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When I am asked why I work for DealerBuilt the first thing that usually comes to mind is the review I wrote about their DMS back in 2014 when we converted the dealership I was the GSM of over to their system. One of the things that impressed me then and still does is what an awesome team DealerBuilt has. The level of caring for their dealer partners and passion for building the best tools for auto dealers is second to none. When I left the retail car biz after 30 years of success I…
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Effective Tips to Keep Employees Engaged and Happy in Dealership
Employee engagement means a lot in car dealership business. Engaged employees can make your business and disengaged employees can't only decrease the sales but can also lead customers' dissatisfaction and efficiency in organizational tasks. In this forum posts, I am going to tell you some effective tips to keep your employees engaged.
- First of all, as a boss of a car dealership business, you must need to understand the significance of employee engagement. You can read quality…
How Do You Define Management Competency?
Successful dealerships strive to recruit, hire, and retain the best-available management talent. Once that talent is on board, effective performance management processes must be in place to provide these yet-unproven (to us) managers with feedback on their work results and to ensure that they are receiving the tools and support to become high achievers. So I always ask my potential client-dealers to describe their method of evaluating the overall competence of the…
Are You Looking at This the Right Way?
When I was teaching the Sonic Dealer Academy from 2001 through 2008, my co-instructor, Steve Hallock, became famous for asking each class, “Why do you think we spend so much time talking about the Service Department? It’s because, at a 75% gross profit margin on labor sales, this department offers, by far, the greatest incentive to increase sales. That was then, and many dealership owners and managers looked at service gross potential that way.
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We can all get dealt a poor hand from time to time, but how you respond and choose to play it will either elevate you or devastate you. In this episode, Dave is joined by NBA center Thomas Bryant of the Washington Wizards, who describes his…
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Game changers know that unconditional performance is essential for becoming unstoppable. They don't just give it their all and bring the 8 key traits only when all is fine at home, or when they feel 100%, or when they've had a good night's sleep.…
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Ken Blanchard called feedback the “breakfast of champions,” and rightfully so, because we all need feedback in order to grow and develop to our fullest potential. When done properly, coaching those on your team and giving them quality…
Five Keys to Achieving Goals
Posted by Dave Anderson on April 30, 2019 at 11:53am 0 Comments 1 Like
There's a lot of information available today on goal setting, but an important and often overlooked component is alignment. There are certain things in your life that have to align with your goals, and if they don't, you'll fall short of reaching…
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There are four levels of accountability in any organization, and within the departments of that organization. And while each department, and the organization itself, is normally a blend of all four levels depending on the time of the…
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Posted by Jeff Cowan on March 28, 2019 at 12:00pm 0 Comments 1 Like
This week, Jeff discusses key steps to making your day as productive as possible. Whether it starts with a mindset or getting to work early, these simple and realistic steps will encourage you to make the most of your time at the dealership.…
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You know you work for a bad dealership when . . . .
Started by Mark Dubis in Ask an AUTOMOTIVE PROFESSIONAL. Last reply by Tim Pendergast Jul 19, 2018. 89 Replies 8 Likes
We all know many dealers still make money the old fashioned way, in spite of themselves. If we want to attract top notch professionals to our industry we need to be able to quickly identify attributes of the poorly managed and not employee focused…Continue
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Traditional Advertising, is it truly over as many might say?
Started by Bobby Compton in Ask an AUTOMOTIVE PROFESSIONAL. Last reply by Willis Williams Oct 18, 2013. 87 Replies 7 Likes
Traditional Advertising, is it truly over as many might say?I've found that there are different environments, climates and demographics that call for traditional advertising! Although Social Media is on the move and in my opinion will be sooner than…Continue
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