Dominique Bamas, CEO stated: "The pause in Q1 revenue resulted from the natural flow of the vacuum in order intake recorded in the third quarter of 2012. It's not representative of current demand which continues to be strong, although remaining volatile. Excluding the impact of the termination of the Toyota contract at the end of 2012 in France, two of our three divisions continued to grow as compared to the first quarter of 2012. So instead of only focusing on revenue, we're happily focusing on our first quarter order intake, which reached its highest level in a year, and we're organizing ourselves accordingly.

It's not news that performance reviews are an important tool in keeping your workforce encouraged and engaged. What isn't talked about is how critical it is to do them right. They can do more harm than good if it feels like you're going through the motions, or if you're only conducting them because you took Bureaucracy 101.

The chairman of Titan Machinery participated in a conference call to review the latest outlook for agriculture equipment dealers.