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From Fast Company Magazine
Employees who are thanked for a job well done are more engaged, plus expressing gratitude to others makes us happier. Read More
Pac-West launched a new series of regional events on January 14 in Seattle, Washington, called Pac-West After Hours. Similar programs took place in the San Francisco Bay Area and Denver this year.
You can network just about anywhere: a trade show, a sales call, even where you work. The catch is that while all of these locations may be chock full of people who would make a great addition to your professional network, these are not times and places that are optimized for networking.
From Fast Company Magazine
Over the next decade, the country will experience a labor shortage that will disproportionately affect some industries and professions. Read More
From Harvard Business Review
Communities of aspiration: What are they? Why are they necessary to make the workplace more productive, powerful, and innovative? Read More
By Tom Reilly
Cheap prices seduce and delude. They scream as Sirens to price-sensitive shoppers and delude them into believing they are getting great deals because of the cheap prices. Cheap prices do not equate to great deals. Consider this:
Check out this blog post from Pac-West member Hans Fuller, with Fuller Metric.
http://fullerfasteners.com/three-weeks-in-china-and-taiwan-only-two-plane-rides-but-12-trains/
A Message From the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors
As you may know, the House Republicans have been working for several months on a series of six issue “blueprints” to set forth a policy agenda. Their final blueprint, their tax proposal, is being publicly released at a press conference at 10:00 AM this morning. While the official document was embargoed until 11:00 AM this morning, we saw a draft of it last evening, and it is very good news for us on LIFO.
A Message From EFC International
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI – June 22, 2016. In a continued drive for growth, commitment to customers and supply partnership excellence, EFC International announces the addition of Teresa Amman, Supply Chain Director. Teresa will be responsible for successfully developing procurement and logistic strategies collaborating with suppliers and EFC’s Purchasing, Sourcing, Logistics, Warehouse and Quality departments who will also report to her.
From Lawrence Heim
As we understand it, this means that the relevant political entities have agreed upon high level legal principles for the conflict minerals requirements for covered businesses in Europe. Read More
From Tom Reilly
“I want the truth.”
From Strategy+Business
The legendary management guru believes burying your nose in a book can be the most effective strategy for succeeding in business. Read More
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From Tom Reilly
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. Rudyard Kipling
From TED2016
The secret to creating an organization where people feel comfortable working on big, risky projects and exploring audacious ideas. Read More
From knowyourcompany.com
As CEO, you’re somehow both the total insider and the total outsider at the same time. In some ways you’re at the center of the organization. In other contexts, you’re like the last person to know anything. Read More