Articles Tagged with ''Management''

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The False Choice Between Top-Down and Bottom-Up Leadership

While some leaders religiously stick to being either a traditional top-down leader who believes in the organizing power of clear chains of command, or a collaborative, bottom-up leader who puts more faith in flat organizations, Mark Lukens claims that few complex challenges faced can ever be managed using just one leadership style.
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Kanicki
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Embracing Change to Thrive

What if there came a time when it was no longer economically feasible to grow corn in Iowa? I know this is crazy talk and the possibility of such a scenario is about as far fetched as getting an atheist to join you at an evangelical revival meeting.
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James Boel and Don Zajac
Dealership Minds

Creating Partnerships with Customers Through Service

While Don Zajac, service manager for Kern Machinery’s Buttonwillow, Calif., store, and James Boel, service manager at Kern Machinery’s Delano, Calif., store, have different levels of experience with the dealership and slightly different responsibilities, they both run their service departments with the same principle. No 2 days are the same for the pair and even under the best-laid plans, circumstances and schedules change.
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Dealership Minds 2016: Kern Machinery

Parts Department Management: Building Trust

Joe Alvarado, parts manager for the Delano, Calif., location of Kern Machinery, talks about the importance of building trust with employees. Through his leadership, Alvarado works to show his parts department employees how they play a role in the larger ag industry. The 54-part 2016 Farm Equipment Dealership Minds video series is sponsored by Charter Software.
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