In this week's episode we talk with Tim McConville, The Director of Strategic Engagement for Man Up, an organization on a mission to end fatherlessness in the United States and across the globe.
In 1950, only 1 in 20 children was born to an unmarried mother. Today, 1 in 4 are growing up fatherless in the United States. In fact, more children are growing up fatherless in the United States than in any other country.
Fatherlessness accounts for nearly every possible negative childhood outcome, from poor educational performance to behavioral and mental health disorders to teen pregnancy and suicide.
We talk to Tim about his recruiting story and how he landed in the role he is in, why it is important to him, and how others can get involved if they are interested.
If you are interested in connecting with Tim you can email him here:
Check out ManUp's website here.
If you want to Donate to the mission of ManUp and help fight for the fatherless, do so HERE.
In this solo episode Adrian talks about the number one cause of stress in American's lives: Money.
If we were to have that part of our lives handled, wouldn't we show up better as a spouse, partner, employee, parent or friend? I would.
We explore what some of the averages and medians look like in income in the USA, plus a game plan to become a millionaire as a logistics coordinator or sales executive in the freight game.
Recommended Books from this episode:
In this episode, our guest is Sean Richardson, President of Tallgrass Freight. We talk about Sean's journey from barely recruited high school baseball athlete, to division 1 baseball at the University of Kansas, finance, and then freight. We discuss his journey to leadership, the resiliency it took and also talk about how Tallgrass went from a small idea to a top 100 brokerage in North America and how they maintain a culture that thrives.
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This episode is brought to you by our friends at Tallgrass Freight.
This week we speak with Bryan Nelson, Attorney and Partner at Taylor Nelson Law firm. He specializes in transportation and trucking law and gives us insight in to how he landed in the legal world, the transportation industry as a niche, and what is happening in freight law in 2025 that we need to know about. We ask him about his recruiting story, which is one of my favorites so far, and a few questions from our listeners.
Books Bryan Recommends:
COMIC BOOKS! (Reach out to him for recommendations)
Links:
This episode is brought to you by our sponsors: Tallgrass Freight Company
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This week our guest is Joe Kayser, founder and CEO of SynapseVue: a technology, strategy and Ai consulting firm focused on middle market transportation companies.
We talk about his recruiting journey from accounting to AIT Worldwide Logistics, to starting Synapsvue. With the current state of Ai in the world we also discuss how individuals and companies should consider interacting with Ai and how it might change the industry as a whole.
Books Joe Recommends:
Links:
This week's conversation is with a longtime friend, educator and motivational speaker Justin Pickens!
"I can't believe you turned out the way you did." That is a common phrase Justin Pickens has heard in his life. With one of the highest Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) scores you can receive (9), the odds said Justin should be on drugs or dead. Justin was the first member from his dad’s side of the family to graduate from college and has since earned two masters degrees. For the past 13 years, Justin has served as a teacher and coach for multiple sports. He's a father, husband, educator and motivational. Most importantly he is a dealer of HOPE. Hope instilled in him that gave him a future and he hopes to share with those around the world.
This week our guest is Nick Dangles, Co-Founder of Sync Logistics Training, a training platform for freight brokers. Nick and I tackle his recruiting story, why freight brokerages struggle with training, and how great training can lead to better employee retention and higher ROI.
https://synclogisticstraining.com/
The Books Nick Recommends are:
Stats Referenced in Podcast:
This week our guest is Eric Heath, Managing Partner at Bluejay Advisors joins us to discuss his recruiting story, the marketplace in transportation, how the economy is impacting M&A deals and what a founder might do to prepare his business for a sale or acquisition.
Eric has been in the M&A space for over a decade and is an expert in transportation transactions.
The books he recommends are:
This week's episode is with Jared Hutkowski , Director of Brokerage at A. Duie Pyle Transportation. Jared and I talk about how he went from being in the military to construction to finding a career in freight brokerage and how his experiences led him to leadership. We also talk about his fitness journey and how that has impacted his success.
