Employee Job Performance

DISC Behavioral Styles: Relating with Cautious Carla

2010-07-07T17:29:00.003-04:00

This is the fourth in a series of articles dealing with how to communicate with people who have different behavioral styles than we do. This article explains the behavior of people with the Core C (Cautious, Compliant) style and gives tips on how to relate to them.

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For a thorough understanding of all four DISC behavioral styles, read my eBook, From Can't Stand to Understand - How to Handle Difficult People.

DISC Behavioral Styles: Dealing with Steady Sam

2010-06-30T10:43:00.000-04:00

This is the third in a series of articles dealing with how to communicate with people who have different behavioral styles than we do. This article explains the behavior of people with the Core S (Steadiness) style and gives tips on how to relate to them.

Read article, "DISC Behavioral Styles: Dealing with Steady Sam"

For a thorough understanding of all four DISC behavioral styles, get my eBook, From Can’t Stand to Understand – How to Handle Difficult People

DISC Behavioral Styles: Dealing with Influencing Iris

2010-06-25T16:05:00.000-04:00

This is the second in a series of articles dealing with how to communicate with people who have different behavioral styles than we do. This article explains the behavior of people with the Core I (Influencing) style and gives tips on how to relate to them.

Read DISC Behavioral Styles: Dealing with Influencing Iris

Discover how to deal with all four DISC behavioral styles in my eBook, From Can't Stand to Understand - How to Handle Difficult People.

DISC Behavioral Styles: Dealing with Dominant Dan

2010-06-24T09:35:00.001-04:00

The key to successful communication with other people is to understand behavioral styles. This article explains the behavior of people with the Core D (Dominance) style and gives tips on how to relate to them.

Read article: "DISC Behavioral Styles: Dealing with Dominant Dan"

For a thorough understanding of DISC behavioral styles get my eBook, From Can't Stand to Understand - How to Handle Difficult People.

Managing Difficult Behavior

2010-06-18T16:23:00.003-04:00

Understanding behavior is the first step in resolving conflict and establishing better relationships. Here are tips on why people act the way they do and what you can do about it. Can you relate to these scenarios?

Read "Why Can't You Behave?" (Managing Difficult Behavior)

For more info on understanding behaviors, get my eBook, From Can't Stand to Understand - How to Handle Difficult People

How to Deal with Difficult People

2010-05-21T12:27:00.000-04:00

Here are seven tips on how to handle difficult people. You know, the ones who drive you up the wall, across the ceiling, and out the window!

Read Article, How to Deal with Difficult People

Check out my eBook, From Can't Stand to Understand - How to Handle Difficult People.

7 Steps to Effective Presentation Skills

2010-04-07T10:46:00.003-04:00

There are three aspects of a presentation - visual, vocal, and verbal. These seven steps will help you develop more effective presentation skills, reduce your fear of public speaking, and give you podium power.

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More on how to develop effective presentation skills

The Recruitment Process that Works

2010-03-29T16:59:00.001-04:00

To be successful, your company must hire the best people and retain them by managing them as individuals. Before you recruit your next employee, take these seven steps to hire superior performers.

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Learn more about our unique, patented recruitment and retention process.

My Article in WINGS Magazine

2010-02-16T16:11:00.000-05:00

I was honored when someone from WINGS Magazine asked he could reprint one of my articles. He sent me several copies and it's a classy publication.

Here's the press release I sent out about the article on Emotional Intelligence Quotient

You can read the article in the online version. The URL is in the press release.

Hiring Procedures: Avoid These 7 Big Mistakes

2010-02-09T10:56:00.001-05:00

To hire the right people, you need to avoid making these 7 hiring mistakes. You may not be aware, though, that you're making them. Here's how to improve your hiring procedures.

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Learn more about effective hiring procedures and job benchmarking.

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Employee Retention: How to Keep Your Best People

2009-12-01T18:48:00.001-05:00

You keep your best people by managing them according to their wants and needs to make them feel respected and appreciated. But how do you know what they want or need? Here are tips for managing and motivating your employees.

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Job Analysis and Design Tips

2009-11-02T17:01:00.003-05:00

Job analysis and design involve more than writing a good job description. They should also include a process to match the people to the job for superior performance.

Read entire article on job analysis and design...

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Behavioral Interviewing – Are You Asking the Right Questions?

2009-10-19T09:18:00.001-04:00

Behavioral interviewing only works if you ask behavior interview questions that are job specific to get accurate results and comply with EEOC regulations. Do you know how to conduct an effective behavioral based interview?

