Tom O’Connor is a “Leadership by Design” Panel Member at Atkore’s Leadership Conference on November 3, 2014 in Chicago, IL.

Legrand NA, with Pass & Seymour, Wiremold, Cablofil and other brands, has retained Tom O’Connor to facilitate its upcoming Rep Advisory Council Meeting.

HVAC Supply has hired FCG to conduct its 2014 Customer Satisfaction Survey.

HVAC Supply is a wholesale distributor of heating, air conditioning and ventilation equipment in Colorado with five branch locations in Denver, Fort Collings, Eagle, Colorado Springs, and Englewood.

Association for High Technology Distribution (AHTD) Selects Tom O’Connor as Keynote Speaker for their Fall Meeting in Nasville, TN on October 24, 2013. The speaking topic is
“Strategic Planning for Distributors: Execution Isn’t Everything—It’s the Only Thing!” which is the first strategy book written specifically for wholesaler-distributors and it has had a constant spot on National Association of Wholesaler-Distributor’s Top 10 Best-Seller List.

Bill Casey Electric Sales, an electrical manufacturers’ representative covering IL, IN, KY, WI, MI, IA, and NE has retained FCG to conduct a strategic planning session.

FCG’s TJ O’Connor will be facilitating a “Deliver On the Promise” customer service improvement team for Leff Electric.

Leff Electric in an electrical distributor headquartered in Cleveland and has eight branch locations throughout Northern Ohio.

Leff Electric was rated the 98th top electrical distributor in Electrical Wholesaling Magazine’s 2011 ranking of the Top 200 electrical distributor in the country.

Leff Electric serves the construction, institutional, industrial, commercial, energy services, and retail national account markets in Northern Ohio.

Leff Electric recently celebrated its 90th anniversary and is an active member of the A-D marketing group.

Now in its second year, MRPAR (The Manufacturers’ Representative Performance Analysis Report) is a financial reporting tool for electrical manufacturers’ representatives to confidentially compare their operational efficiency to other rep agencies.

FCG and NEMRA partner each year to provide this service to NEMRA’s rep members.

NEMRA is the National Electrical Manufacturers’ Representatives Association and has over 350 rep members.

Dallas Wholesale Builders Supply and its subsidiary, DW Distribution which serves customers with millwork and building materials in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana has selected FCG as its strategic planning partner.

FCG will:
•Conduct confidential external market research with both customers and strategic suppliers
•Conduct confidential internal SWOT analysis
•Implement a 3-day strategic planning session

Western Extralite Company, Kansas City, MO selected Tom O’Connor of FCG to serve as outside facilitator for Board of Advisor meetings. Tom’s responsibilities will be to:
*Create a clear well-defined agenda for board meetings and send out two weeks before each meeting.
*Facilitate board meetings to ensure each meeting:
– Is tightly focused and time is carefully managed for results.
– Everyone actively participates in a candid and frank manner that ensures topics
are challenged with good creative alternatives, and action items are agreed upon.

ILSCO, an electrical manufacturer with offices in the United States, Canada & Mexico, has retained FCG to conduct an Employee Satisfaciton Survey Study.

ILSCO manufacturers connectors, tools, accessories to the OEM, Electrical Construction & Maintenance, and Electrical Utilities Markets.

Cuneo Group, an electrical manufacturers’ representative has selected FCG to develop a long-term strategy for their agency. Cuneo Group covbers Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming

Cablofil/ Legrand retains Tom O’Connor, FCG to facilitate a 3-day Long-Range Strategic Planning (LRSP) session that includes creation of long-range strategic objectives and goals, comprehensive SWOT analysis, critical success factors, and identification and execution of top strategic initiatives.

FCG will be conducting distributor market research to determine: 1) What differentiates Wiremold from its major competitors — Hubbell, T&B, Mono Systems, & Panduit; and 2) How to take market share from each major competitor. Tom O’Connor, FCG will also be facilitating a 3-day long range strategic planning session with Wiremold’s strategy team.

Both Republic Electric, Davenport, IA and 12-Branch Location Springfield Electric Supply, Springfield, IL have engaged FCG to conduct their 2009 Customer Satisfaction Surveys.

Electric Supply, Inc. is an independent distributor of electrical and data communication products serving both Florida and international markets. They have engaged Tom O’Connor to facilitate their 2-day long range strategic planning session in January.