Trucking companies spend a lot of time and energy on recruiting drivers. During a driver shortage, compounded by issues of high turnover, this makes sense. But what if managers and recruiters are focusing on the wrong problem?

Yes, you need to fill your seats with truck drivers, but what if you could slow down the constant churn and retain more drivers?

More importantly, what if your focus on retention could help you keep your best drivers? What would that be worth to you? Probably a great...

The day-to-day is a grind for truck drivers. Staying alert, safe, compliant and time-efficient are part of your routine. That’s why eating right and exercising gets left behind and disappears from the rear-view mirror most of the time.

The Canadian Cancer Society recommends starting with 10 minutes of activity and building up to at least half an hour of activity a day. They also have great resources about eating well and have a list of foods that may help prevent disease. Let’s look at...

The beginning of a new year is a time for reflection. Many business owners and managers, including those in the trucking industry, take time to look back at the previous year and plan for the new one. While you may not be making resolutions for your trucking business, you should be setting goals. Those goals will determine what actions you need to take in 2021 to continue to achieve success.

Obviously, some of your goals will focus on driver recruitment. In 2020, recruiting and retention...

March 8 - #BalanceforBetter

Women have pioneered in freight transportation since the evolution of the trucking industry. Underrepresented and often underestimated, women have continued to carve a spot for themselves in trucking. Company drivers, owner/operators, dispatchers, safety specialists, mechanics and many fleet and company owners are proudly represented by women of trucking today. Today we celebrate you.

International Women’s Day call to action this year is to ‘Better the Balance...