Moving Words – Recruiting
Timothy Brady “True leadership isn’t about having an idea. It’s about having an idea and recruiting other people to execute on this vision.” – Leila Janah The key to finding that team of van operators, movers and packers to provide the top service required by your shippers is simple, honest communication. The biggest complaint many […]
Moving Words – IC Final Rule
Timothy Brady “Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.” Harry Day The US Department of Labor is rescinding the Trump era independent contractor rule (2021IC Rule) and replacing it with RIN 1235-AA43 Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act. While the DOL states the new […]
Moving Words – Independent or Not?
Timothy Brady “True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what’s right.” – Brigham Young On March 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will be implementing their final rule replacing the Trump era independent contractor rule (2021IC Rule) with RIN 1235-AA43 Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act. […]
Moving Words – Retirement
Timothy Brady “Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones that you did do”. – Mark Twain You may not have given much thought to retirement. Usually, you’re too busy doing all those things you need to do as a mover to think of […]
Moving Words – 2024 Proposed Trucking Regulations
Timothy Brady “Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.” – Harry Day As we move into 2024, we need to stay cognizant of the continuing rules and regulations entering Enforcement or Proposed Rulemaking for 2024. FMCSA Safety Measurement System (SMS) UpdatesThe biggest move is the updated FMCSA (SMS) Safety […]
Moving Words – State of Moving 2023
Timothy Brady “Research is creating new knowledge.” – Neil Armstrong In the post-pandemic era, we’re seeing significant changes in the business of relocation and moving. The numbers of individuals and families who move each year have not rebounded back to pre-pandemic numbers. In 2023, the number of Americans moving both locally and long distance is […]
Moving Words – Planning for 2024
Timothy Brady “In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower With the inflationary economy in 2023 and the budget impasse that continues in Washington, putting together a business strategy for 2024 will be a challenge. Each hauling segment, region, and lane is going […]
Moving Words – Impressions
Timothy Brady “First impressions matter. Experts say we size up new people in somewhere between 30 seconds and two minutes.” Elliott Abrams According to many studies on the subject, you’ve got fewer than 30 seconds to make either a negative or a positive impression on someone. In business, this can mean the difference between losing, […]
Moving Words – New Market
Timothy Brady “The role of culture is that it’s the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we’ve been, where we hope to be.” – Wendell Pierce The marketing approach that works in one location isn’t necessarily the method that will work in another. This statement is true whether […]
Moving Words – Magnetic Attraction
Timothy Brady “Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.” – Joseph Cook What if you could take your moving and storage company to the next level of success by actions which naturally go together, like they were magnetically attracted? Think about it. If you put two magnets on the table turned so the correct […]
