Handling A Toxic Employee with Dr. Dave Weiman [RR 713]
How do we handle a toxic employee? How long have we noticed their behavior and never addressed it? Is it hard for owners to let someone go that they hired and thought would be a great fit for the team? Dr. Dave Weiman, psychologist, and owner of Weiman Consulting explain the behavioral background of a toxic employee. Every business owner needs to listen to this episode!
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What Is The Best Thing You Can Do As An Owner? Leave! [RR 712]
Another episode recorded at AAPEX 2021. In this episode, you’ll hear from three different perspectives, a hands-off visionary owner, his partner and director of operations, and a 26 year old service director that started as a technician. Find out how these three successful businessmen work cohesively together while continuing to look toward the future. You’ll be inspired.
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Start Monday Positive and Celebrate Friday [RR 711]
Start Monday Positive and Celebrate Friday [RR 711]
Get an inside look at Andy Bizub’s team culture in his Chicago business, including an emotional story about an accident his top technician suffered and how everyone rallied around him. Andy is passionate about pricing and what it takes to run a successful business and paying his employees accordingly. We also had a refreshing talk about Zero Gravity.
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Satellite Location and Shop Tour with Tom Grady [AW 088]
Satellite Location and Shop Tour with Tom Grady [AW 088]
Guest host and shop tour with Tom Grady, Redhawk Auto Service, Temecula, CA. Tom discusses his satellite location that is ½ mile away from his first location. Find out how he found it and why he decided to open a satellite location.
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CarmCast Power Panel [CC 102]
CarmCast Power Panel [CC 102]
This CarmCast featured an anything goes format, a ‘Power Panel.’ No question Bryan Kelley and Greg Buckley would make for a great power panel. What better way to start off 2022 than some comprehensive discussions marking trends like Multi Shop Ownership. We hit some great wisdom on developing Trust, Delegation, EVs, Work-Life Balance, and more. No doubt you’ll pick up a gem or two to help make your 2022 a banner year for you. Let me ask you … how do you recharge? Well, I asked my panel. Compare your rechargeability to theirs. Thanks for listening to the podcast where ‘Your Learning Curve Never Sounded So good!’
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What Is Your Word Of The Year? [AW 087]
Creating Powerful Moments [AW 086]
Recovering From a Wrong Service Advisor Hire [THA 256]
Recovering From a Wrong Service Advisor Hire [THA 256]
As an owner, it can be easy to want something to work out so much, you become blind to certain red flags. You also worry about the production of your business if you let someone go. What should you do? My panel shares their experience with a wrong service advisor hire and how they recovered.
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Training Workshops: Develop Your Culture and Leadership [RR 705]
Training Workshops: Develop Your Culture and Leadership [RR 705]
How do you elevate your business to the next level? It can seem like an uphill battle. Why does improving yourself and your business seem overwhelming to most people? Where do you even start? It all starts with one step at a time. Here is a great interview about UpShift Powered by Ask Patty and provides training on culture, leadership skills, and diversity inclusion (including women) among so much more. Consider it your own personal board of directors for your business. With Jody Devere and Donna Wagner.
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Culture Makes Great Customers, Keeps Great People, and Attracts Superstars [THA 255]
Culture Makes Great Customers, Keeps Great People, and Attracts Superstars [THA 255]
Culture is a common buzzword in our world. But did you know every organization has organic culture no matter what? If you’re not consistently developing and working on your culture, it will churn on its own and slip from your fingertips. What’s the cultural vibe in your business?
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Under 30: Our Future is Bright [THA 253]
Under 30: Our Future is Bright [THA 253]
Recently I’ve had the chance to meet some inspiring young people in our industry and I wanted to be sure you had a chance to experience what I did. I brought three of them together and I think you’ll agree, if we are grooming our young talent the proper way and they have the fortitude like these three do, then our future is in strong hands.
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“I Stopped Micromanaging” Becki McGinnis [AW 082]
“I Stopped Micromanaging” Becki McGinnis [AW 082]
Guest host and shop tour with Becki McGinnis as she discusses why “letting go” is essential if you want your business to grow. Your employees take care of your customers and as an owner, you take care of your employees. It’s time to allow your employees to do the job they were hired to do.
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Maybe You Need a Boss [THA 252]
Maybe You Need a Boss [THA 252]
As an owner of your business, who holds you accountable? Why is it that many, of us, need someone to hold us accountable? Do you ever feel like you’re stuck in your own day-to-day world and not moving forward? Is your business really growing or just trying to do better than last year’s numbers? My panel has a lot of answers, if you’re willing to listen and be open-minded, this episode can be a life-changer.
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AAPEX 2021 Service Award Winners [RR 697]
AAPEX 2021 Service Award Winners [RR 697]
I had the privilege to speak with the AAPEX 2021 service award winners while at AAPEX. Be a fly on the wall as they discuss what it was like to receive the call that they were award winners and what it means to them. They were selected based on the guidelines of the nomination process and the final voting and filtering from industry professionals. Congrats again to Matt Fanslow, Eric and Jaime Carlson and Brittany Schindler, your awards are well deserved.
