January 2019
How can I help?
By Michael Thompson, treasurer, Generation Next
Reading Truck Group

My wife and I started watching the NBC drama “New Amsterdam” a few months ago. No, you’re not reading Entertainment Weekly and no, this isn’t some new type of column Generation Next has tricked NTEA into publishing. Rather, something struck me during the first episode that has had me thinking ever since – we indeed are all in customer service. And it started with four simple words from the series’ main character: “How can I help?”

That simple question (which, admittedly, elicited a complicated answer) really resonated with me. We’re all in customer service, no matter our position, no matter our station, no matter our department. Our responsibility is, ultimately, to the customer.

“But, Mike,” you interject. “I’m not customer-facing. How could I be in customer service?”

Welcome Generation Next Board of Governors electees


The following Generation Next members were elected to the Board of Governors. Their three-year terms will begin at The Work Truck Show 2019 in March.
 
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Upcoming webinars
Wednesday, February 6: Generational Leadership: Boomers, Gen X, and Gen Yikes!
Cyndi Gave, president of The Metiss Group, discusses the myths, realities and actual statistics around the opportunities and benefits of Gen Ys in the workforce. Learn more

Wednesday, April 10: Solving the CEO's number one problem: How to attract and keep the very best people
Doug Cartland, president of Doug Cartland, Inc., shares the key to attracting talent, becoming the employer of choice in your region, and hanging onto these valuable and skilled people once you have them. Learn more

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