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How to Coach Your Employees (and Yourself)

By George Russell and Erik Thompson posted on March 11, 2017 | Posted in Department Management

A critical tasks of a dealership leader is coaching employees to perform better. Developing employees is a form of teaching. Much like teaching, managing people involves expanding knowledge, changing behaviors and encouraging performance at increasingly higher levels.

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People & Profits: How to Coach Your Employees (and Yourself)

By George Russell and Erik Thompson posted on March 11, 2017 | Posted in Department Management

A critical tasks of a dealership leader is coaching employees to perform better. Developing employees is a form of teaching. Much like teaching, managing people involves expanding knowledge, changing behaviors and encouraging performance at increasingly higher levels.

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Building Customer Loyalty Through Quality Service, Not Low Prices

Dealer consultant Bob Clements emphasizes the importance of quality service over low price when developing a profitable service department and building a loyal customer base.

By Jaime Elftman posted on April 6, 2016 | Posted in Department Management

Quality service, not low prices, builds customer loyalty, and customer loyalty means return business. That’s what every dealership needs to shoot for.

Reynolds Farm Equipment Hires Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer

March 18, 2016 | Posted in Department Management

Source: Inside inDiana Business

Atlanta, Ind.-based John Deere dealer Reynolds Farm Equipment has hired Mitch Frazier as its chief marketing and innovation officer. Frazier will lead the dealership's marketing efforts.

Dealership Minds 2016: Kern Machinery

Department Management: Getting Out of the Rut of Micromanagement

By Jaime Elftman posted on January 27, 2016 | Posted in Department Management

Finding and hiring the right people is a key part of department management. Charlie Moe, corporate aftermarket manager with Kern Machinery of Bakersfield, Calif., explains that the dealership has gotten out of the rut of micromanagement by hiring the right people, providing them with the tools to get the job done and "getting out of the way," of those motivated employees. The 54-part 2016 Farm Equipment Dealership Minds video series is sponsored by Charter Software.

Dealership Minds 2016: Kern Machinery

Business Management Software Brings New Efficiencies to Parts and Service

By Jaime Elftman posted on January 27, 2016 | Posted in Operations & Finance

In the last several years, Kern Machinery transitioned to Charter Software's ASPEN dealership management system. Charlie Moe, corporate aftermarket manager with Kern Machinery of Bakersfield, Calif., explains how the capabilities introduced with the move to ASPEN have brought new efficiencies to the parts and service department and have enhanced the team's effectiveness and mobility. The 54-part 2016 Farm Equipment Dealership Minds video series is sponsored by Charter Software.

Dealership Minds 2016: Kern Machinery

Designing Management Meetings to Minimize Chaos

By Mike Lessiter posted on January 26, 2016 | Posted in Department Management

Clayton Camp, president of Kern Machinery of Bakersfield, Calif., explains how the dealership's management meetings work and how they help ensure successful communication between the management team, staff and customers. The 54-part 2016 Farm Equipment Dealership Minds video series is sponsored by Charter Software.

Dealership Minds 2016: Kern Machinery

Profile of Joe Alvarado, Parts Manager at the Delano Location of Kern Machinery

By Kim Schmidt posted on January 25, 2016

Joe Alvarado, Parts Manager at the Delano Location of Kern Machinery

Dealership Minds 2016: Kern Machinery

Profile of Charlie Moe, Corporate Aftermarket Manager of Kern Machinery

By Jaime Elftman posted on January 25, 2016

Profile of Charlie Moe, Corporate Aftermarket Manager of Kern Machinery

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People & Profits

Leading Relationship Transitions in a Team

Many managers in dealerships move from working as a part of a team to managing that same team. You may have done this yourself or need to coach someone in that situation who has been promoted.

By George Russell and Erik Thompson posted on December 28, 2015

Many managers in dealerships move from working as a part of a team to managing that same team. You may have done this yourself or need to coach someone in that situation who has been promoted.

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