In this episode, Andrew welcomes Cole Stevens, chief strategy officer at Stevens Trucking, a family-owned trucking company based in Oklahoma. Cole’s dad, Kenney, founded the business in 1979 with a single hotshot pickup truck in an Oklahoma oil patch. Today, they operate 400 tractors and 1,800 dry van trailers across the U.S.
Andrew and Cole cover:
- The founding story of Stevens Trucking and how the Stevens family uniquely runs the business.
- All that Cole has learned from his dad about business and leadership, and what Cole believes has led to his dad’s success.
- How Cole evaluates what new tech to bring into the business, how he thinks about tech for a team of employees ranging in age from 20 to 80, and the three things you have to get right to ensure internal adoption.
- The current tech landscape for asset-based providers and where Cole sees the greatest opportunity.
- The challenges of managing drivers and driver turnover and how to get drivers to buy in to delivering exceptional service for Stevens Trucking customers.
