Articles Tagged with ''young executives''

The ASA Spring Forum will be held May 20-22.

As I write my monthly letter, we are approaching mid-April when we are a few weeks into baseball season and our thoughts turn to the crack of the bat, warmer weather and putting the cold days of winter behind us.

Presented by ASA’s Young Executives with generous support from Sioux Chief and ASA Education Foundation.

Y.E. provides a forum for manufacturers to build long-term relationships with the next generation of key leaders for current and potential distributor partners.

In this month’s issue of Supply House Times, you will notice a strong focus on the next generation of leaders in our industry.

It has been an exciting and successful year to have served as ASA president. In my first letter at the beginning of 2012, I emphasized my 100% commitment to continuing the fine traditions of ASA and also to enhancing the association’s value to all our stakeholders.

I was posed a question recently at the WANE Executive Leadership Conference in Baltimore about how important it is for face-to-face meetings with vendors and competitors in this digital age. The answers to this question ranged from once a year for manufacturers to once a month for vendor representatives.

It is refreshing to see that our industry still values relationships.

Faced with tough questions from a TV reporter, four actions you should avoid are: 1) Making a stupid facial expression; 2) Trying to end the interview; 3) Staring into the camera like a deer in the headlights; and 4) Declaring, “No comment!”