Down the Road

January 8, 2010

Jeff Bezos, founder of the global marketing giant, describes one of his company's foundational business tenets as starting with the customer and working backward. Such a customer-focused approach can enhance fleet management's value and importance in the corporate organization.

Tags: Amazon, customer service, fleet management, Jeff Bezos, management skills, Newsweek

December 31, 2009

One fleet manager takes a cogent look at the past year's turbulence, but finds glimmers of positives in the future.

Tags: 2010, Chuck Kukal, fleet management, Infinity Insurance, Mike Antich

December 18, 2009

How about some appreciation and recognition? Or the kind of skills training and person development that's the hallmark of top global companies for leaders, which, not coincidentally, are among the most successful companies in the world, according to a recent Fortune magazine study.

Tags: China Mobile, employee development, fleet management, Fortune magazine, General Electric, General Mills, Hindustan Unilever, IBM, ICICI Bank, leadership training, McDonald's, McKinsey, Proctor & Gamble, Titan Cement

December 4, 2009

A Scarlet Letter instruction list to spot incompetent managers is turned into a Gold Star roll of outstanding manager characteristics. At a time when the adage, '"Make yourself more valuable every day" is particularly sound advice, how many Gold Stars do you have?

Tags: effective management, fleet management, management skills

July 10, 2009

Total job security may be beyond our individual control these days. But smart fleet managers know these are times to enhance their corporate value by learning from others how to hone their leadership and management skills.

Tags: Costco, fleet management, Fortune magazine, Jim Sinegal, job skills

June 5, 2009

What kind of fleet would you design if you could start from a blank slate? Now, in the midst of troubled times, the right opportunity to build an ideal fleet may be at hand.

Tags: fleet management, fleet operations, John Beyer, Safelite Auto Glass

February 26, 2009

A hallmark of the fleet industry is a generosity in sharing information, best practices, and advice to advance the profession and support each other. Automotive Fleet offers fleet professionals the opportunity to share their Best and Brightest Ideas in superior fleet management through a special resource issue.

Tags: bright ideas, fleet management, survey

February 13, 2009

A steady parade of news reports tells of eliminated fleet manager positions in U.S. companies large and small during these increasingly dire times. But , in the bigger picture, is cutting out the expert professional the most prudent way to trim company costs?

Tags: fleet management