Grawl Space Access Doors

Door is Pre-Hung l00Vo Vinyl Construction with Welded Corners

Full-Length, Self-Cleaning Piano Hinge

Antique Brass Finish Keyed Lock

Built-in Deadbolt

Adjustable Bottom Expander w/Rubber Sweep

Installation Screws Are Included

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"The Source for all your Vinyl Needs" - and the ability to meet with old friends and competitors is invaluable. The fact that a company invests in you to go should be a great motivator, increasing employee loyalty and retention. However, not all meetings I have attended have created value. At the end of the day, while I would like to have a good time, I also want to learn solutions to problems that keep me awake at night, or ways to move my business forward-whether for me as an executive or for a colleague.

As with any business decision, you must ask what the return on investment will be. While it may not be easy to calculate in dollars and cents, setting event goals should ensure a return. Every company I know today controls their T & E bills, so no manager or employee should have to cost justify why they are off to an event if by attending they learn new tools, fresh ideas, industry trends, see new products and see what their competitors are doing that will increase both the top line and bottom line of their personal and/or company results. Today knowledge is king, and no company can afford to work in a vacuum. Why do some businesses grow while others retrench? Everything is relative. Cost plus time is only expensive if it brings no return.

For those who continue to question value, I urge you to speak directly with your association. Give them feedback. Provide input in designing an agenda, and who or what you would like to hear about that would make you pay to go. For those who regularly attend events, work on those around you to participate. To the associations, speak to your members who do not attend events as frequently as those who do. and understand what it is that will make them come next time round. Like any other facet of a business, events have to be marketed.

Let's all support this wonderful resource and medium for the futures of our companies and our industry.

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