by Chuck Barker | Nov 14, 2014 | Leadership
Employee Training, Workforce Development, Better Hiring Practices – they are all incredibly important to the strategic success of any business. However, they rarely reach a “bright fire” status that gets companies jumping to address them correctly. And, often...
by Chuck Barker | Nov 14, 2014 | Leadership
Usually, we end up going in circles instead of choosing the direction we wish to head. Jack Welch was the quintessential corporate leader of the late 20th century heading up General Electric (GE) and remains as one of the ultimate business role models. As an...
by Chuck Barker | Oct 29, 2014 | Leadership
Time and time again I continue to hear that dealers and other companies are having a hard time finding and keeping the right good employees. A couple of things come to mind when they say this: 1) With turnover like the fast food business, we must be doing something...
by Chuck Barker | Oct 29, 2014 | Leadership
Better Have One Or It Will Be Like Raking Water – Difficult Recently, I conducted a survey identifying what various dealers really felt was needed to increase their business. First, I asked how things were going for them. I most often heard, “Well, we are holding our...
by Chuck Barker | Oct 29, 2014 | Leadership
Hire & Retain Employees to Grow Your Business & Build Customer Loyalty “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” – Buckminster Fuller The Internet is a two-edged...
by Chuck Barker | Oct 29, 2014 | CRM, Leadership
“The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.” – Vince Lombardi Would you agree that great people drive...
