Ken
Perotta of Crescent Parts &
Equipment Co. in St. Louis,
views the HARDI conference in Maui as an opportunity “to continue to
form good, long-lasting relationships with other wholesalers and vendors,
sharing ideas and concerns, and looking for opportunities within our industry.”
It’s also a good time to launch new programs, said
the chairman of the Professional Development and Training Committee’s Career
Development Subcommittee.
“I think HARDI is a great organization,” he
added. “It gives wholesalers a chance to share ideas and concerns about our
businesses and our industry. It gives us a voice in things that affect our
businesses. And it helps me see that we are not the only company that may have
a problem.
“HARDI
helps us pool resources to get things done that none of us could do alone,”
Perotta said, “because we don’t have the time to develop all the processes
ourselves. It gives us a vision of things to come by showing us what is
happening in other industries, areas of the country, etc.”
The
Professional Development and Training Committee will offer “a real development
model to use to educate and develop our people into the next generation of
leaders in our industry.”
Published:October 2011