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Are You Grateful 365 Days a Year? – If Not, Why? [RR 696]
Are You Grateful 365 Days a Year? – If Not, Why? [RR 696]
Every year the month of November sparks the feeling of gratitude. Some of you might even share what you’re grateful for at the dinner table on Thanksgiving. But are you truly grateful for the rest of the year? Or do you start to tune out and return to the white noise around you? In this episode Bill Nalu challenges the way you think about yourself and others. I guarantee you will feel differently when the audio ends and the work begins.
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Life Happens, How Do You Handle It? – Maryann Croce [AW 080]
Life Happens, How Do You Handle It? – Maryann Croce [AW 080]
Guest Host and Shop Tour with Maryann Croce from Croce Transmissions in Norwich, CN also coach and consultant at Small Biz Vantage.com Not only will we have a virtual tour of Croce Transmissions but speak to the challenges when ‘Life Happens’ and doesn’t go as planned. The question: ‘How Do You Handle it?”
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Do We Earn Enough Respect? Charlie Marcotte and Dustin Brown [THA 250]
Do We Earn Enough Respect? Charlie Marcotte and Dustin Brown [THA 250]
It’s easy to be involved in your community as a business owner. You can sign a check, donate to a raffle, or sponsor a local sporting league. While those are great gestures, are you truly connecting your brand and your heart to your community? In this episode, 2 shop owners explain their full commitment to their community and why it’s important to their brand and their longevity in their business. Be prepared to be inspired to start your own acts of service in your community.
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Short Term Goals WILL Change Your Behavior – Bob Cooper [RR 693]
Short Term Goals WILL Change Your Behavior – Bob Cooper [RR 693]
Don’t just write down a few goals for 2022. Allow them to change your behavior. As we near the end of 2021, we all start to think about New Years Resolutions. But did you know only 3% of people have clearly defined goals? The other 97% that don’t how to set clearly defined goals — face fears of failure and rejection. This is a one-of-a-kind episode with Bob Cooper CEO at Elite Worldwide, that will set you on a path to change yourself and your business. It’s not about the 97 yards you’ve traveled down the field but the three ahead of you that will score a touchdown.
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Private Training Huge Benefit – Bill Hill and Leigh Anne Best [AW 079]
Private Training Huge Benefit – Bill Hill and Leigh Anne Best [AW 079] 079]
Guest Host and Shop Tour with Leigh Anne Best and Bill Hill from Mighty Auto Pro in Medina, OH speak to the power and value of private training for their technicians. Pick up some very smart ideas during the shop tour of this 17 bay legacy facility.
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Coaching CEO’s to Their Next Level [THA 249]
Coaching CEO’s to Their Next Level [THA 249]
Have you ever considered yourself the CEO of your business? If you own it, you should. If your role is the CEO then you’ve taken the important step to remove yourself from the bays and lead your business.
You should have joined a networking group, hired a business coach, attend training and continue to oversee your business from a birdseye view while your people lead it. In this episode, my panel discusses their experience in a CEO-only leadership group. Find out how it’s different from other networking and coaching groups and the secrets to elevate the functionality of your business. It’s time to learn about yourself and your role on a deeper level.
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Rethink Your Compensation Plans – Darrin Barney [RR 691]
Rethink Your Compensation Plans [RR 691]
In this episode, Darrin Barney discusses an overview of a class he presented at ASTE 2021 titled “Pay Plans Used by the Top Shops in America.” Some excellent ideas and insights that every shop owner can use in their business. As your business and employees change, so should your compensation plan. Darrin also explains the importance of guiding principals, goals, and employee retention.
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Implementing EOS with Barry Barrett: Four Shop Owners Share Their Success [RR 686]
Implementing EOS with Barry Barrett: 4 Shop Owners Share Their Success [RR 686]
The Entrepreneurial Operating System has been highlighted on the podcast with a 7 part series featuring Barry Barrett, a certified EOS Implementor. The EOS system enables owners to get the most out of their business using six key components: Vision, People, Data, Issues, Process, and Traction. It’s easy to discuss and learn, but how does it work with real people in different levels of business? In this episode, you’ll hear from 4 shop owners that have implemented EOS in their business and their success stories from it.
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Tina Erickson on Brand Equity and Tour of Her Shop [AW 075]
Growing Pains When Scaling Your Business [RR 683]
Growing Pains When Scaling Your Business [RR 683]
We all know growing pains happen when expanding your business to more locations. It’s tough, necessary, and normal. But wouldn’t it be nice to skip some of the known challenges? Consider this episode your “How to Scale” road map if you’ve been considering opening more locations. Listen and learn from a shop owner and one of his Directors, as they share some tactics to controlled chaos.
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Why Can’t Every Shop Owner Be Profitable? [RR 682]
Why Can’t Every Shop Owner Be Profitable? [RR 682]
Too many business owners are silently struggling and think they are the only ones. Or maybe they do want to elevate their business to the next level but have been stuck in the day to day…that leads to month to month and then year over year struggle. Before you know it, the only thing progressing forward is time. And the only constant is change. In this episode Scott Wheeler highlights the key foundations needed for a successful automotive business. He also references his book “How to Make Money (& Stay Sane) in the Automotive Service Industry” which reads like a blueprint for your business, full of charts, graphs and formulas.
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