A year in review

While our members have been dealing with the hangover effects from COVID-19 and the challenges it has left behind with supply chain disruption and millions of Americans finding it still more profitable to stay home than to find work, ASA continues to expand our programs and services to support members.

2022 ended on a strong note with ASA achieving net distributor membership growth, record turnouts at our leading events, unprecedented Political Action Committee success in the midterm elections and some wins on the codes and standards front. Thanks to all of you, we had a very successful year.

While it’s gratifying to have this type of success, the challenges our industry and members face demand that we do more to become a stronger national trade association, and to gain the backing and full support of the entire industry facing challenges with one unified voice.

Undoubtedly, this will require everyone to think differently about how to remain relevant into the future because “What got us here won’t get us there.” This is a topic that will be addressed during our annual ASA Strategic Planning Retreat in February. More on that in our next issue.

Last month, we conducted a member satisfaction survey to get your views on how we are doing as an association. Based on the strong response, I’m thrilled that so many members are valuing the role of our association in supporting them and in leading the industry to a more successful future.

In this issue, we have highlighted some of our successes in our special year-in-review section. ASA Chairman Bill Condron recaps some of our accomplishments from 2022 as he passes the ASA President baton to First Supply’s Katie Poehling Seymour

ASA’s Steve Edwards talks about the work to expand the value of our

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TALENT careers recruitment platform and efforts to build our brand among jobseekers. ASA Director of Government Affairs Steve Rossi looks at the new Congress and reports on what we can expect with the split Congress in 2023.

The results of our second Quarterly Market Survey also can be found in this issue. This time, we zeroed in on human resources-related questions our distributor members wanted answered. Topics in the survey include sales commission best practices, health insurance and much more.

And longtime industry consultant and speaker Randy MacLean takes a look at the five things customers really want.

Enjoy reading another full issue of our ASA Review. We hope that you continue to find the content and association updates valuable to you and your business.

Let me know if there are topics that you want to hear about in upcoming issues by emailing me at madelizzi@asa.net.

Michael Adelizzi, CEO