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25 09, 2024

Builders FirstSource Announces Planned CEO and CFO Transition

By NADRA Headquarters|2024-09-25T09:31:51-05:00September 25th, 2024|Categories: Business Practices, Industry Brief, Industry News, Press Release, Uncategorized|Tags: Builders FirstSource, Builders Firstsource Board Of Directors, Dave Rush, Leadership, NADRA Member, New Residential Construction, Paul Levy, Pete Beckmann, Peter Jackson, Prefabricated Components, Promotion, Remodeling, Repair, Succession Planning, Supplier Of Building Products|

Builders FirstSource, Inc. announced today that as part of a planned succession, its Board of Directors has named Peter Jackson, Chief Financial Officer, as the Company’s next President & Chief Executive Officer and member of its Board of Directors, effective November 6, 2024. Mr. Jackson will succeed Dave Rush, who has served as CEO since November 2022 and is retiring after 25 years of dedicated service to the Company. Mr. Rush will remain on the Builders FirstSource Board of Directors and continue as a special advisor to ensure a smooth transition.

20 05, 2022

Dr. Kevin Archer Elected AWPA President

By NADRA Headquarters|2022-05-20T10:17:26-05:00May 20th, 2022|Categories: Industry News, NADRA News, Press Release|Tags: American Wood Protection Association, AWPA, Dr. Kevin Archer, Leadership|

Dr. Kevin Archer, Director of Research and Development for Viance, was elected President of the American Wood Protection Association (AWPA) at the AWPA's 118th Annual Meeting, held in Charleston, SC May 15-17, 2022.

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1 06, 2021

Are You a Leader or a Boss?

By Bobby Parks|2021-08-30T08:34:10-05:00June 1st, 2021|Categories: Ask NADRA, Bobby Parks, Industry Brief, Industry News, Leadership|Tags: Bobby Parks, Boss, Leadership|

Culture, Management & Leadership Styles Someone told me a long time again that if you want to understand what a company is about, look at who’s at the top. If you like what you see there, you’ll probably like what you see throughout the company. Look at the top and you’ll [...]

The Overuse of the words: “uncertain times”
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22 04, 2020

The Overuse of the words: “uncertain times”

By NADRA Headquarters|2021-08-30T08:34:17-05:00April 22nd, 2020|Categories: Ask NADRA, Industry Brief, Industry News, Leadership, Tips & Tricks|Tags: Heather Marchand, Leadership|

By: Heather A. Marchand I use gmail. If I click on my "promotions" tab, I can guarantee that 8 out of 10 promotional emails use the word "uncertain". In fact, just for fun, I searched my email for "uncertain". How many times do you think I found the word? TWO HUNDRED [...]

8 05, 2017

Positivity To Profit, by Kevin D. Jackson

By NADRA Headquarters|2021-08-30T08:35:34-05:00May 8th, 2017|Categories: Ask NADRA, Business Practices, Industry Brief, Industry News, Tips & Tricks|Tags: Communication, Kevin D. Jackson, Kevin Jackson, Leadership, Positivity guru, Positivity to Profit, Wolf Home Improvements|

Our mindset and our actions directly affect our customer's experience. Every waking moment, either consciously or unconsciously, we make decisions that affect our lives, our families, our work, our customer's experiences and ultimately our take home pay. A major choice, with residual impact, is whether we decide to have a [...]

10 04, 2017

Can curiosity lead to profit?

By NADRA Headquarters|2021-08-30T08:37:48-05:00April 10th, 2017|Categories: Ask NADRA, Industry Brief, Industry News, Tips & Tricks|Tags: Kevin Jackson, Leadership, positivity, Positivity guru, Wolf Distributing, Wolf Home Improvements|

Can curiosity lead to profit? By: Kevin Jackson Absolutely! Curiosity sparks creativity. Creativity leads to innovation. Innovation helps you to increase your odds of continued existence and positions you well to be profitable. However, there is one monumental roadblock that stands in our way. It's huge, it's daunting, it's ever-present! It's [...]

13 03, 2017

“C” your way to a greater influence!

By NADRA Headquarters|2021-08-30T08:37:48-05:00March 13th, 2017|Categories: Leadership|Tags: "C" your way to a greater influence!, Kevin Jackson, Leadership, March Leadership, Wolf Home Products|

By Kevin Jackson Have you ever seen a leader who is on fire? A confident, charismatic, contagious and consistent winner? Well, this person probably has mastered the "C's". Here are a few of them! Connection: Great leaders realize that their success was not achieved purely based on their skill, efforts [...]

13 02, 2017

The Resiliency Secret – Ssh!…

By NADRA Headquarters|2021-08-30T08:37:49-05:00February 13th, 2017|Categories: Ask NADRA, Industry Brief, Industry News, Tips & Tricks|Tags: February eNewsletter, Kevin Jackson, Leadership, Resiliency, Wolf Home Products|

Okay my friends, let’s cut to the chase! The key to being resilient is to recognize that if we live long enough, we will eventually face change or adversity. In addition, since we are all human, we understand that these state of affairs automatically trigger several types of emotions. However, the [...]

6 01, 2017

We will become what we magnify

By NADRA Headquarters|2021-08-30T08:37:49-05:00January 6th, 2017|Categories: Business Practices, Industry News, Tips & Tricks|Tags: Kevin Jackson, Leadership, Positive thinking, Power of Positivity|

We will become what we magnify! By: Kevin Jackson Let's be honest, we've all heard, you are what you eat. However, no one talks about you will become what you magnify. So, let's take a few minutes to challenge our thinking. Consider this: Negativity will always breed negativity. Positive thinking [...]

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10 08, 2016

Is excellence a lost art?

By NADRA Headquarters|2021-08-30T08:37:55-05:00August 10th, 2016|Categories: Leadership|Tags: Kevin Jackson, KJ, Leadership, Wolf|

By: Kevin Jackson Vice President, Process Innovation & Technology at WOLF The more I experience life, the more I realize how far we have strayed from excellence as a society. The status quo is widely accepted and mediocracy has sadly become the norm for a lot of individuals. The question of [...]

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