Chuck Violand
Chuck Violand is the founder and principal of Violand Management Associates (VMA), a highly respected consulting company in the restoration and cleaning industries. Through VMA, he works with business owners and companies to develop their people and profits. For more information, visit www.violand.com.
Complacency
The online Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word “complacency” as self-satisfaction, especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies. They must have had business...
Driver Education
In most trade industries, and especially within restoration and cleaning, there is a significant amount of training geared toward helping new frontline hires gain the...
Distance Running
By Chuck Violand As hard as it may be to believe, there was a time in my life when this body looked like a chiseled...
On Second Thought: Taking Care of Business
By Chuck Violand Years ago, an older colleague of mine joked, “If I had known I was going to live this long, I’d have taken...
The Great Wallendas
By Chuck Violand Arguably, the most famous highwire performing family in history has been the Wallendas. Founded by German-born Karl Wallenda in the 1920s, members...
Sic Transit Gloria’: Lessons in Humility and the Power of Consultants
By Chuck Violand While it might look easy from the outside, one of the most difficult jobs of anyone who advises a business owner—whether the...
SEAT 24-B: When Opportunity Sits Beside You
By Chuck Violand One of the real beauties of having earbuds or headphones on an airplane is that they help you avoid tiresome conversations with...
A Close Second
In 1984, Jackie Joyner-Kersee finished second in the Heptathlon in the Los Angeles Summer Olympics. She was a mere five points behind Glynis Nunn, the...