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ADHD and ADD Symptoms are Normal Behavior

2009-05-18T15:25:00.000-04:00

No one has discovered a definitive cause for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Maybe that's because there is no such "disorder." Read more...

http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/ADHD-and-ADD-Symptoms-Are-Normal-Behavior/608249

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What Is Your Emotional Quotient?

2009-04-13T10:25:00.000-04:00

A person’s Emotional Quotient is a strong factor in job performance. Companies and individuals seeking knowledge of how to improve performance would do well to understand emotional intelligence at work.

Read entire article....

http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/What-Is-Your-Emotional-Intelligence-Quotient-/575427

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Risk Management Facilitation

2009-02-11T15:01:00.000-05:00

The Estes Group in the News...

http://www.pr-inside.com/unique-risk-management-workshop-facilitation-r1047873.htm

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The Driver Who Makes Mom's Day

2009-01-22T13:08:00.000-05:00

Scott Calvert of Williamston, SC, is featured in our international driver safety newsletter, written by behavioral safety consultant Annette Estes. Scott is being recognized as a superior driver and customer service representative for his outstanding relationship with his elderly clients.

Read our press release here...

http://www.prlog.org/10170611-transport-driver-praised-in-international-safety-newsletter.html

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How to Find Your Passion

2008-11-14T16:09:00.000-05:00

How to find your passion is not difficult when you know and understand your values. There are six values that determine our passions.

Read more...

http://www.amazines.com/Self_Improvement/article_detail.cfm/677573?articleid=677573

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Professional Improvement Plan – Eliminate these Seven Deadly Habits

2008-11-04T12:14:00.000-05:00

If you have a professional development plan but you’re not as successful or happy as you’d like to be, perhaps you’re sabotaging your efforts by practicing one or more of these seven deadly habits of ineffective people.

Read more...

http://www.articlesubmitterpro.net/index.php?cid=60&id=1296

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Safety Slogans

2008-11-03T15:12:00.000-05:00

"Caution - I Brake For Stop Signs."

"Chance takers are accident makers."

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A Leadership Development Program to Master Five Crucial Skills

2008-10-28T16:48:00.000-04:00

What makes a good leader? To be a leader, you must master these five soft skills and work with a mentor to help you develop them.

Read more....

http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/A-Leadership-Development-Program-to-Master-Five-Crucial-Skills/576108

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Targeting Target

2008-10-27T15:23:00.000-04:00

I got an email today criticizing a local Target store for refusing to sponsor an American Vietnam Veteran's program. The email pointed out that Target is owned by a French company and posed the question, "Without the American Vets, where would France be today? They, most likely would be speaking German and trading in Deutsch Marks."

My response to the email:

I could ask where would America be today if France hadn't helped us win the American Revolution?

Can't we get past name calling and just get along? Let people and nations be who they are and support who and what they want without being criticized. That's what freedom means.
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Thanks, Nigel!

2008-10-27T14:08:00.000-04:00

Thanks to Nigel Grainger of the UK for putting us on his blog:

www.yourroadrisk.co.uk

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Managing Diversity: How to Manage the Traditional Driver

2008-10-22T15:26:00.000-04:00

If you have drivers who highly religious or spiritual, who are systematic and orderly, who more often than not “practice what they preach” – then you’re dealing with someone high in the Traditional value. Here are tips on how to manage and motivate them:

http://www.articlestree.com/blogs/fleet-management-system-managing-the-traditional-driver-tx498076.html

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Safety Quotes

2008-10-21T11:52:00.000-04:00

"Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety”
-Aeschylus

"Fear is the father of courage and the mother of safety.”

-Henry H. Tweedy

A Driver Risk Assessment Is Your Best Safety Tool

2008-10-20T17:27:00.000-04:00

Fleet risk management is a heavy responsibility for industries that entail more risk than most. The easiest, most cost-effective way to reduce risk and accidents is to measure drivers’ attitude and behavior before hiring – and manage them effectively afterwards.

Read more....

http://www.ideamarketers.com/?A_Driver_Risk_Assessment_Is_Your_Best_Safety_Tool&articleid=423948

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Managing Diversity - How to Manage the Controlling Driver

2008-10-17T19:31:00.000-04:00

Some drivers have a “my way on the highway” attitude. Here are some reasons why and tips on how to manage them if you haven't already fired them......

http://www.coachannette.com/pdfs/articles/ManageInd.pdf

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Managing Diversity - How to Manage the Selfless Driver

2008-10-17T18:35:00.000-04:00

Research shows people high in the Social value generally are safer drivers, because they put other's needs above their own. That can have both positive and negative results. Here are tips on managing this type of driver....

http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=658417

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Safety Slogans

2008-09-25T16:32:00.000-04:00

"Don't learn safety rules simply by accident.”

“Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.”
-Aeschylus (Ancient Greek Dramatist and Playwright known as the founder of Greek tragedy, 525 BC-456 BC)

Safety Slogans

2008-09-24T16:24:00.000-04:00

Accidents are not a laughing matter, but still....

"Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?"
-George Carlin

"The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it."
-Dudley Moore

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-Annette Estes

How to Manage the Utilitarian Driver

2008-09-23T11:41:00.000-04:00

Drivers high in the Utilitarian value are more likely to leave for more money than others. Here are tips on managing and motivating employees and and high Utilitarian drivers to stay with your company.
Read more...

http://www.articlegarden.com/Article/Fleet-Safety----How-To-Manage-the-Utilitarian-Driver/67199

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How to Manage the High Aesthetic Driver

2008-09-11T14:38:00.000-04:00

If you have drivers high in the Aesthetic value, they're going to struggle as a long haul trucker if they don't get enough rest and relaxation. They'll never be "driver-holics."

Managers responsible for motivating their employees must develop an empathetic understanding of these sensitive drivers.

Read more....

http://www.isnare.com/?aid=186033&ca=Business+Management

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Managing the Know-it-All Driver

2008-09-08T13:24:00.000-04:00

Drivers with a high Theoretical value may be intelligent and at the same time obnoxious to others who aren't so concerned with knowing "everything."

Here are tips on managing difficult employees...

http://www.articlejoe.net/Article40469/Fleet-Management-System---Managing-the-Know-it-All-Driver.html

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How to Hire and Retain Cautious, Compliant Drivers

2008-09-05T16:07:00.000-04:00

Do you want drivers who are accident-prone or drivers who've likely never caused an accident? What are you willing to do to get a safe driver?

Read more...

http://www.articlesender.com/Business/Management/Fleet-Safety-How-to-Hire-and-Retain-Cautious-Compliant-Drivers.htm

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How to Hire and Keep Steady, Reliable Drivers

2008-09-04T17:37:00.000-04:00

Behavioral experts will tell you that a safe driver is one who is high in the S (Steadiness) and C (Compliant) behavioral factors.

One study of behavioral science concludes a person's behavioral style is a better indicator of safety practices than how much driver safety training he or she has had.*

Read more....

http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/Article/Fleet-Safety---How-to-Hire-and-Keep-Steady--Reliable-Drivers/53251

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*Source: Behavioral-Values Research Associates, 1993

How to Manage the Interactive Driver

2008-09-03T11:54:00.000-04:00

You know your drivers who have the Core I (Influencing) behavioral style. They're the ones who are always talking!

These drivers will get fidgety and bored if they have to drive a long way without interacting with other people.

Here are some management and motivation techniques for this type of driver.

Read more....

http://www.article-buzz.com/Article/Fleet-Safety---How-To-Manage-the-Interactive-Driver/44148

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How to Manage the Hot-Tempered Driver

2008-09-02T17:40:00.000-04:00

If you hire drivers who have a Core D (Dominant) behavioral style and/or a high Individualistic value, you're asking for trouble. They're accidents waiting to happen and can turn your fleet risk management plans into road kill.

These drivers crave power and control. They have a “my way or the highway” attitude. They take risks and lose their temper easily. If you already have people like this driving for your company, there are ways of managing anger and aggressive behavior.

And you can prevent hiring this type of driver with a driver risk assessment.

Read more....

http://www.articlejoe.net/Article28350/Fleet--Safety---How-To-Manage-the-Hot-Tempered-Driver.html

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Safety Slogans for the Workplace

2008-08-29T15:15:00.000-04:00

Anger is one letter away from Danger. Drive safely.

Drive with reason this summer season.

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“C” Is for the Cautious Driver

2008-08-29T15:05:00.001-04:00

If you're looking for drivers who are the least accident prone, those with a Core C behavioral style are the ones you want to hire and retain. Caution is not only their middle name; it's their first name.

Read more....

http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/Article/Trucking-Safety---C--Is-for-the-Cautious-Driver/46559

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“S” is for the Safe Driver

2008-08-28T13:16:00.000-04:00

Have you ever wondered why some drivers seem to be accident prone and others have never caused an accident? Would you like to know you're getting a safe driver before hiring?

Safety research shows you can determine driver applicants' probability of causing future accidents by determining their behavioral style and attitudes.

Read more...

http://www.isnare.com/?aid=68476&ca=Automotive

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"I" Is for the Interactive Driver

2008-08-27T14:44:00.000-04:00

Do you want to hire a safe driver or one who is talkative and may get bored or distracted easily?

