Kim Richardson

Winning and Leadership

Recently the fine folks at Giant Tiger (GT) included me in to their fall meeting in Johnstown, Ontario at their state of the art distribution centre. The meeting was with some management and some of their professional drivers. When a...
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Building a Competitive Workforce

Is there a different approach to labor demand? Recently I read, “Currently labor market pressures are easing, but we need to keep supporting the sector with targeted resources and programs to respond to anticipated long-term laborr challenges,” says Craig Faucette,...
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Pay Attention To Your Talent

The transportation industry is a tough go even in the best of times, but I do not know other businesses as well as I know transportation. Specifically recruiting, retention and HR. Spending a lifetime in one spot allows you to...
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Toxic Colleagues and Teammates

Last week I was talking with an industry friend who has someone working in their company who was creating a toxic environment. I cannot take credit for this list but I can tell you I have seen it, lived it...
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Commercial Accidents are up in Ontario

There is no doubt there are more commercial trucks than ever operating on Ontario highways, one would suggest the increase is on all highways and roads in Canada and the USA. First, let’s applaud all those great fleets out there,...
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People and Leadership

I have said this many times, I cheated myself in my early years with my formal education, you can’t change the past so as I got into the business world there was so much I had to learn. Much of...
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Insurance Hikes Hard on Everyone

Nuclear Verdicts are costing our industry big time and its not going away anytime soon. An accurate definition of a nuclear verdict is any financial award (generally over 10 million) that is significantly disproportionate to what would be expected given...
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