The McNeeley View/Economics Pundits and Polls: Why the Results are Crap December 6, 2016 Don McNeeley Trump is president, yet the pundits and polls said it was not possible. Then, again, Trump received the Republican nomination...Read More
Top Gun Sales The Biggest Time Wasters for Sales People From the allure of the urgent to the lack of thoughtful planning, here are four of the most common time wasters. December 6, 2016 Dave Kahle Good time management for sales people has been an obsession of mine for more than 30 years. In the last...Read More
Tax & Succession The Secret to Keeping your Retirement Plan Dollars Away from the IRS Any number of qualified plans can shelter income. But there are also ways to protect that income when it’s time to withdraw it. December 6, 2016 Irving Blackman For most Americans, retirement planning revolves around qualified plans (for example, IRA, 401(k), profit-sharing plan and the like). It’s a...Read More
e-commerce Marketing is Essential to Wholesaler e-Commerce Some two-thirds of digital washouts are management’s failure to change the culture of the firm or acquire the skills to make e-commerce work. December 6, 2016 Scott Benfield The growth of e-commerce as a competitive advantage in B2B distribution is becoming well known. Almost weekly, we get...Read More
Born to Be An Engineer Todd S. Beenders exemplifies success by willing to learn, and teach. December 5, 2016 Sharon Rehana When we call out an individual as a person of the year, be it based on professional or personal merit,...Read More
Looking Ahead The rising tide is floating every aspect of construction for 2017. November 9, 2016 Sharon Rehana It’s been nearly ten years since the onset of the Great Recession, and the construction industry has gone through a...Read More
Business Uncomplicated West Point Leadership Lessons Reflections and stories from speakers who inspire. November 9, 2016 Ellen Rohr Have you ever been to West Point? The campus has an aura of leadership. I recently spoke at the West...Read More
Business Management Don’t Like Surprises? You Can Avoid them with Forethought November 8, 2016 Rich & Jen Schmitt As we write this, people around the world are getting ready to spend several billion dollars preparing for Halloween. Here...Read More
Business Management How to Kill the Estate Tax Monster...Legally November 8, 2016 Irving Blackman Readers of this column often call me to ask the following (or similar) two questions: “Irv, can you really beat...Read More
e-commerce The Product Content Value Chain November 8, 2016 Scott Benfield Our 2016 research on e-commerce for distributors finds a significant gap in online performance. For the past three years, 20...Read More