Q&A: Jeff Schlesinger — What’s Next for LeasePlan?
By Janice Sutton
We interviewed Jeff Schlesinger, newly appointed president of LeasePlan USA, at NAFA I&E in Tampa. We were keen to hear "what's next" at the global fleet leasing and management company.
Schlesinger said, "LeasePlan USA is being transformed from a company that looked exclusively at large, global, corporate fleets to other adjacencies to the fleet market. The core of the core of our product is providing fleet management services to the large global fleet; and we also believe our reach and products are attractive to corporate fleets of all sizes.
"In addition, we are looking at the entire mobility model as a long-term addition to the corporate space. It is important to understand where future generations will impact the industry and prepare for the next five-to-ten years."
Close Gaps in Fleet Safety to Avoid Negligent Entrustment Liability, Part Two
Part two of a four-part series on negligent entrustment: How to build a strong, enforceable safety policy.
By Kevin Reilly, Editorial Communications Manager, The CEI Group, Inc
In part one of my negligent entrustment series, I outlined the main grounds for a fleet-related negligent entrustment case. In this part, I will outline how to build a strong safety policy that a fleet manager can properly enforce. If you do not make a safety policy that is transparent, fair, and evenly enforced, you will leave your company open to negligent entrustment liability, and a host of other issues.
Start building a better safety policy by involving as many levels of the fleet structure as possible, including top executives, HR, legal, risk managers, and even field managers and drivers.
Is It So Bad if the World Gets a Little Hotter? Uh, Yeah
Many of us share some dim apprehension that the world is flying out of control, that the center cannot hold.
Raging wildfires, once-in-1,000-year storms, and lethal heat waves have become fixtures of the evening news and all this after the planet has warmed by less than 1 degree Celsius above preindustrial temperatures.
But here's where it gets really scary.
5 Situations Where Reimbursement Makes Sense
One expert’s take on five different and unique situations where Reimbursement can make perfect sense for an organization.
Envisioning the Car of the Future as a Living Room on Wheels
Swiveling seats? Movies projected across the windshield? Social media feeds on the windows?
As driverless car technology develops, companies, design institutes and researchers are asking the question: What does the car of the future look like on the inside?
With companies like Google, Uber and others racing ahead to develop fully autonomous vehicles, the era of the driver hunched over the steering wheel may eventually give way to a living room on wheels.
