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Looking Ahead
Sept 14- ICEL
Risk vs Reward
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Sept 15- Fall Outing and Golf Tournament "Puttin' Pirates"
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Save The Date
Oct 11-13- Western Region Credit Conference in San Diego
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Oct 18- Credit Boot Camp
It's a Battle out there - are You prepared? Details & Registration here
Oct 20- Beginning Mechanics' Liens Details and Registration here
Oct 25- Secured Transactions & Advanced Liens Details and Registration here
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2017 Membership Drive
The strength of NACM Business Credit Services is our members. Your voice is often the most influential when we are talking to new prospective members. To that end, we are pleased to announce two new initiatives aimed at rewarding current members and gaining new members. Details here
Why should I submit potential members to NACM?"
Help gain information on your customers. As a member, their information could help build the database on your customers. It's not just a one-way street. more Info
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Lead With Credibility
by Doug Darrington, CCE, Kilgore Companies
One of the sessions I attended while at the credit conference in Dallas was titled, "Lead with Credibility," facilitated by Jeff Jones. Jeff is the CFO for Twisted X, a boot and shoe producer in the Dallas area.
Jeff started by defining two types of leaders - a leader with the ability to influence people to do something and a servant leader who has the ability to influence people who know you care about them and together accomplishing a benefit for the common good . . . Read Full Article
Get to Know NACM Business Credit Services - Collection Dept.
Do you have past-due accounts or judgments cluttering up your drawers or taking up your time?
Did you know that as a member of NACM Business Credit Services you have access to the largest and strongest commercial credit and collection network in the United States? Read Full Article
Do I Dare Ask That Question?
by Shane Inglesby, CCE, Geneva Rock Products, Inc.
If there's one thing credit managers crave its information. We pull credit reports, we call trade references, we attend trade groups, and we talk with business owners and employees. We want as much information as possible to make better informed decisions to help minimize our company's risk as we extend credit to businesses . . . Read Full Article
ICEL Chair: Becoming An Extraordinary Leader
by DeAnna Leahy, CCE, Sunroc Corporation
In The Handbook for Leaders, 24 Lessons for Extraordinary Leadership, John Zenger, and Joseph Folkman argue, 'Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths. The key to developing great leadership is to build strengths." Exceptional leaders do not get where they are by being perfect; they get there by doing a small number of things exceptionally well . . . Read Full Article
A Key Characteristic for Credit Professionals
by Allen Vickers, CCE, A & K Railroad Materials
Outside of the credit profession do many others realize the importance that Credit plays in their lives or is like your sprinkling system - you don't think about it until it isn't functioning properly? In today's modern world, Credit is the fuel that drives our economy. Countries, local governments, businesses, and even households may virtually collapse without credit . . . Read Full Article
ICEL Recap: Test Your Credit Knowledge
by Mark Jones, Geneva Rock Products, Inc.
Alex Trebek has nothing on DeAnna Leahy as she hosted the annual Jeopardy Challenge for ICEL in the month of August. It was the annual "deer in the headlights" challenge. Answers are given and each table is asked to respond in the form of a question. The categories were 1) Business Law 2) Financial Statements 3) Principles of Business Credit 4) Credit Law 5) Accounting . . . Read Full Article
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