Wakefern, Associated Wholesale Grocers, Do-it-Best and Ace Hardware are among distributors making National Cooperative Bank's top 100 list of cooperatives based on revenue.

Driver shortages are trucking fleets' biggest concern, followed by hours of service rules and pay, according to a survey by the American Transportation Research Institute.

Compensation plays a key role in employee retention for sales organizations, but other factors such as manager quality are too often ignored when companies face high turnover rates, writes David Brock. "Managers are failing to create workplaces where people feel valued, can grow, develop and contribute," Brock writes.

Christa Tuttle suggests six questions business-to-business marketers should ask to ensure their branding is still relevant, such as whether messaging reflects company values and whether it answers who your business is, what it does and why that's valuable to customers. Marketers should also ask if their message sets them apart from competitors and ask prospects if it resonates with them.

Humility is not about deflecting praise you deserve but rather about serving others, being gracious and grateful, and being focused on more than "power and position," writes Randy Conley. "As the old saying goes, humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking about yourself less," he writes.

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