By Ed Pierce, Fleet Management Weekly’s Brand Acceleration
Negotiation is an efficient and collaborative way of resolving disputes and challenges in B2B settings. It allows parties to explore solutions that meet everyone's interests while producing mutually beneficial results.
Anxiety over negotiation skills may contribute to discomfort, thus making teaching negotiation skills essential in helping new managers resolve disagreements.
Businesses looking to maximize negotiation in business-to-business settings can use various techniques, including training and education to provide negotiation techniques to equip managers with the skills needed for effective negotiations.
Negotiation may be the best form of dispute resolution for building or sustaining a valuable business relationship that offers long-term benefits.
As the demand for efficient, reliable electric vehicle charging and hydrogen refueling infrastructure grows along the nation’s freight corridors, Greenlane today announced its first commercial EV charging corridor with more than 100 chargers, modern amenities designed to increase the comfort of drivers, resilience for high uptime and ultimately moving freight more efficiently.
Greenlane is a joint venture between Daimler Truck North America LLC, NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, and BlackRock (through a fund managed by its Climate Infrastructure business). The new charging corridor along Interstate 15 aims to accelerate the rollout of carbon-neutral freight transportation with initial charging locations in Colton, Barstow and Baker, California. Over the next year, further locations will be added along the corridor, extending beyond Southern Nevada and to San Pedro in California.
"Hybrids now have very few compromises compared to their gas alternatives," Andrew Frick, head of Ford's the Detroit automaker's gas and hybrid vehicle division, told The Wall Street Journal this week. Frick's comments come as demand for hybrid vehicles soars, partly due to drivers' worries about charging electric cars.
Those concerns have dented sales of EVs in recent months.
Cox Automotive expects 14% of the 15.7 million new vehicles sold in the US this year to be hybrids, higher than the 10% market share for EVs. There are about 70 hybrid models to choose from and they're often significantly cheaper than electric cars.
Motus, a leader of vehicle reimbursement and risk mitigation solutions for businesses that rely on the business use of employees’ vehicles, released their Driver Data Report. This report shares what employees want most out of their reimbursement programs.
If employers enable employees to have more control and personalization, it can also positively impact recruitment and retention for the company.
“It’s clear that today’s mobile workforce craves agility and more control over what they drive and how they submit and track expenses,” said Lori Christiansen, Vice President, Marketing, Motus.
NAFA Fleet Management Association (NAFA) is excited to announce that Ted Cannis, CEO of Ford Pro, will lead a keynote session at the upcoming 2024 Institute & Expo (I&E). The session, titled "Ford Pro – Our Learnings: Grow Productivity, Reduce Risk," will take place during the Tuesday General Session on April 23, 2024.
"We are thrilled to have Ted Cannis join us as a keynote speaker at NAFA I&E 2024," said Bill Schankel, CAE, CEO of NAFA. "His insights into growing productivity and reducing risk within the fleet industry will undoubtedly provide valuable perspectives for our attendees."