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Anthony Williams, 37, who was the Special Project Manager and

Curriculum Developer at CARQUEST Technical Institute (CTI), tragically and

unexpectedly died earlier this month. He is survived by his wife, Deb, and

their three children. In his short time, Williams leaves a legacy for those who

knew him, as a teacher and a friend to all, and left a lasting and indelible

mark on their careers and lives. 

Team members and close friends of Williams from Advance Auto

Parts, Worldpac and CTI met with me, Rob Merwin and Aftermarket Matters, last

week to share their experiences. Here are a few memories from Chris Chesney, Randy

Briggs, Luke Murray and Susan Trevaskis in tribute to Williams.

This episode continues the previous discussion about learning environments and breaking the mold for both teachers and students. This group wants to revamp training (the lectures and presentation style) with smaller focus groups, that will allow the attendees to understand theories and concepts and have them apply them within a study group. This episode will push your think on the transfer of knowledge and maybe it’s time to break the mold on training.

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Jim Cokonis, Sr Curriculum Developer, Carquest Technical Institute 

Justin Morgan, LMV Bavarian Technical Support and Trainer, AES-Wave Technical Ambassador, ASE Master, L1, CMAT 

Anthony Williams, M.S. Ed. Special Project Manager, Carquest Technical Institute

Key Talking Points

• Presentations vs class- presentations are a large group/gathering, listening to a concept/theory. Presenting ideas to engage the audience. You can still check for understanding in presentations. Pass the microphone. Classes are smaller, following a sequence of classes. They are not the same. Loud and boisterous personalities will push the conversations which can derail the discussion. You want to pull all voices in a classroom style.
• Reinvent ‘lecturing’- dial back the content in a presentation, an entire book isn’t taught in 1 session, teach the concept
• Setting expectations for students going to training
• Challenging the status quo- 1 lead presenter and multiple trainers for breakout groups. 
• “Not here to herd the cattle, here to make burgers”
• You can’t present a problem without a solution or a path to a solution
• 2nd-grade mentality- get up and move, different groups, when someone asks a question, you nurture it. 
• Handling wrong answers- ask for counter-opinion, ask what their process was, make it a safe place and a learning experience
• Virtual training- cameras on, breakout rooms
• Honesty- realize an idea and go back and master it
• What are you looking for? Be specific. You are either probing a conversation or probing to see where the understanding is
• Checking for understanding- you cannot use yes/no or true/false

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Key Talking Points

• Help the classroom understand, relate and apply it- don’t overcomplicate
• Do we have too much “wow factor” are they leaving the class thinking the instructor is knowledgeable or are they leaving with epiphany moments
• Talk to students then listen- take what you know and piece the puzzle together to what they understand
• Presentations aren’t teaching- too much information isn’t going to stick, pick one focal point. 
• “Teaching isn’t talking” 
• Scan QR code to answer questions prior to class to get feedback, or ask questions in beginning and ask the same question at the end. 
• “How to learn” class- learning styles, you may prefer one but you also need to improve the other learning styles
• Achieving certification doesn’t mean you are exempt from learning more
• “How to teach” class- sticking content needs to have an anchor point. Giving information and give the opportunity to give information back and start applying it
• “How to take tests” 
• Dunnan and Kreuger- high confidence have lower competence, ability to do doesn’t match what they display out (big peacock), not confident and constantly reading and learning, they stay quiet. 
• Learning path- apply the knowledge you receive immediately

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The Panel

Jim Cokonis Sr Curriculum Developer, CARQUEST Technical InstituteFind Jim’s other episodes HERE.

Justin Morgan LMV Bavarian Technical Support and Trainer, ASE-Wave Technical Ambassador, ASE Master, L1, CMAT (Certified Master Auto Tech). Justin’s Previous Episode HERE.

Anthony Williams is a Special Projects Manager at Advance Auto Parts, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Anthony’s Previous Episode HERE.

Jacquie Walter Hower is the Director of Operations and 3^rd generation at her family’s business, Zimmerman’s Automotive, in Mechanicsburg, PA. During high school and into college, Jacquie worked part-time for the company working in the Quick Lube department as a technician changing oil and maintaining customer vehicles. After her sophomore year of college, she was given the chance to become a manager for a new Quick Lube location for the company. Since then Jacquie’s love for the industry grew into a passion. As director of operations, she handles a number of different jobs such as customer service, service auditing, daily accounting, training, and community involvement/events. In the summer of 2016, Jacquie began the Aftermarket Management program at Northwood University where she hopes to complete her bachelor’s degree in two years. Jacquie is involved with the Car Care Women’s Board and sits on the board of directors at the Mechanicsburg Chamber of Commerce. She resides in Mechanicsburg, PA with her husband, Dan, and their two young boys, Brantley (4) and Mason (2). Hear Jacquie’s Previous Episode HERE.

