is in what appears to be the early stages of a fourth wave. The latest national seven-day average of 2,216 new cases reported daily (Aug. 13-19) is an increase of 38% over the previous…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Business Management 5 things to know about improving your fleet’s data management by James Menzies Just this past week Donaldson came out with a line of ‘smart’ filters that will tell you exactly when they need to be replaced. It was only a matter of…
Ray Haight Author Gravatar Image Business Management Make driver retention a priority by Ray Haight The low driver retention rates that are prevalent in the trucking industry are nothing more than a business challenge gone unchecked. Running a successful business is a difficult thing to…
John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Business Management Little things can help protect against the Great Resignation by John G Smith Challenger Motor Freight’s Bob Hagen and Paul Richmond are a rare breed, each having recorded more than 3 million miles without an at-fault collision. It’s an astounding accomplishment by…
Mike McCarron Author Gravatar Image Business Management When going the extra mile, be sure you’re paid by Mike McCarron Some of the most fun I had in my trucking career happened when I moved from the C-suite to the front line at MSM Transportation. At the time we were…
James Manson Author Gravatar Image Regulations How much cargo insurance is ‘sufficient’? by James Manson How much cargo liability insurance does a carrier in Ontario really need? It seems fairly straightforward, but like many issues in the trucking industry the question is actually not so…
