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December 30, 2008

The New Year arrives and something within most of us seeks to start afresh, begin a “do-over,” press the re-set button on our lives. In the fleet management setting, New Year’s also presents an opportunity for developing resolutions to improve professional skills and staff productivity/dynamics.

Tags: fleet management setting, resolutions

December 23, 2008

Set aside the clamors of the times and celebrate what makes us strong.

Tags: Happy Holidays

December 19, 2008

More work; fewer resources -- a lament heard through U.S. business and industry. Fleet managers share the personal time-management techniques they use to cram 14 hours of work into an eight-hour day.

Tags: Barbara Bonansinga, Betty Linck, Celena Stone, Chris Amos, Christine Chmiel, David Zimmerman, Denise Gritzbach, Ed Burroughs, Guy Young, John Alley, Larry Campbell, Lynda Dinwiddie, Lynn Zuercher, Paul Bisbee, time management

December 12, 2008

The White House may still rescue U.S. automakers following the Senate's rejection of a bailout package. Did those Senators so adamantly opposed to the final compromise bill consider the millions of Americans who face dire circumstances should GM or Chrysler declare bankruptcy?

Tags: Auto Industry Bailout, Congress, Detroit 3

December 5, 2008

Unemployment at a 34-year high, companies downsizing, cost-cutting pressures mounting. How can fleet managers cope with the stresses of their jobs in today's economic turmoil?

Tags: Facebook, job stress, LinkedIn, online social networking

November 26, 2008

Today's economic turbulence is fodder for pundits and experts alike in the media. But the real story is in the day-to-day lives of working folks. Commercial and public sector fleet managers share their experiences and invite you to do the same.

Tags: commercial sector, economic turbulence, public agency, public sector

November 21, 2008

The Detroit Big 3 petitioned Congress for help. Read what fleet managers say about the bailout and share your own comments.

Tags: Automotive Industry Bailout, chrysler, Detroit Big 3, Ford, GM

November 14, 2008

Career-long learning offers a wealth of rewards. Discover what 12 private and public sector fleet managers have to say about the value adding four letters after their names: CAFM.

Tags: CAFM, NAFA

November 7, 2008

Black Book's Ricky Beggs shares his own eco-driving tip, and two Ford Fleet Advisory Board members report their experiences with the one-on-one, mpg-paring coaching program.

Tags: eco-driving, Ed Bobit, Ford, LeasePlan USA, Mike Pitcher, women in fleet

October 31, 2008

A quick survey of commercial fleet managers reveals more than a third are women. Those numbers have prompted one fleet management company to initiate a “culture change.”

Tags: fleet management companies, Wall Street Journal, women executives, women in fleet

October 16, 2008

Mike Antich is taking the day off from today's Market Trends blog. In its place is Down the Road, the first post of a new blog by Cindy Brauer, Automotive Fleet managing editor. Watch for the return of both blogs next week.

Tags: eco-driving, Ford, fuel economy