Human Resources resolving conflict April 1, 2012 One of the most challenging roles of an effective manager is that of “peacekeeper”. Resolving conflicts in the workplace takes negotiation skills, patience, and a healthy dose of emotional intelligence.
Sustainability Fueling up got you down? April 1, 2012 First the target was Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) that contribute to smog. Then the Particulate Matter (PM) that would otherwise burrow deep into lungs. Now regulators have set their sights on a truck’s carbon emissions.
Sustainability model year in review April 1, 2012 It seems like a classic case of taking the good with the bad.
Business Management play like the big boys April 1, 2012 Let’s say you’re with a company that lacks broad market awareness despite having a great set of offerings, a track record of success and satisfied customers. Your existing customers are ready to act as references, but it's an uphill...
Transportation The end of the trucking tycoon? April 1, 2012 I was in Indianapolis in early March, covering the Green Truck Summit, when I checked my voicemail and found a message from Steve Russell, chairman and founder of Indianapolis-based Celadon Trucking. He wanted to talk about the company’s...
Transportation Something to chew on April 1, 2012 If there is one thing certain about our industry it’s that the people that are its lifeblood are not getting any younger. In fact, the average age in our industry is older than the national average. What should perhaps be of even greater...
Transportation Livestock haulers raise the bar for animal transport April 1, 2012 TORONTO, Ont. – Fewer Canadians are growing up on farms and a smaller portion of the province’s truck drivers is coming from that background and with that skill set. As a result, a smaller pool of people experienced in handling...
Transportation The Fly-in/Fly-out hotel April 1, 2012 FERMONT, Que. – The driver slows his rig to a crawl as the snowstorm builds on the North Shore of the Saint Lawrence River, on this last Friday of February. Three hours east of Quebec City on Hwy. 138 he finally calls it quits, maneuvers...
Transportation Ontario weigh stations being rebuilt, relocated April 1, 2012 PORT HOPE, Ont. – The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario has finalized plans to close the westbound Hwy. 401 inspection station at Bowmanville and move it to the Zion Road area just west of Port Hope. The MTO has completed a...
Transportation The many benefits of taking pride in your profession April 1, 2012 I started off the year questioning whether new technology being adopted by the trucking industry can have a positive effect on safety if it increases the amount of stress on a driver?
Transportation Newcomers to Canada need better training on our unique conditions April 1, 2012 The driver shortage is on my mind again. I’ve spent a bit of time browsing through the trucking Internet forums and being from another land, I look for those that are specifically for British ex-pats.
Transportation From tax prep to tax plan April 1, 2012 Is your tax return done? Will you file on time? Did you find that receipt? How much will you owe? Here’s a better question: Why do you put yourself through this every year?
Transportation An MTO senior moment? April 1, 2012 Okay, maybe it’s because I became an official senior citizen a few weeks ago, but I really can’t let this Ontario senior drivers thing go. And judging from the calls and e-mails I’m swamped with daily, a lot of you share my...
Transportation We need to stop eating our young April 1, 2012 They say the future is in our own hands. I can only offer qualified support for that philosophy because I believe the future of this industry is in the hands of two different groups, segregated by the demographics of age.
Transportation Never surrender April 1, 2012 There is an old saying that goes: ‘To keep going when the going is hard and slow – that is patience.” Another is that “Persistence is the habit of victory.”