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Servant Leadership

In the construction of effective managerial systems, the most critical aspect to be considered is leadership. With varying leadership styles and differing opinions on which style of leadership is most effective, there exist large amounts of controversy among individuals on all management levels. Traditionally, leadership styles are founded on increasing company and organizational growth through

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How to Face High Customer Concentration

Within the logistics industry, and particularly for freight brokers or third-party logistics companies, having a high customer concentration can pose major risks to a company’s overall growth rate and revenue. Essentially, customer concentration is a measure of the distribution of revenue within a company’s customer base. While this can yield large amounts of consistent revenue,

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Good to Great: A Conscious Choice

In his book, “Good to Great”, Jim Collins says, “Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.” While this is absolutely true, I can’t help but remind myself that there have been countless times when I had a specific goal or task in

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Proactive Versus Reactive Mindset

Being proactive is a lot like being a surfer. When surfing, you cannot control the waves that are being thrown at you, but you can learn how to ride the wave and regain some of the control. Similarly in life, being proactive does not mean controlling everything, but rather making decisions based off of the

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