But then he pointed out that it would be good to control what happened on that property. So finally I bought a 15 acre parcel. You may have read in this publication about the evolution of Stoney Creek Furniture. Still the quintessential busy person, Dennis is a member of the Executive Committee of the National Home Furnishings Association. For the past two years and next year again, he has been and will be Education Chairman.
Education permeates the entire company.
The more professional we become, the more professional we want to be. We do a lot of cross training. Everyone who works in the showroom goes out on the trucks once a year and vice versa. People who drive the trucks, who work in the warehouse, take supervisory courses. Women place a very high value on training and education, and 99 percent of the industry's sales people are women.