Recruiting manager, click below to find out how to avoid hiring them.

http://www.isnare.com/?aid=64554&ca=Automotive

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“D” is for Don't Hire This Driver

2008-08-26T16:02:00.000-04:00

Transportation companies that use a DISC personality profile to screen driver applicants have cut their rate of highway accidents and improved profitability substantially. Research and experience prove this to be true.

Read more....

http://www.isnare.com/?aid=61208&ca=Automotive

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Driver Safety Training – How To Make it Stick

2008-08-25T17:34:00.000-04:00

Does your company spend a lot of time and money on driver safety training only to have some of them break the rules and cause highway accidents? Do you ever wonder why your training “takes” with some drivers and not with others? Would you be willing to add a simple step to your truck driver recruiting process that would dramatically improve your compliance management and training results?

Read more.....

http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/Article/Driver-Safety-Training---How-To-Make-it-Stick/100375

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Why People Feel the Way They Do

2008-08-19T10:51:00.000-04:00

A deep understanding of your own and other people’s personal values can improve your communications and get a better understanding of how to make a relationship last. Here are five tips on improving relationship compatibility.

http://www.articleclick.com/Article/Why-People-Feel-the-Way-They-Do/1028187

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Driver Safety: Values Are Important

2008-08-06T14:21:00.000-04:00

You probably wouldn't think someone's personal values would be a significant factor in whether he or she would be a safe driver.

But research on safety in the workplace shows they are.

Read more...

http://www.article99.com/automotive-guide/automotive-safety/article.php?art=9552

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Driver Safety - Behavior Plays a Vital Role

2008-07-29T18:13:00.000-04:00

Hiring the wrong truck drivers can be disastrous. Hiring the right ones can save lives.

Naturally, driver safety training plays an important role. Other factors may be even more significant according to a 1993 study on safety in the workplace conducted by Behavioral-Values Research Associates.

Read more....

http://www.free-articles-zone.com/article/15158/Truck%20Driver%20Safety%20-%20Behavior%20Plays%20a%20Vital%20Role

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Stop Aggressive Driving Before it Starts

2008-07-25T18:14:00.000-04:00

These five steps guarantee your company can improve its hiring practices and truck driver recruiting to hire and retain a safe driver every time.

Larry Bossidy, Chairman and CEO of Honeywell International, Inc. says, “I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies.”

In the transportation industry, nothing can be more important than hiring reliable drivers. Here are five steps every recruiting manager should know.

Read more...

http://www.ideamarketers.com/?Stop_Aggressive_Driving_Before_it_Starts&articleid=381632

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Positive Motivational Quote

2008-07-22T11:44:00.000-04:00

These quotes give new meaning to the term "Good Buddy."

From the patriot and the poet:

"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."
George Washington

"The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel, but do not dull thy palm with entertainment of each new-hatched unfledged comrade."
William Shakespeare

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Jib Jab's Latest

2008-07-18T14:46:00.000-04:00

Those wacky, irreverant Jib Jab guys are at it again. Here's their Election 2008 spoof.

http://sendables.jibjab.com/

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Quotes about Workplace Safety

2008-07-14T14:59:00.000-04:00

"For safety is not a gadget
but a state of mind."
Eleanor Everet

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Safety Slogans for the Workplace

2008-07-09T18:58:00.000-04:00

A danger foreseen is half avoided.

Accidents hurt -- safety doesn't.

Source: Naval Safety Center

Behavior Based Safety – The Missing Step that Ensures Success

2008-06-30T18:07:00.001-04:00

Behavior Based Safety is an excellent program. However, it won’t be nearly as effective until you do this.

Read entire article

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Workplace Safety - Behavior Plays a Vital Role

2008-04-16T14:47:00.002-04:00

The FMCSA conducted a study which concludes that "driver behavior causes most truck crashes." I believe the same could be said for all accidents.

Naturally, safety training plays an important role in accident prevention incentive programs. Other factors may be even more significant according to a 1993 study conducted by Behavioral-Values Research Associates.

Read entire article

Safety RULES!

2007-06-29T15:17:00.000-04:00

I've written an ebook dedicated to "all those companies that take us great places and bring us great stuff safely and efficiently."

It's designed to reduce trucking industry risks, enhance accident prevention incentive programs, and improve compliance management and training efforts.

It's entitled Safety RULES! How to Build a Fleet that Will Drive Profits Up and Accidents Down.

You can order it here:

http://www.hiresafedrivers.com/safetyrules.htm

My Book for Managers (and eveyone else)

2007-05-31T16:22:00.000-04:00

"For anyone who lives outside of a bubble!"
Cork Motsett, CEO, Business Development Specialists, Inc.

