The Auto Glass Safety Council’s (AGSC) Circles have officially begun meeting. The program is designed to help facilitate information exchange among AGSC members, according to AGSC board member and Member Benefits Committee Chair Aric Haarala.
Haarala and his committee spent months developing this opportunity for AGSC-registered member companies. Haarala also leads one of the AGSC Circles.
“They went really well, I was very pleased,” he says. “The participants all seemed to find a lot of value in talking to each other, and they all had great things to contribute. The topic was hiring and retention, and all my group members left prepared to use some of the strategies we discussed.”
Five groups met on Thursday, Nov. 13. Participants attended remotely from 12 states, including Washington, Utah, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Minnesota, Indiana, Louisiana, North Carolina, Idaho, Illinois and Michigan. At least one participant also joined from Canada.
“The AGSC Circles will offer immeasurable benefits to shops,” Haarala says. “They will enable company leaders to build on valuable industry relationships like the ones they start at Auto Glass Week™. They will be able to learn from the insights of other talented leaders.”
The circles will gather virtually multiple times a year. Each meeting will cover a different timely topic participants will be able to apply to their business practices.
For more information about the networking groups and to learn how to join, email mhood@agsc.org.