A friend of mine recently tried to provoke me to jealousy as he was proudly telling me about his all-expenses-paid trip to the headquarters of a major parts manufacturer, compliments of his local supply house.
It didn’t take long for me to recognize the wonderful relationship he enjoyed with his local supply house was all about money. His trip was not about friendship, camaraderie or best practices. It was all about profits. Not profits for him, but sustained profits for the supply house.