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THERE’S COMMITMENT; THEN THERE’S COMMITMENT
You either commit to mediocrity or commit to greatness.
—Les Brown
AIR TECHNOLOGIES IS NORTH AMERICA’S largest independent distributor and servicer of air compressors. Based in Columbus, Ohio, it is one of those highly successful mid-market companies that, unless you know the industry, you’ve likely never heard of.
Embracing the principles and practices of ruthless consistency changed the trajectory of this 57-year-old company. As its president, Kurt Lang, noted, “If we didn’t adopt ruthless consistency, we wouldn’t have achieved the great things we’ve achieved for well over 10 years.”
What Air Technologies achieved over the past 10 years was a 14 percent compound annual growth rate, customer ...
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