Moving Words – Retaining Van Operators
Timothy Brady “Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first.”—Simon Sinek Spring is just around the corner. And with spring comes the time when movers’ efforts turn to planning and preparing for the coming moving season. February, March and April are historically when more van operators jump from their current moving […]
Moving Words – Military Moves
Timothy Brady “All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.” – Benjamin Franklin The military’s U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) is planning on making seven changes to their military personnel move requirements. Keep in mind these seven new rules (as of January, 2021) have not […]
Moving Words – Tough Times
Timothy Brady “Tough times call for tougher decisions.” – Prabhas As we start working our way out of the pandemic hole that’s been dug, we need to apply tough love to our operations, our people and our customers. Chances that we will return to what we saw as normal before COVID-19 are very unlikely. So […]
Moving Words – Transition
Timothy Brady “Disenchantment, whether it is a minor disappointment or a major shock, is the signal that things are moving into transition in our lives.” – William Throsby Bridges It’s been one interesting election cycle; hopefully by the time you read this, the November 3, 2020 Presidential election results will be history. And guess what […]
Moving Words – Review
Timothy Brady “It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin To say 2020 has been the year of unpredictability for the moving and storage industry is an understatement. The year began with expectations there would be an ever-increasing number of people […]
Moving Words – Green
Timothy Brady “Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.” – Stewart Udall Going ‘Green’ requires researching your company’s current business procedures and finding practices and activities that can be adjusted or changed to leave a more environmentally-savvy footprint. As a mover, you face the constant challenge […]
Moving Words – Personal Conveyance
Timothy Brady “Time abides long enough for those who make use of it.” – Leonardo da Vinci In the majority of the trucking industry the focus for the driver seems to be miles driven, not emphasizing time. In the moving industry, time is far more critical than miles driven in a day. This is best […]
Moving Words – Exodus
Timothy Brady “There’s a reason the Exodus story has inspired so many Americans. It’s a narrative of hope.” – Bruce Feiler 2020 will go down in the history books as the year that whatever was expected – didn’t occur. The moving business has been impacted in multiple ways. However, the most unexpected result has been […]
Moving Words – Respect
Timothy Brady “There is no Respect for others without humility in one’s self.” – Henri Frederic Amiel In these difficult and challenging times, one value that’s at risk is respect for others. I was having a conversation with a high school English teacher about some of the challenges she’s experiencing in this year of the […]
Moving Words – 2020
Timothy Brady “I do find that there’s a fine balance between preparation and seeing what happens naturally.” Timothee Chalamet 20-20 was supposed to be a year of perfect vision. In strategic planning sessions in the last quarter of 2019, did any of us plan for what became the defining events for 2020? As a whole […]
