Google – Friend or Foe to Auto Dealers

Google – Friend or Foe to Auto Dealers

As someone who has worked in the auto industry for a few decades now, I have come to respect the job that auto dealers do every day.  As technology has grown and become an important part of our sales and marketing process, I am concerned that some dealers have gotten...

The View From The Summit Makes The Climb Worthwhile

Becoming an expert in mountain climbing takes years of training. It also happens to be a very dangerous sport not intended for just anyone. There are veterans and newcomers alike performing these brave climbs every year, many succeeding and reaching the summit safely....

Core Values Form the ‘Success Foundation’

J.W. “Bill” Marriott, Jr. is chairman and chief executive officer of Marriott International, Inc., one of the world’s largest lodging companies. The successor of the highly successful hotel chain is a brilliant leader who clearly understands what it is that makes them...

A Dealership Colonoscopy

We Must “Inspect” to Ensure Healthy Positive Growth Dr. Werner Heisenberg (1901 – 1976) was a German theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to quantum mechanics and is best known for asserting the ‘uncertainty’ principle of quantum theory.   In...

What Kind of Leaders Are on Your Management Team?

Recently I had a Dealer tell me that he needed to find a leader who could do the work of 10 people.  My reply was; that is a sad statement because I feel instead you should be looking for a leader who can develop 10 people into greatness.  In other words, the law of...