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President’s Message

Making a Successful Business

It is common for many of us to invest when times are good and hold back when times are bad. What if we flipped this around and harvested when times are good and invested...

The Scope of Succession Planning

Succession planning is often talked about only for business transitions. What about succession planning for the entire organization? Are we paying enough attention to our entire leadership pipeline? Is our organization ready for the...

What’s Your Take on Technology?

Investing and implementing technology in an organization is exciting, rewarding and exhausting. Technology can help drive productivity, which can help us achieve our goals. In order to better understand and implement technology, we need...

Learning from Manufacturers and Suppliers

What is on your mind?      This question can lead to in-depth conversations and experiences. It is such a powerful question and a great way to start a conversation or to continue one....

What Drives Our Industry’s Success?

Thank you all for the honor to be the president of the Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry for the next year.      Did you know that the 50 most active AWCI...

Change Can Open Up Opportunities

There are very few of us who like things to change. We get comfortable and don’t want any disruptions in life. Change, however, creates opportunities to grow through new experiences and learning. Now, we...

Green Light for Grapevine, Texas

Can we do it? Can we actually host an in-person convention? You bet we can. Finally we are going to see each other again face-to-face. For some it may be mask-to-mask, but that is...

Bring Out the Best in Changing Times

Things certainly are not static in the world today. My question is: Are today’s changes making us a better community, or fracturing us as a society? My answer: It depends. What can we do...