Scott Pelava is a Certified Master Auto Technician, L-1 Advanced Engine Performance Specialist and ASE-Certified Service Consultant. In 2015 Scott created the Auto Shop Owners Group (ASOG) on Facebook which today has nearly 5,000 members. ASOG has developed into a 501c3 Educational Foundation whose mission is to enable & empower shop owners to learn and grow to provide the best business environment for their customers, employees and themselves. Scott is also very active in his community. He is currently a third term Lonsdale City Council Member, has held numerous leadership positions with Scouts BSA, and is a director of the Lonsdale Chamber of Commerce. Hear Scott’s Previous Episode HERE.

Justin Morgan is the tech support for LMV Bavarian and tech ambassador for AES Wave. Hear Justin’s Previous Episode HERE.

Anthony Williams is a Special Projects Manager at Advance Auto Parts, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Anthony’s Previous Episode HERE.

Vinnie Lucido has had his hands in the automotive industry since 1996, starting in High school as a CSR at one of the last 76 Full-Service Gas stations in Reno. He found a passion for helping people through their most prized possessions, their automobile. Vinnie and his brother Anthony partnered together & opened CoAuto in 2014 and have been nothing but success in their new undertaking. Vinnie is ASE certified and has operated in every capacity of the automotive repair field. Throughout his career, he has been a customer service representative, a service writer, a technician, a manager and now an owner. Ultimately, he finds he is happiest when he is in communication with his clients and gets the opportunity to get to know his guests. Vinnie spends his time building relationships and networking and in turn, the shop continues to grow. Listen to Vinnie’s previous episodes HERE.

Kent Bullard. Find Kent’s other episodes HERE.

Jim Cokonis. Find Jim’s other episodes HERE.

Key Talking Points:

• Virtual trainingWhat doesn’t work in live class doesn’t work virtually either
• The audience is more willing to ask questions when they aren’t in a full classroom- questions in the chat or during live
• Producer-moderator on the side that can look for chat questions for interruption and interaction
• Opportunity for more trainers that wouldn’t want to stand in front of large class due to social anxiety and cost-effectiveness But also removes the opportunity for trainers to earn living with the redistribution of video content
• Zoom burnout happened during in-person classes as well but phone screen/Netflix burnout Burnout from poor practices- work on practices instead of platform
• Presentations, training, and teaching- Information, engagement, and transformation they will experienceMust be reformatted- text and PowerPoint
• Don’t have to be the “star” of the screen- the audience is the star of the show
• Engage the person watching – movement with different camera shots
• Content- fluid with room for questions and engagement
• Build-in breakpoints between topics/segments
• Talk less and facilitate growth otherwise you are giving a presentation that is recorded-telling isn’t teaching, showing isn’t teaching
• “EDGE Method”- explain, demonstrate, guide, and enable
• ChallengesTraining- no faces, internet delays, going through content faster than in person
• Microphone- not muted/talking over each other
• Not prepared with audio connections and lighting prior
• Too casual- PJs, background location (hot tub)
• No boundaries when you’re at home- School, training, cocktail hour, graduations etc. is all virtual
• Mental stimulant burnout with looking at the different screens, watching multiple people, answering chats
• “Solitary confinement” on screen and miss being with people in person
• “Being watched” -you have to constantly perform on screen
• SolutionsProduction- invest in good equipment (camera and audio) and have backups
• Continue the same personal routine that you would when you left the house to help with burnout
• Create a home office
• Mobility- take a break as a viewer and get up to stretch

Resources:

• A special thanks to Jacqui Hower, Jim Cokonis, Justin Morgan, Scott Pelava, Anthony Williams, Vinnie Lucido, and Kent Bullard for their contribution to the aftermarket.
• Books Page HERE
• Listen to all Remarkable Results Radio, For The Record and Town Hall Academy episodes.

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Richard Falco Jr. is an instructor for Carquest Technical Institute (CTI). He is an ASE Master Technician L1 with over 25 years in the auto repair industry. His technical experience includes Domestic, Asian, and European vehicles both at the dealership level and as a successful shop owner. He has instructed technicians and college students in all aspects of automotive repair and currently takes care of our customers, for CTI, throughout the southeastern U.S. Listen to Rich’s previous episodes HERE.

