--- title: Kimball Midwest CEO Featured in Magazine description: Kimball Midwest Chief Executive Officer Pat McCurdy was featured in the cover story in the August edition of Smart Business Columbus magazine. image: https://news.kimballmidwest.com/hubfs/Capture-Aug-18-2020-03-41-24-86-PM.jpg --- [![Kimball Midwest Slant Logo](https://news.kimballmidwest.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image%20(40).png?width=131&height=58&name=image%20(40).png "Kimball Midwest Slant Logo")](http://www.kimballmidwest.com/) - [Products](https://www.kimballmidwest.com/All-Products/) - [About Us](https://www.kimballmidwest.com/About-Us/) - [Blog](https://blog.kimballmidwest.com) - [Find A Rep](https://www.kimballmidwest.com/FindARep/) [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.kimballmidwest.com%2Fsmart-business-magazine-pat-mccurdy%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on LinkedIn](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/linkedin-24x24.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.kimballmidwest.com%2Fsmart-business-magazine-pat-mccurdy%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.kimballmidwest.com%2Fsmart-business-magazine-pat-mccurdy%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.kimballmidwest.com%2Fsmart-business-magazine-pat-mccurdy%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=) # Kimball Midwest CEO Featured in Magazine Posted by [Kimball Midwest](https://news.kimballmidwest.com/author/kimball-midwest) on August 18, 2020 Find us on: [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/KimballMW/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/kimball-midwest) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/KimballMidwest) Tags: [Press Release](https://news.kimballmidwest.com/tag/press-release), [News](https://news.kimballmidwest.com/tag/news) *Columbus, Ohio – August 18, 2020 –* Kimball Midwest Chief Executive Officer Pat McCurdy was featured in the cover story in the August edition of Smart Business Columbus magazine. The [four-page article](https://www.sbnonline.com/article/pat-mccurdy-steers-kimball-midwest-through-troubled-waters/) focused on the ways Kimball Midwest, a national industrial supplier based in Columbus, has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and continued to thrive in a challenging business environment while maintaining full employment. “I think it illustrates the remarkable job our sales force has done, the personal relationships that they build with our customers and the valuable, essential requirements of our products to these businesses,” McCurdy said in the article. The article also listed some of McCurdy’s keys to managing through uncertainty: - Listen - Have a positive attitude - Show confidence and speak from a standpoint of experience - Manage expectations - Show appreciation to those working to make a difference - Avoid knee-jerk reactions – stick to your program In addition to being featured in the magazine’s August print edition, the article is available on the Smart Business website, both [on its own](https://www.sbnonline.com/article/pat-mccurdy-steers-kimball-midwest-through-troubled-waters/) and as part of the [August digital edition](http://www.smartbusinessemag.com/August2020/Columbus#&pageSet=0&contentItem=0). --- ***Kimball Midwest** is a family-owned, national distributor of maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products that has been providing superior products and superior service since 1923. 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