Watch as Mike Lessiter, Editor/Publisher of Farm Equipment magazine, interviews representatives from the Agricultural Retailers Association, National Association of Conservation Districts, The Fertilizer Institute and Field to Market.
For the first time in years, I attended a business media summit in Washington D.C. I was the only ag guy in a room full of mostly financial publishers. I hung around an extra day this time to see organizations that might be out of our normal field of vision. While AEM and AED are working on national machinery business issues, I wanted to hear from some groups who might not show up on your radar since their missions are tangential to your business.
Dealers come to the Dealership Minds Summit not just to “consume” the material presented, but to “contribute” to everyone’s experience. And that’s the secret sauce.
If you’re a manager, embrace your noble duty and remember that the aptitude of your staff — even if they don’t appreciate it today — rests in your ability to motivate, direct and bring out their very best. And if you’re on the other end, recognize the role and responsibility of those overseeing you, and why they might be inclined to get in your grill now and again — for your personal and professional gain.
P&K was on the leading edge of a small operation ‘going big,’ but a trusting, decentralized culture prepared the seeds for a 40th harvest — as a 30-store group covering distant territory
P&K Equipment’s owner and chairman is Dr. Barry Pollard, an unlikely executive leading a fast-growing, Oklahoma-based John Deere dealer group that leapfrogged the state of Missouri into Iowa.
One of our salesmen was fond of telling equipment manufacturers, “If you ignore the dealer, they’ll return the favor.” He was right, and some manufacturers learned their lessons the hard way. Some didn’t survive.
As you take in this week’s Final Four games, watch the efforts of those players doing the real toiling in the paint so others can secure the rebound. You’ll see several players who tirelessly box out – but whose efforts will never be reflected in the box score.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we take a look at how the flooding in Texas will impact the ag industry and check in with some dealers in the region.
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