Jim Cokonis

Matt Fanslow is the diagnostic tech/shop manager at Riverside Automotive in Red Wing, MN. His primary responsibilities are to diagnose driveability and electrical/electronic issues, and perform most all programming, coding, initializing, adaptions, etc. Basically, if it needs to be figured out or has wires, it goes to Matt. He’s been a tech since 1996.

Matt is also a subject matter expert for ASE and has instructed at Vision Hi-Tech Training and Expo.

Matt has participated on 18 ASE technical committees for the ASE Practice Test, A6, A7, A8, and L1 tests. He’s also done case studies for Standard Motor Products.

Fanslow’s goal is to do everything in his power to improve the overall level of professionalism within the automotive and light truck repair trade and also raise the level of its public image. Hear Matt in these Remarkable Results Radio Episodes HERE.

Key Talking Points:

• Future of trainingJust because of COVID-19 we should be re-thinking training
•  Virtual training is coming  
• For leader-led trainers, they have not been out for a few months and not sure when it will change
• How do we validate and confirm that knowledge transfer has taken place?
• Has our craft changed?Are we teaching old technology?
• Is distance learning going to be a key to the future? There are huge conversations being held everywhereShelves were stripped of webcams, headsets, monitors
• We need to learn Bluetooth, video switchers, cameras, streaming services. 
• The learning curve is there and the student uptake will need to be measured.
• Do we need to let some of our old training ideas and techniques die?We are teaching old curriculums through NATEF guidelines that are not in play today. Rebuilding Master Cylinders and Wheel Cylinders as an example
• Our advisors need to become more involved.
• The generations learn differently
• Do cell phones have a purpose in class or in shopsSome have not value
• Some realize that they are tools
• Career PathingConsidering the aircraft technician or FAA model to earn a certificate for an area of repairSchool, on-line, interaction, hands-on
• Multiple Choice Test
• Demonstrate to an accessory you know the skill
• Let’s get away from the sage on the stage (Anthony Williams) and downloading information to studentsThe teachers need to be sure the student is comfortable with the new knowledge.
• Education today in silos. Electrical. Front End. Brakes. Physics is physics
• Science unites thing
• We need new blood and new ideas as trainers in the industry
• Jim Cokonis: “I’m not here to herd cows, I’m here to make hamburger.”
• Using YouTube. Should we have a peer review team? “Google Scholar” to verify that the videos published have value to the industry with a review board that the repair and technique is safe and correct for vehicle owner
• On line training get the interaction that may not come from a leader-led class. Ego’s don’t get in the way
• Will boutique training catch on?Small, intimate, localized training. The trainer comes to the shop. Theory and hands-on
• Theater-style training with an audience and multi-camera shots with picture in picture streamed to students all over the world.
• Diag tools today have capabilities to get support, through the tool, to help techs find the solution.Will the tech learn with this ‘extra’ help?
• Will some techs learn a lot about the diag and the features of the tool?
• For quality training, there needs to be a supportive shop owner. It is harder for the tech

Resources:

• A special thanks to Rich Falco, Jim Cokonis, and Matt Fanslow for their contribution to the aftermarket.
• Books Page HERE
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Anthony Williams is the Automotive Liason for the Automotive Institute for Science and Technology – AIST.

Contact Anthony:

• a.williams@automotiveinstitute.org
• 719-641-2575

Talking Points:

•  A brief recap on schoolProject-Based Learning vs Traditional schoolingDoing is the basis for learning in a real-world setting
• Find student natural aptitude 
• Career Education combined with Core content (English, Math, Science, Etc.)
• PTECH (Pathways in Technology Early College High School) 6 years
• Current needs – Financial PartnersThe industry is large enough to find the funding to bring this new education model to the industry. Funding is needed for the building
• Facility purchase – $5 million
• Construction to outfit the facility to be a schoolPhase 1 – ASAP $3 million
• Phase 2 – Year 3 $3 million
• Phase 3 – Year 5 $2 million
• Apprentice and internship programs being discussed and how it would work with partners
• Fundraising OptionsAutomotiveInstitute.org https://automotiveinstitute.wpcomstaging.com/
• Smile Amazon
• Paypal Giving Fund http://bit.ly/2Z6q94s
• Buy a Brick http://bit.ly/2rdu2YR
• Larger partners – Contact A.Williams@automotiveinstitute.orgAdvertisement, Naming rights, Structured Internships, career fairs, Special events (invite only), and more

