What Mestemaker learned, and what many displaced folks must too, is that hardship or painful situations will work toward a greater lesson and refinement, if leaned into and allowed to do its constructive work. 

Efficiency is calling for the changes of industry in 2026 and beyond, but leadership, as always, will define success.

A dozen surgeries have taught me how important the early goals (sub-goals, if you will) are to getting back to where one needs to be. And to focus on the right things before distractions set in.

A to-be-remembered keynote at the Dealership Minds Summit challenges frustrated managers to act now by by getting those who want to avoid the difficult to step up and into it.

Ten years after the opening of a dedicated rebuild center for the 31-store dealer group, a 6-unit case history illustrates how rebuilds can be applied to ag tractor market

Allowing its independent dealers to gather at the all-colors Dealership Minds Summit apparently makes the Deere corporate office uneasy.

“Ask not what the Summit can do for you, but what you can do for your fellow conference-goer …”