I published Why Can't You See It My Way? Resolving Values Conflicts at Work and Home in 2003 and it's now an ebook for managers responsible for motivating their employees and individuals who want to find more relationship compatibility.

Read it and discover:

Why people feel the way they do
Ways to improve a relationship
How to understand people's attitude and behavior
How to make a relationship last
Ways to motivate employees
How to find your passion and follow your bliss

Research shows that drivers with particular values have fewer accidents and drivers with other values are accidents waiting to happen. Find out how understanding drivers' attitudes can help you hire safe drivers.

People who've read Why Can't You See it My Way? tell me it's helped them with choosing careers, building trust in relationships, and helped achieve more effective workplace communication.

For more information visit

http://www.coachannette.com/books

Order it now:

http://www.resolveconflictnow.com/

Jekyll or Hyde?

2007-05-30T10:37:00.000-04:00

One of my clients just told me a story that pleased me as much as it helped him.

Jeff is a recruiter for a successful Michigan freight trucking company. Right before Go-To began using our driver assessment, Jeff had been meeting with a driver applicant for four months. He seemed like a good prospect and Jeff was ready to hire him. Then he did our DISC assessment on the applicant and saw a red flag. The driver had a High D behavioral style, which means he was quick-tempered and impatient, the type who would tend to take risks while driving.

Jeff says when he told the diver they wouldn't be hiring him, the man blew up just like the assessment predicted. Jeff says, "He came at me like a banty rooster as if he were going to claw my eyes out."

Jeff is a strong believer in using our performance based assessment on each driver applicant. "They're 110% accurate in pinpointing the best (and worst) drivers," he says.

Blind Spot? I Don't Have One

2007-05-25T13:25:00.000-04:00

I was thinking about my near run-in with a big truck on the Interstate (see blog post of 4/18/07) and concluded I must have been in the driver's blind spot. That got me to thinking about something I did years ago.

Like most people, I had my car's outside rear view mirrors set so that I could barely see my rear fender. But there was always that blind spot where I couldn't see a car passing me. So I moved my outside mirrors so that they're set on the blind spot and not on my rear fenders. I figure I can see cars behind me in my inside rear view mirror, then if I need to know if a car is in my blind spot, I look in my outside mirrors.

It's saved me from pulling into a lane where a car is passing me many times. It works great, and I'm wondering if anyone else in the world does this besides me. It's something I thought of on my own, and have never seen it mentioned by anyone else.

Do you do this, or know of others who do? If so, let me know. And if you try it, let me know how it works for you.

Would this work on big trucks, too?

Email me at Annette@CoachAnnette. com.

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Go-To: Keep on Trucking

2007-04-26T12:07:00.000-04:00

I sent an email congratulating our client Go-To Transport on their new SafeStat score of 27. (See "Welcome" post of 4/16/07.) Safety Director Paul Baldwin replied and told me their score dropped again to 25. He told me the company used to have a SafeStat score of 97.

It looks like their score is dropping faster than their trucks can drive.

You go, guys!

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A Close Call

2007-04-18T16:00:00.000-04:00

It happened on I-85 last Thursday. I was driving to Atlanta to attend an Internet Marketing Conference (where I created this blog, actually). I was passing a big truck when the driver began pulling into my lane to pass the truck in front of him. Fortunately, by what must have been an act of God, we were going over a bridge and there was an extra-wide shoulder, which looked like another lane, to my left. That lane was quickly coming to an end but I was able to get into it. At that point the driver must have seen me and pulled back into his lane.

I feel very fortunate to be alive today. If it hadn't been for that short extra "lane," I probably wouldn't be.

I got the name of the trucking company and the number on the truck. I think I found the right company on the Internet; it wasn't a big name trucking company. I've written the president of the company offering my services to help him hire drivers who will be SURE before passing that there's no one in the way. I'll let you know if I hear from him.

You know, I'm not ready to go, and I surely don't want to go that way. Kind of ironic, though, isn't it.

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Welcome!

2007-04-16T16:29:00.001-04:00

Welcome to our Hire Safe Drivers blog.

The Estes Group is dedicated to helping transportation companies reduce driver accidents and save millions of dollars in accident costs. Our clients have been successful in doing that by using our behavioral assessments before hiring a driver.

I just looked at the newsletter of one of our clients, Go-To Transport in Bay City, MI. The latest edition reports that Go-To has a SafeStat score of 31. Then, in another post, the company reported its score dropped to 25 since the newsletter was published.

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