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Remember when Seahawks’ Coach Pete Carroll called a pass play in the final seconds of Super Bowl XLIX, and the Patriots’ Malcolm Butler intercepted the ball? It will be forever debated whether it was the worst play call in NFL history.

Permit me to do a little armchair quarterbacking. I believe Coach Carroll’s “epic fail” can be used as a teachable moment for entrepreneurs and business leaders.

Here are my three takeaways from the Super Bowl:

ORRVILLE, Ohio – Jarrett Logistics Systems (JLS), a third-party logistics company specializing in supply chain management services for high growth North American companies, is a recipient of Inside Business Magazine’s NEO Success Award for the fifth time.

ORRVILLE, Ohio – Jarrett Logistics Systems (JLS), a third-party logistics company specializing in supply chain management services for high growth North American companies, is a recipient of Cascade Capital’s Business Growth Award for the tenth time.

NEW YORK, August 20, 2014 — Inc. magazine today ranked Jarrett Logistics Systems NO. 4194 on its 33rd Annual Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America’s independent entrepreneurs. Companies such as Yelp, Pandora, Timberland, Dell, Domino’s Pizza, LinkedIn, Zillow, and many other well-known names gained early exposure as members of the Inc. 500|5000.

How the right employee can better your business

Having the right staff working to better your business will make it productive and profitable.

We believe the most important factor when we are assembling the right staff is finding people with excellent foundation skills of character, integrity, honesty, values and work ethic, above experience.

It’s a challenge that starts with hiring good people

Developing a robust technology platform can deliver a huge range of benefits in the workplace. Computers, phones, servers and even tablets can and have increased office efficiencies in many business functions.

Creating an efficient, effective workplace begins with hiring integrity based, hard-working people and placing them in positions that maximize their skills and strengths. When you take the time to vet and hire employees with character, honesty, integrity, and work ethic, you don’t have to micromanage. You can give them the freedom to make decisions every day that are well thought-out, analytical, and accurate. In each position within your company, the employee will have the wits, drive and integrity to make solid decisions.

ORRVILLE, Ohio – Jarrett Logistics Systems (JLS), a third-party logistics company specializing in supply chain management services for high growth North American companies, is a recipient of Inside Business Magazine’s NEO Success Award for the fourth time.

In mid – 2012, a client of ours acquired U.S. operations of a sign company. Our client is a national wholesale sign supply company with coast to coast locations. The acquired company is a distributor of signage, graphics supplies and equipment in the United States and Canada. The purchase of domestic sign locations provided our client with the opportunity to expand and offer one of the most complete product offerings in the sign industry. At the time of acquisition our client was operating in 30 locations nationwide.

When Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New England on October 29, 2012, the staff at Jarrett Logistics Systems had already spent countless hours preparing for possible scenarios and anticipating the needs of our clients. With Hurricane Sandy’s impact felt from Florida to Maine and across the Appalachian Mountains over into Michigan and Wisconsin, Jarrett Logistics Systems had 135 customer locations affected by Hurricane Sandy with 28 locations directly in the hurricane path. To prepare individual locations for the potential effects of the hurricane, the customer account teams at JLS began by analyzing what freight could be shifted into other warehouses and what the long term financial impact would be to our customers. On Tuesday, October 30th, logistics coordinators began identifying locations affected by reaching out to individual client facilities.