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Kim Schmidt
From the Desk of Kim Schmidt

Share Ideas … If Everyone’s Better at it, Everyone Wins

Used equipment is the elephant in the room. However, our August Dealer Sentiments & Business Conditions Update revealed a slight improvement, with fewer dealers saying their used equipment inventory was too high compared to the previous month. One dealer responding to the survey says, “Sitting on too much used inventory at unrealistic market prices has kept us very conservative when looking at new sales with trade-ins on high dollar items.
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Kanicki
To the Point

No Backseat for Ag Dealers

In the last issue of Farm Equipment, we featured an in-depth special report on “Cost of Doing Business” (CODB). Based on the data compiled over the years by various dealer associations, our coverage addressed how to use the industry benchmarks established by the annual dealer survey as well as the progress, or lack thereof, the industry has seen in the past 4 decades.


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People & Profits

Professional Development: How to Be a Better Coach (Part 2)

Discover how active coaching can be a vehicle that drives performance and accountability in your dealership.
In Part 1 of this two-part article, we discussed the purpose of coaching, how effective coaching strengthens accountability and how asking “coaching questions” challenges people to own and expand their capacity.

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Kanicki
From the Desk of Dave Kanicki

Did We Experience an 'Ag Equipment Bubble?'

According to estimates produced by VDMA, worldwide sales of farm machinery are expected to fall by about 10% in 2015. If this is as bad as it gets, a lot of North American farm equipment dealers and manufacturers will not only be happy, but surprised.
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Kim Schmidt
From The Desk of Kim Schmidt

Is Fraud Impacting Your Dealership?

Can you trust your employees? Better yet, should you trust your employees? During a recent trip to the East Coast to visit a few different dealerships, two dealers told me about problems they had with employees stealing from them. If this was a problem for these two dealers, I wondered how widespread the issue really is.
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