business trends

Workplace preparedness: Planning for the unexpected

October 29, 2020

2020 has been an unpredictable year for businesses. With the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, business owners and employers have embraced a new normal and are implementing strategies to protect workers and consumers against infection.

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5 business lessons learned amid COVID-19

Mission critical elements of operational agility in the post-pandemic era

Hari Abburi

June 5, 2020

If there’s one thing the global business community has learned from the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to ebb, flow and unfold on the daily, wreaking having on bottom lines in every corner of the world in its wake, it’s the outright imperative for companies to be agile “from top to bottom.”

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What happens in the boardroom affects the front line

Behaviors interlock all down the line

Timothy Ludwig Ph.D.

October 1, 2019

The union steward had just recounted an incident where a supervisor asked one of his workers to step into standing water to work on corroded gauges near the coker. The work needed to be done immediately as it would delay ongoing maintenance on the fractionator to take on different stock feed.

AD completes planned transition to member ownership

November 7, 2018

AD, the contractor and industrial products wholesale buying / marketing group, announced the completion of the transition of ownership from AD’s long-time Chairman & CEO, Bill Weisberg, to the buying group’s distributor members.

You need a process & technology behind downloading leads

Turning leads 2 revenue

Kevin Brown

November 7, 2018

We always hear the call from management, “We need more sales!” The call from the marketing team: “Sales needs to do better with the leads, they don’t close enough.” The sales team complaining that “these leads from marketing are horrible.” Same story, new year.

Why leading companies put people at the center of their business

ALISON OMENS

September 1, 2017

There's been a lot of talk recently about the role and responsibilities of businesses in today's society. It is a topic former President Obama spoke about in his final State of the Union address, and something former Labor Secretary Perez was passionate about. It's not a new concept. Just ask Henry Ford.

M&A prognosis for safety in 2017

Cautious optimism; mid-market deals are still strong

Deborah Douglas

April 1, 2017

Published predictions today talk more often about “steady activity” and “cautious optimism” – significantly less bullish than the predictions we would have heard a few years ago.