Tad Troilo

Tad Troilo's Posts

  • "Why does Nick get a commission?" Tony, one of our truck drivers, asked me years ago.

  • I -- and I'm guessing many of you--at first welcomed the opportunity this housing downturn presented to slow down, think about operations, clean the trucks, sharpen the pencils. But now I've done all those things three or four times each. There is not much left to do except look deep into my soul and examine my true feelings in a quest to improve myself as a manager and as a human being.

  • We asked contributing columnist Tad Troilo to reveal who will be among those on the PS20 in 2029. Check back in 20 years to see if he's right.

  • "I know my account is overdue," Rick told me on the phone before I even said hello. "But I can't pay you yet." "Why not?" I asked. "Because one of my customers can't pay me yet," he explained.

  • "Hey Tad, nice to hear from you!" Dan screamed into his cell phone over the clatter of a jackhammer.

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