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Sheppard & Company Joins Machinery Advisors Consortium

I'm pleased to announce that Sheppard & Company has joined Machinery Advisors Consortium as a contributing member. This is an exciting...

4 Tips to Tame Your Loss Aversion: Lessons From a Dealership

I just finished re-reading Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman and the timing couldn't be more perfect. Today wraps up the busiest...

8 Tips to Help Make Your Employee Referral (technician) Program More Effective

In the continual race to find and hire the best technicians, particularly during the great skills gap drought of the 2020s, there is one...

Beyond Smart: Alignment is the Key for Better Goals & Results

The next few weeks are arguably the most important period of time in the life of an entrepreneur or manager. It's goal-setting season! In...

The Power of Gossip and How to do so Ethically

Let’s face it. You do it. Your team does it. It might be one of your biggest pet peeves about work, but there’s no denying its efficacy...

Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance of Values

By nearly any measure, Ernest Shackleton's Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914 — with the stated aim to be the first to traverse...

Want to finally organize your workplace? Here are 4 tips to get you started.

Most managers intrinsically understand the benefits of having an organized workplace—a safer and cleaner work environment, improved...