People Power: Ait Worldwide Logistics

Smart Business ChicagoVol. 3 Nbr. 7, May 2006

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Our industry is pretty straightforward you're picking freight up and you're delivering freight," [Steve Leturno] says. "But then there's all these twists that are thrown into the process, and if you've never experienced it before, you don't necessarily know what to do. That's where these new employees can go to their supervisors, and (the supervisors) can mentor them to sort of get through that first-time experience without too many problems.

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People Power: Ait Worldwide Logistics

Often in business, it is the intangibles that determine success.

A good first impression can lead to a job offer; the right sense of humor can land an important contract. And a company's culture can support and encourage growth, which is exactly the case at AIT Worldwide Logistics, an Itasca-based third-party logistics company.

Steve Leturno and co-founder and co-owner Dan Lisowsld started AIT in 1979 with just four employees the two of them and their wives. Twenty-six years later, the company has 720 employees and 2005 revenue of $300 million.

This success, the founders say, is a direct result of AIT's focus on three people-centered things...

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