Fluid Power Journal

Training the Fluid Power Professionals of the Future

Ask a group of sixth graders what they would like to be when they grow up. You will receive glamorous answers, such as professional athletes and actors. You …

Profile: Medhat Khalil

When and where did your career in the fluid power industry start? My career started 25 years ago, when I taught fluid power in the Military Technical College …

Profile: Frank Fetty

When and where did your career in the fluid power industry start? My career started in 1992 as a private in the U.S. Army working as a heavy equipment …

“What a Long, Strange, Trip it’s been.”

In the words of one of my favorite bands, “What a Long, Strange, Trip it’s been.” Having been elected to serve as the 2014 president of the International …

This Season, Coach Your Sales Team from Good to GREAT!

Most of us remember Alabama’s famous football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant. Someone once said, “The Bear could beat your team on one Saturday, and then …

Are Your Team-Building Exercises Creating a Team?

Team leaders have a perennial dilemma: how can we educate, engage, and develop our group in a substantial way that helps the team become better? Team building …

Predict a Profitable Future with IFPS Certification

IFPS Certification Challenge Abraham Lincoln’s simple, yet very powerful statement reinforces the fact that it is up to each of us – whether an employee or …

Five Tools That Will Help You Survive—and Lead Your Tribe to Success—in the Concrete Jungle

Create a reliable map to use while leading your tribe through the challenging landscape of the modern global economy. Odds are, you’ve watched one of the …

To Be or Not to Be…Certified

Certification adds a third dimension to your portfolio; education and experience are the other two. In baseball, we look for a player with the complete …

3 Keys for a Successful Content Marketing Campaign

Online marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) used to be all about banner ads, paid link building, email campaigns, and pay-per-click. While those …