Here we are at the end of this series. If you were to try and follow this process from beginning to end, I would suspect that the whole process would take six to twelve months. If done correctly you should see a substantial reduction in your turnover numbers. The trick is how to sustain and…

In over eleven years of writing for Over the Road, I’ve never done a book review on a book I haven’t yet finished reading. I don’t advise it and I hope to never do it again, but I’ve been so moved by a section of a book that I’m only 20% finished that I am…

For those of us in the trucking industry, we are well aware that four-wheelers cause most crashes involving a commercial truck. It’s frustrating for all of us that student drivers to senior drivers are unaware of the blind spots, stopping distances and the massive weight of a tractor-trailer. Every time the Federal Motor Carrier Safety…

Being an Independent Operator requires a good understanding of the impact of good maintenance and poor maintenance. Short term cash savings versus long term reduction in downtime and operational costs is critical to every operator’s business understanding and consideration. I recently had to do a safety on my personal vehicle. I was given several choices…

As I’m sure everyone is aware, the driver retention process cannot be successful by jumping around the different parts or steps. Each section is designed to build on the last. So, we have done the groundwork, the platform, the safety focus, the communication level, the recognition level and now we’re going to talk about self-actualization…

Thanks to your insurance provider, your safety department is one of the most critical areas of your company. It doesn’t matter if your ‘safety department’ is the owner of a small trucking company who also wears 12 other hats or a full-fledged, large company, twelve person safety department. Your insurance company demands that you have…

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I was recently reading a trade journal when I found an article titled “The Seven Percent.”* It was about the lack of women in the industry and how the numbers aren’t moving up fast enough.  The article described the lack of women in the profession which the article deemed crucial. Although women accounted for nearly…