As a business owner or manager, you need to encourage your staff to perform. If you instill fear into them at the mere sight of you, it is possible you are approaching managing people in a negative way. The art of gaining the respect of others might be a low priority, but if you have respect instead of fear, you might get more productivity out of your team.

Times have changed and this is true of many people who have worked in the moving business. There is no need to have boxes of paperwork for each client that comes through the door, and the sales teams and the accounts departments no longer need to have shares in the paper industry to reduce the cost of the company’s stationery requirements.

A cloud-based system is vital if you want your staff to be able to work wherever they are. It is no good having the most up to date software, which is only accessible whilst in the office. This makes it difficult for your employees to conduct their business when they are at customer homes. Learn how cloud based systems can resolve this problem.

Getting your moving software right is the main focus of your job as the owner. It is there to help to bring all the areas of the business together. But there are some software options that can be more work than they are worth, for your staff to use to save them time and the company money.

When you are in the moving business you know only too well the cost of moving premises, the insurances involved and other costs that add up. But when you are looking to expand your own business you need to be extra cautious in a market that has the potential to collapse at any minute. This article discusses staffing, getting loans, and expanding into other services.

This conference was hailed a success, there were presentations from a number of different organizations including the FMCSA, the California Moving & Storage Association and American Transportation Research Institute. This three day event was well attended by those in the moving industry, who were keen to learn of new developments, in a variety of different topics. These topics included the most up to date technology devices available in the removal business.