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Freight Recession: Opportunity or Threat with Steve Elwell

Release Date: 04/29/2024

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Freight Recession: Opportunity or Threat with Steve Elwell

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and discuss freight recession: opportunity or threat. Steve is the Founder and Managing Director of Partners a boutique leadership, business strategy and turnaround consulting firm. About Steve Elwell is the Founder and since 2010 Managing Director of iDev Partners a boutique leadership, business strategy and turnaround consulting firm located in Farmington Hills, MI. In this role he has helps leaders and organizations realize their potential and mission. Steve has lead multiple technology, manufacturing, and start-up businesses as CEO, COO, and President. His consulting...

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Steve Elwell and Joe Lynch discuss freight recession: opportunity or threat. Steve is the Founder and Managing Director of iDev Partners a boutique leadership, business strategy and turnaround consulting firm.

About Steve Elwell

Steve is the Founder and since 2010 Managing Director of iDev Partners a boutique leadership, business strategy and turnaround consulting firm located in Farmington Hills, MI. In this role he has helps leaders and organizations realize their potential and mission. Steve has lead multiple technology, manufacturing, and start-up businesses as CEO, COO, and President. His consulting clients include large publicly traded corporations and family businesses in industries from logistics to aerospace. Prior to strategy and turnaround, Steve ran an IT, and automation businesses and owned a retained executive search firm. He earned an MBA from Wayne State University in Detroit, and a BA in Economics and Management from Albion College, in Albion, MI. Steve, his wife Kris, and their two children live in Farmington Hill, MI.

About iDev

iDev serves leaders and businesses in their transition from good to great. We develop clarity and translate that clarity into action and durable sustainable gains. Our approach brings together vision, talent, technology, around realistic solutions, and deliberate high-energy execution. iDev has been successful in diverse situations including turnaround and transformation, crisis management, and strategic growth. iDev leaders have prior consulting experience as well as tenure as C-suite function heads and CEOs.

Key Takeaways: Freight Recession: Opportunity or Threat

Steve Elwell and Joe Lynch discuss freight recession: opportunity or threat:
- Freight Recession Deepens: The initial predictions underestimated the severity and duration of the freight recession.
- The Burning Question: Steve Elwell and Joe Lynch tackle the burning question: is it a threat or an opportunity?
- Not a Shared Fate: While everyone feels the recession's impact, companies can choose their response.
- Leaders Seize the Opportunity: Top leadership teams see the downturn as a chance to leapfrog competitors, not just survive.
- Unlocking Growth: Steve Elwell unveils a simple customer-focused assessment tool to help businesses capitalize on this chance.
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