Great Quarter, Guys covers the state of freight from a data driven research powered approach. FreightWaves FreightIntel Research Team dives deep into the numbers, surveys, and people who drive the decisions behind the nation's movement of goods and the surface transportation of freight. Kevin Hill,…
Kaylee and grace link up one last time to say goodbye to the show that launched ladies. We'll miss you, GQG! Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Grace reviews several women in the workplace surveys to address what leaders should focus on within their business to increase diversity measures. She also invites the Tenney Group's Meghan Meurer to discuss the challenges of M&A deals in 2023 and what to expect in 2024. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kaylee Nix and Grace Sharkey chat with Danielle Bansch, a national account manager at TransForce, about the group's "Barbies in Trucking" campaign. They discuss its inspiration and how it aligns with TransForce's commitment to diversity, aiming to break gender stereotypes in the male-dominated trucking industry. The hosts explore the impact of encouraging women in transportation careers and celebrate TransForce's recognition as a Top Place for Women to Work in Transportation. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Grace and Kaylee talk about a new initiative to get the world's most iconic doll behind the wheel of a truck. They also welcome on Courtney Muller to talk about Manifest, the second most poppin' freight conference (second only to F3 of course). Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Grace Sharkey and Kaylee Nix talk about the load board fraud plaguing the industry, how NOT to fire half of your company, and the way forward for women-owned transportation companies. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kaylee and Grace review their experiences at F3 and the incredible women who represented their companies at the event. They also review a fan favorite, the Women in Trucking conference. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kaylee Nix and Grace Sharkey talk to Melzie Wilson about making career moves, upward mobility, and knowing when to pursue a new opportunity. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Emily Feliton joins the gals to talk TMS on this episode of Great Quarter, Gals. Her, Kaylee Nix, and Grace Sharkey dive into raises, conferencing, and mentorship! Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Grace Sharkey & Kaylee Nix host Delanie Thurlow from Grounded Packaging to talk sustainability, using resources efficiently, and getting the most out of your packaged goods. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kaylee Nix and Grace Sharkey talk to professional driver Ingrid Brown about driver appreciation, what actually matters when showing gratitude, and how to thank a truck driver this week and every week. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Grace describes various supply chain patches awarded to the Girl Scouts and invites Kelsey Scott of Legacy Trucking Consulting to discuss common compliance hurdles. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kaylee Nix and Grace Sharkey chat with SmartHop's Courteney McDonnell about investments in FreightTech, investments in career growth, and investments in yourself. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kaylee Nix and Grace Sharkey discuss female purchasing power and how girl math is driving current discretionary spending. They also invite Sworkz' Maria Cardenas to discuss how to build a powerhouse marketing team. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kaylee Nix and Grace Sharkey talk to FreightWaves' Mary O'Connell about her thoughts on Shellie Corp, Surge Transportation, and the other companies falling victim to the freight down cycle. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kaylee Nix and Grace Sharkey invite Amy Mack, partner at Venture53, an early-stage venture capital fund focused on FreightTech. Amy shares stories from her career, challenges she had overcome and what it takes to pivot into the venture capital space. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kaylee Nix and Grace Sharkey take a look inside a Chattanooga nonprofit aimed at supporting news business opportunities for the advanced mobility space. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Grace Sharkey and Kaylee Nix zoom in to expedited niches with Melanie Patterson, CEO and Founder of Integrity Global Logistics. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows
Kaylee Nix and Grace Sharkey up their supply chain conversation game talking to one of the best podcast hosts in the logistics biz, Sarah Barnes-Humphrey. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows
Kaylee nix and Grace Sharkey welcome Cody Griggs from C.H. Robinson to talk about how one of the nation's largest brokerages takes care of business from employees to carrier relations. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows
Grace Sharkey promotes the 2nd annual International Day for Women in Maritime. She is also joined by Rebecca Tisbe, owner and CEO of JVR Freight, a logistics company that focuses on last-mile, dedicated services. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows
Kaylee Nix sits down with Haley Fazio from FreightWaves to talk about Taylor's record setting Era's Tour, the spectacle of live events, and how FW plans to blow the event scene out of the water in June. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows
Grace gets the opportunity to sit with Carolyn Roach, chief human resources officer at XPO. With four months under her belt, we will learn how the LTL company continues to grow its employee's skills along with its LTL offerings.Follow the Great Quarter, Gals PodcastOther FreightWaves Shows
Kaylee and Grace chats with entrepreneur and industry content creator Blythe Brumleve about bringing more women into our workforce. We break down a number of websites that leverage AI to help grow your business to success.Follow the Great Quarter, Gals PodcastOther FreightWaves Shows
