Five Minutes With … Mike Harvey, WIX Brand Manager
Every so often, our editorial staff selects one aftermarket industry professional to get to know a little better. In this new feature, participants are asked to respond to a series of questions that can be answered in about the same amount of time you might spend chatting at the office coffee pot or waiting for an elevator. This week, we hear from Mike Harvey, WIX brand manager.
GUEST COMMENTARY: The Character of Character
Being a leader of character requires great courage! It demands leading with integrity, principle and not watering down your values or those of the organization.
Executive Interview with David Hirschhorn, Director of Brand Management at CRP Automotive
Hirschhorn is directly responsible for and has played a major role in the development of the Rein Automotive program, CRP’s proprietary brand for OE quality import replacement parts, which is the focus of this interview. In this exclusive AMN Executive Interview, he shares details on the development of the Rein Automotive program and its role in CRP’s future growth.
Guest Column: A Day at the Races – Is It Luck Or Is It Skill?
Sometimes in the parts business, we need to make fast decisions to “close the deal.” If it works out and we get the deal, are we heroes with great negotiating skills, or just lucky? Other times we miss getting the deal by fractions. Are we “bums” or just unlucky?
Herman Trend Alert: Creativity — The Most Crucial Factor for Leadership Success
According to the 1,541 CEOs, general managers and senior public sector leaders around the world who were polled, creativity will be the No. 1 leadership competency going forward.
Herman Trend Alert: Manufacturing Technology Soars
Recently, the United States received some very good news: manufacturing technology orders are up — way up.
Herman Trend Alert: Augmenting Human Perception
The recently canceled network TV series “Lie to Me” featured Dr. Cal Lightman, who applied psychology to read micro-expressions and body language to determine if people were telling the truth. Now, thanks to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Media Lab, this assessment will soon be within the reach of all of us.
Guest Commentary: Silence Is Not Feedback — The Dreaded Performance Review
Most employees desire to know truthfully how they measure up in the eyes of their leader or manager. It is a human trait to desire feedback with regard to any endeavor that we feel is important and life-changing.
Guest Column: A Day at the Races — What Happens After You Knock a Ferrari Off the Track?
In a pro race, when you are lapping another car, sometimes stuff happens.
Executive Interview with Mike Kitching, President and CEO, GB Remanufacturing
This year, Long Beach, Calif-based GB Remanufacturing Inc. is celebrating a quarter century in business. Founded in 1986, GB Remanufacturing has become one of the market leaders in providing remanufactured OEM gasoline and diesel fuel injectors, injector components and diesel electronics to the automotive aftermarket. In today’s Executive Interview, Mike Kitching, GB’s president and CEO, who founded the company with his father, chronicles GB’s history and talks about where the company is headed.
Herman Trend Alert: Telecommuting Growth Slows — What Does It Mean?
According the latest research from the Telework Research Network, telework (sometimes called “workshifting”) trends over the past five years reflect some unexpected developments.
Executive Interview with Tanvir Arfi, Global President, SPX Service Solutions
Tanvir Arfi is currently the global president of SPX Service Solutions, a division of SPX Corp., with 3,500 employees, operations in 19 countries and revenues of $950 million. Previously, Arfi was vice president and chief supply chain officer for SPX Corp., where he had responsibility for global supply management, logistics/distribution management and strategic materials management. Today, Arfi shares with aftermarketNews his thoughts on the speed of technology in the automotive industry and some updates on the role SPX Service Solutions plays in the aftermarket.