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The books he recommends are:
This week our guest is Adrian Chapman! Adrian is the founder of Cover 3 Consulting and is interviewed by friend of the show, Shawn Varner. Shawn is a former successful freight broker based out of Kansas City, and has since made a career pivot to financial advising and serves freight industry professionals around the country.
Shawn and Adrian dive in to some of Adrian's background, the state of the recruiting market, the freight agent versus w2 conversation, how to stand out in today's market and more.
This week is a solo episode hosted by Adrian Chapman. This week we celebrate our 40th episode by discussing 5 things Adrian would do if he were on the job market, between jobs, or job hunting.
The 5 things are:
If you'd like a copy of our 1 page resume builder, please email us at Adrian@cov3consulting.com or connect on Linkedin.
This week's episode is with Marina Brown, founder and CEO of Moneiva. We discuss her family's background immigrating to the United States and how that gave her confidence to build a startup. We also discuss her initial interest in robotics and how that led to AI and freight payments as an idea for her current business.
Check out her website here:
www.moneiva.com
Books She recommends:
Atlas Shrugged - by Ayn Rand
Execution - Lawrence Bossidy and Ram Charan
On this episode our guest was Jeremie Kubicek. Before he took the stage as a corporate keynote speaker, Jeremie had been leading some of the most significant leadership events and brands in the world - Leadercast, Catalyst Conferences, John Maxwell’s training content, and GiANT. Being CEO of these brands for years gave him the perspective on the importance of a powerful keynote speaker. Since 2011, Jeremie has been creating some of the most potent and effective content on relational intelligence and 21st-century learning for adults. He is a Wall Street Journal bestseller and author of over 6 books including Making Your Leadership Come Alive, The 5 Gears, The 5 Voices, The 100X Leader, The Peace Index, and The Communication Code. Jeremie’s content is used inside organizations like Google, Pfizer, Microsoft, etc in over 115 countries.
We discuss some of his recruiting story and how great leaders work to understand their people to build championship teams.
This episode is celebrating 5 years of business for Cover 3 Consulting!!
To celebrate I wanted to drop a few podcasts talking about some learnings I've had in that time. Here are 5 general lessons I've learned:
In this episode, our guest is John Powell, VP of Logistics at PT Brokers. He's a 15+ year veteran of the transportation industry and leads a growing 3pl team focused on both bulk and general freight. We discuss his career progression, recruiting story, why the bulk/ag industry and how culture is crucial to building a championship team.
Book John recommends:
Our guest for this episode is Lindsey Trent, founder and President of the Next Generation in Trucking Association. We talk about Lindsey's recruiting story and how she came to found a non-profit dedicated to engaging and training the next generation of trucking industry professionals.
Next Generation in Trucking Website
Books Lindsey recommends:
In this episode we welcome back Shawn Varner, former freight broker- turned financial advisor serving freight folks. Shawn breaks down what he'd do in this market to build a book of business, and how he'd approach his mindset when freight rates are down, margins are down, and demand is down.
You can connect with Shawn on Linkedin here.
This episode is with Carrie Elizabeth Ballenger, the Vice President of Sales, National Accounts with Need it Now Delivers. We discuss how she went from a recruiter, to final mile expert owning a logistics business to selling it and now helping shippers nationwide solve their transportation issues.
She discusses how recruiting helped her in her journey in to logistics and what kind of mindset you need to succeed in the transportation industry.
To get in touch with Carrie, connect with her on Linkedin.
This episode is with the founder of Vanderbloemen Search Group, William Vanderbloemen. William is the Founder and CEO of an executive search group that focuses on placing pastors, pastoral leadership, and non-profit leaders. He's also the author of "Be the Unicorn: 12 data driven habits that separate the best leaders from the rest."
We explore how he landed in the recruiting world, how he started his search group, and how great leaders can separate themselves in a marketplace filled with people who want to lead.
To get in touch with William check out his website here.
Order his book Be the Unicorn here.