Nearly 50 laundry executives gathered recently for a three-part TRSA virtual program that provided food-and-beverage (F&B) launderers with a forum for reviewing the issues that they face as COVID-19 downshifts from a crisis to one of many challenges.
Are you finding it hard to hire good salespeople? If you are, you’re not alone. Nearly everyone I talk to when I speak at conferences asks me about the sales hiring outlook in 2022. Too many companies are running short staffed, losing sales coverage and bandwidth, and losing opportunities. The truth is that if you have a fully staffed and skilled sales team right now, you’re probably doing a number on your competition – and you’re the exception, not the rule.
He dodged bullets in Iraq and at the same time kept journalists from Reuters and other top outlets apprised of the U.S. Marine Corps’ actions by learning a system that allowed him to concentrate on key tasks. Now Shawn Rhodes will apply those skills to help sales professionals at TRSA’s 4th Annual Marketing & Sales Summit achieve their goals.
Mike Paton, the best-selling co-author of Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business and a well-known practitioner of the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), will address TRSA’s Oct. 19-21 Annual Conference in Carlsbad, CA, on Oct. 20. To offer attendees and prospects a taste of what they’ll hear in Carlsbad, we put a few questions to Paton regarding EOS and how it helps companies achieve stable growth.
Charles Ken Dowdy, Knoxville, TN, passed away on July 24. He was a great leader, mentor, coach and friend to so many in the commercial laundry industry and personal life, according to a news release.
TRSA recently announced the keynote speakers for its 10th Annual Healthcare Conference and Fourth Annual Marketing & Sales Summit. Both events will take place in Plano, TX, in mid-November.
Five TRSA members recently made the Selling Power “50 Best Companies to Sell For” 2021 list. This is the 21st consecutive year the list has appeared in Selling Power magazine, which was founded in 1981.
Tingue recently announced that Steve Burnett will take on the role of national sales manager for Tingue Canada, effective July 1, according to a news release.
TRSA continued its series of webinars for the linen, uniform and facility services industry with a June 23 presentation on improving route stop performance. The hour-long webinar was presented by TRSA’s Industrial, Uniform & Workwear Committee, and is the first of a three-part series.
I loved the HBO show, The Sopranos. I’m a bit of a Mafia aficionado; I’ve been fascinated with that culture ever since my grandmother (!) gave me a book by Jimmy “The Weasel” Fratianno to read when I was 16. In an early episode of The Sopranos, James Gandolfini, playing Tony Soprano (the main character and the leader or “don” of the Soprano mob) was hosting a barbecue in his back yard for other mobsters. Tony manned the grill while wearing Bermuda shorts, and this prompted a visit the next week.
