Dec 1, 2022 | Columns, Consultants' Corner
by Jerry Wagner IS THE HEAT PUMP A JOKE? As many of you know, I got my start in the HVAC trade / industry at the HydroTherm Boiler Company. The man I commonly refer to as my father, Elwood Weaver, the Executive Vice President and ultimately a part-owner in HydroTherm,...
Nov 1, 2022 | Columns, Consultants' Corner
by Jim Hinshaw As they say in Texas, we have a “Blue Northerner” coming toward us. OK, so not sure if they say that anywhere, but a cowboy once used that expression, and I have been looking for a chance to use it for a decade or more. What it means is, we...
Sep 6, 2022 | Columns, Consultants' Corner
by Jim Hinshaw So here are the last 5 lessons from shelly Brady’s book: Ten Things I Learned from Bill Porter. More concepts that can help us improve our results and even our lives. Know your limits and reach past them. When Bill was in high school, he...
Sep 6, 2022 | Columns, Consultants' Corner
by Lorraine Ball Too often business owners have brilliant ideas but don’t think through all the steps necessary to turn their ideas into reality. The result… failure or mediocre performance when there could have been extraordinary success. Whether you are...
Sep 6, 2022 | Columns, Consultants' Corner
This article is a re-print of Richard Harshaw’s article in August 2011 for AIR CONDITIONING TODAY. Do you think he got it right? The news has been abuzz lately with snippets of our elected political heroes bloviating about how “the other party” is endangering...
Jun 1, 2022 | Columns, Consultants' Corner
by Jim Hinshaw Service Nation does two large industry shows each year, one in the Spring, another in the fall. Our Spring event this year was the Barefoot Roundtable (named that since last year, where we went to Florida, shoes were optional, shorts were required)...
