Leadership Insights

Succession Planning — Critical Roles

This Leadership Insights piece looks at extended traditional succession planning processes to roles below executive and senior levels.  When the topic of succession planning comes up, leaders often discuss who...

DEI Programs

What are they, and why are they under attack? What Is DEI? According to the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) consulting firm WE360, the origins of DEI programs date to...

Equity Theory

Are your employees safe (from being poached by competitors)? This month’s ELEVATOR WORLD focus topic is safety. Nothing is more important than keeping our employees and the riding public safe....

What Employees Want

A “must read” for every leader In the blockbuster movie, What Women Want, Mel Gibson discovers he can hear women’s thoughts, especially at work. Interestingly enough, the many leaders I...

Women in Motion

Meet several women who are making waves in the VT industry.  This past April, I was attending the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) Spring Educational Conference in Miramar Beach,...

Leadership Lessons From the Founding Fathers

Practices that can still be applied today One of my favorite books on leadership was given to me by a colleague more than 20 years ago. The book is titled...

Metrics Leaders Must Measure

Your author shares formulas to help companies maximize ROI. I was a sophomore in college when I took my first human resources college course, Introduction to Human Resources. Professor Bond...

The Entrepreneurial Operating System

Five must-have leadership disciplines for 2024 and beyond When COVID-19 hit in early 2020, many businesses were partially closed for operations due to mandatory shutdown orders across the country. I...

Are You an Empathetic Leader?

Capacity for sharing the feelings of others makes good business sense.  In 1879, Thomas Edison began perfecting the light bulb. This was a very tedious and difficult task. It is...

Expectancy Theory

What motivates employees to perform over and above expectations?  What makes someone get up in the morning to go to work? And when they arrive at work, what makes them...

SEA-LEVEL RISE THREATENS NEW YORK HOUSING AND TALL BUILDINGS

Sea-Level Rise Threatens NYC Housing and Tall Buildings

HOUSTON SENIOR APARTMENT COMPLEX SUFFERING ELEVATOR BREAKDOWNS

Houston Senior Apartment Complex Suffering Elevator Breakdowns

Herrmann

In Memoriam: Tim Herrmann

Armas

Otis Appoints Armas as President U.S. and Canada

Example of Mogilevliftmash elevator interior; image courtesy of Mogilevliftmash

Elevator Assembly Plant Officially Opens in Belarus