LHI May 2021 – The Leadership Issue

In this month’s issue

The annual Leadership Issue brings together the experience of eminent lifting industry thought leaders. Here are just a few of the great articles inside this issue.

Leadership and learning: Ross Moloney, CEO of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), on taking legislative and best practice knowhow in lifting industry sector to educate end users.

Making lifting safer with innovation: Innovation and digitalisation will make our industry safer and more efficient, pandemic or not, says Robert Desel, CEO at The Crosby Group.

Lessons, lifts, and longevity: Ken McDougall, president at Skyjack on using the pandemic to develop far reaching business enhancements.

Great change can come from chaos: Jim Colvin, CEO of Serious Labs discusses the positive effects of disrupting the training model to find better ways of disseminating learning and building skills.

Workplace safety – the wider benefit: Martin McVicar managing director of Combilift outlines the importance of developing a safety culture and choosing the correct equipment in modern warehousing and manufacturing facilities.

An electric future: The Impact of Battery Technology in MEWPs by Jennifer Stiansen, director of marketing, JLG.

Innovation drives safety: The next generation Quad-Pawl chain hoist technology ‘WH C4-QP’ is launched to provide onshore operators with increased levels of safety and better performance.

The Insider: New Insider Steve Napieralski advises on the benefits of joining and participating in relevant Associations.