Kaylee Nix and Grace Sharkey host FW Deputy Editor Brielle Jakel to talk about her show, Tracks Through Time. The three look at her journey to freight, the pasta of becoming a history buff, and some of the best parts of writing about the past. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals PodcastOther FreightWaves Shows
Grace and Kaylee speak with Ellen Voie, founder of the Women in Trucking Association (WIT), about the group's new CEO, Jennifer Hedrick, and why she was Ellen's pick for the role. Hedrick also tells us her goals for WIT and its role in promoting diversity and inclusion.Follow the Great Quarter, Gals PodcastOther FreightWaves Shows
The gals sit down with Carmen Palo from Uber Freight to get a glimpse on how digital brokerage is faring in this market and what marketing strategies are most useful right now. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals PodcastOther FreightWaves Shows
Grace celebrates #DressForSTEM Day and shares women in STEM facts. She also welcomes Tiffanie Stanard of Stimulus to discuss how her platform is making it easier for diversity-led businesses to compete for your business.Follow the Great Quarter, Gals PodcastOther FreightWaves Shows
Going viral on the internet is no easy feat and staying viral is even harder. Today Kaylee and Grace sit down with Cait Gillespie to talk TikTok, breaking down difficult info, and the ruthless world of the internet. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals PodcastOther FreightWaves Shows
Kaylee Nix and Grace Sharkey sit down with country singer Lindsey Lawler to talk about her experience as a SiriusXM host and how singing will help support one of freights best nonprofits.Follow the Great Quarter, Gals PodcastOther FreightWaves Shows
Grace and Kaylee discuss the incredible shippers participating in FreightWaves' Global Supply Chain Week. They also chat with Lorena Camargo, founder and chief executive officer of courier service provider PearlTrans Logistics. Lorena shares the risks and rewards that come with the courier side of supply chains.Follow the Great Quarter, Gals PodcastOther FreightWaves Shows
Grace and Kaylee introduce you to another wonderful, behind-the-scenes woman at FreightWaves, deputy editor Brielle Jaekel. They discuss her journalism career, time covering supply chains and how she would be supporting supply chains if she wasn't writing. They also take time to honor amazing black women in our industry.Follow the Great Quarter, Gals PodcastOther FreightWaves Shows
Kaylee Nix discusses weather in the midwest and talk to President and Founder of CS Recruiting, Charlie Saffro, on how to stand out to employers.Follow the Loaded and Rolling PodcastOther FreightWaves Shows
Kaylee Nix and Grace Sharkey welcome Priyanka Ann Saini for a conversation about the differences in consulting for logistics companies outside of the US. They talk about emerging trends and technologies and look at how global culture differences drive differences in industry representation. Follow the Great Quarter, Gals PodcastOther FreightWaves Shows
To prepare for National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, Kaylee and Grace share with drivers the red flags that signal human trafficking behavior. We also invite industry veterans, Debbie Sparks, executive director of NMFTA, and Linda Hagopian, to discuss their book series that introduce children to the wonderful world of trucking.Follow the Great Quarter, Gals PodcastOther FreightWaves Shows
Kaylee Nix and Grace Sharkey wrap up a helluva year with some of their favorite moments, story highlights, and hot takes going into 2023. Follow Great Quarter, Gals on Apple PodcastsFollow Great Quarter, Gals on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts
Kaylee and Grace interview Kierra Henderson, self proclaimed trucking guru, who has dedicated her career toward trucking and dispatch education, bringing equity to underrepresented communities in transportation. Henderson shares her views on recent FMCSA dispatcher and broker guidance and gives her thoughts on how the industry can better recruit and retain women of color.Follow Great Quarter, Gals on Apple PodcastsFollow Great Quarter, Gals on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts
Grace invites former chief economist at Ford Motor Company and the U.S. Department of Commerce under the Obama administration to discuss her thoughts on our current economy. We also dive into her favorite line of work, electric vehicles, and get her opinion on what infrastructure needs to be built to reach this country's EV goals.Follow Great Quarter, Gals on Apple PodcastsFollow Great Quarter, Gals on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts
Kaylee and Grace are live from the Women In Trucking Accelerate! Conference and Expo in Dallas, Texas.Follow Great Quarter, Gals on Apple PodcastsFollow Great Quarter, Gals on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts
The gals review F3 and discuss the upcoming Women in Trucking conference in Dallas. They also welcome transportation lawyer and founder of CarrierAssure Cassandra Gaines to discuss what she took from the Future of Freight Festival and what our industry's legal professionals should be mindful of in 2023.Follow MadGaines LIVE on Apple PodcastsFollow MadGaines LIVE on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts
Kaylee and Grace host Robin Hutcheson, the new Administrator of the FMCSA.Follow Great Quarter, Gals on Apple PodcastsFollow Great Quarter, Gals on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts
Kaylee and Grace chat about industry conferences on the horizon — Women in Trucking's Accelerate conference in Dallas, Texas and the one-and-only Future of Freight Festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They break down conference content and the impact each event will have on the future of the supply chain industry.Follow Great Quarter, Gals on Apple PodcastsFollow Great Quarter, Gals on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts
Kaylee Nix and Grace Sharkey welcome Madeliene Doetsch from Ware2Go to talk about leadership, ecommerce, and what to expect in the changing future on this episode of Great Quarter, Gals.Follow Great Quarter, Gals on Apple PodcastsFollow Great Quarter, Gals on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts