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THE ENGINE ROOM – INSIDE AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS COACH
This is High Performance Coaching for the Auto Repair Shop Owner. What are the traits of a Leader? What are the traits of a Manager? What is the checklist of traits for hiring or promoting managers …
NINE BIG MISTAKES EMPLOYERS MAKE WHEN HIRING
Hi Folks. We all understand that hiring people is challenging. Hiring Superstars or Rockstars you’ll save time, make more money, and have less brain damage. Here Nine Big Mistakes Employers Make …
RIGHT NOW, IT’S TOUGH – HOW TO FIND GROSS PROFIT
Do this Thing. Do this one Thing, Allow others to Do this one Thing and you will Guarantee yourself Much Pain that you could Do WITHOUT. If you decrease your prices, how many more units do you have to sell?
LOST CUSTOMERS?
Workshop owners DON’T always know what their Lost Customer Tally is. This is something I measure in any business “like a hawk”. There is a “number” of customers who buy and never return. Look at WHO hasn’t brought their car back for an extended period of time. What is this slippage costing you in revenue?
REBELLIOUS BUSINESS OWNERS AND MARKETERS MEASURE…
When speaking with automotive business owners, I am surprised to hear how much Super and income producing assets have been accumulated and set aside.
LOG OF BUSINESS LESSONS
Unlike Red-Wine very few things ever get better with time. Facts do not cease to exist just because you ignore them. When emotion goes up, intelligence goes down. The mind, like the parachute, works a whole lot better when it’s open. Making mistakes is absolutely inevitable…
THOSE DAMN PRICE SHOPPERS & WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT!
For prospects & customers to buy from your front of house staff/service advisors, there are few things that need to happen: it’s imperative that they like your staff, trust your staff, and view your staff as the go to experts. Your people need to sell themselves …
GOING FROM BUSINESS OPERATOR TO BUSINESS OWNER
Business owners struggle continuously or fail for one primary reason: They are great operators but they are lousy owners. Business operators get tired and Business owners get rich…. You cannot succeed at a high level in business without business skills and tools.
MILLION DOLLAR AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESSES
There are plenty of hidden diamonds within your business? Years ago, a great friend gifted me a book titled “Acres of Diamonds”. It tells the story of a farmer who was doing well in life but wasn’t completely satisfied… he went off in search of his millions, forgetting to search his own farm.