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This episode is brought to you by AAPEX, the Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo. AAPEX represents the $740 billion global automotive aftermarket industry and has everything you need to stay ahead of the curve. With 2,500 exhibiting companies, you’ll see the latest products, parts, and technologies for your business. As a result, the event also offers advanced training for shop owners, technicians, warehouse distributors (WDs) and auto parts retailers, as well as networking opportunities to grow your business. AAPEX 2019 will take place Tuesday, Nov. 5 through Thursday, Nov. 7, at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas. Therefore, more than 48,000 targeted buyers are expected to attend, and approximately 162,000 automotive aftermarket professionals. They will be from 135 countries which are projected to be in Las Vegas during AAPEX 2019. For information, visit aapexshow.com

Chris Chesney is theDirector of Customer Training for Carquest Technical Institute. He is also a NASTF Board Member.
Visit Chris’s previous episodes HERE.

Anthony Williams is a Special Projects Manager at Advance Auto Parts, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

This episode recorded at Vision 2019 in KC brings you into the loop on Automotive Institute of Science and Technology (AIST) in Colorado Springs, CO. This new ‘non-traditional’ public charter school that will use the P-TECH model (Pathways in Technology Early College High School), designed to provide students the foundation they need to be successful in the automotive aftermarket industry when they graduate.

Students will be able to enroll in a 4- or 6-year program, starting their freshman year of high school through their second year of college and all publicly funded. AIST will offer students three pathways: Automotive Technology, Business, or Engineering (mechanical and electrical) and will be project based.

Key Talking Points:

• All-encompassing school- reinventing automotive education
  • Create stand-alone STEM programs
  • All education is for career preparation
  • Broke apart automotive program and spread out over everything
  • No more English or math classes- have project instead than inside of project your English lessons will be taught
    • Example: CSI project
      • Work with police and fire department- showcase car accidents (texting and driving)
      • Recreate accidents on the property, have students figure out what happened- redraw skidmarks, staging dummies, etc
      • Learn safety contexts of cars- have questions  and ask the teacher
      • Instead of telling students what they need to know you show them a problem and have students ask the questions
  • Creating critical thinkers and problem solvers- gather data and ask the right questions
  • Exploring other avenues besides having a career as a technician (business/technical trades/ engineering pathways)- equal desire for systems and parts counter
  • Prepare the workforce with zero debt
• AIST independent public school- funding from the school district
  • Need industry support- vendor suppliers and partners, competitors

Resources:

• Thanks to Chris Chesney and Anthony Williams for their contribution to the aftermarket’s premier podcast.
• Link to the ‘BOOKS‘ page highlighting all books discussed in the podcast library HERE. Leaders are readers.
• Automotive Institute of Science and technology Website HERE.
• What is AIST all about HERE.
• Wheatridge High School STEM Program Episode 279
• Leave me an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one of them.

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This episode is brought to you by AAPEX, the Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo. AAPEX represents the $740 billion global automotive aftermarket industry and has everything you need to stay ahead of the curve. With 2,500 exhibiting companies, you’ll see the latest products, parts, and technologies for your business. The event also offers advanced training for shop owners, technicians, warehouse distributors (WDs) and auto parts retailers, as well as networking opportunities to grow your business. AAPEX 2019 will take place Tuesday, Nov. 5 through Thursday, Nov. 7, at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas. More than 48,000 targeted buyers are expected to attend, and approximately 162,000 automotive aftermarket professionals from 135 countries are projected to be in Las Vegas during AAPEX 2019. For information, visit aapexshow.com

• What was your best take-a-way from Vision
• Did you get your Vision shirt that supports scholarships
• Thanks:
• • Thanks to Sheri Hamilton, Jerry Holcom, Joe Severt and Ron Haugen for such a great event and for having me lead the Power Panel.
  • Look for an upcoming episode with
    • Tyler Hubbard, Chris Cheney, Greg Buckley, Aaron Stokes and Brian Bates
• Many great interviews were done at Vision along with recording some For The Record Rants
  • Let me drop a few names on you:
    • Rob Morrell
    • Mark Warren
    • Rob Rowsell
    • Anthony Williams
    • Chris Chesney
    • Jorge Menchu
    • Scott Brown
    • Matt Fanslow
    • Justin Morgan
    • Scott Shotton
    • Dave Denman
    • Eric Ziegler
    • Brian Bates
    • Tyler Hubbard
    • Aaron Stokes
    • Greg Buckley
    • Jennifer Filzen
    • Keith Williamson
    • Kim Walker
• So we can keep the energy up, I need you to share the podcast with your peers. Don’t hold it back. Rising tide lift all ships. We are in a renaissance to improve our industry like never before. Networking, business coaches, twenty groups and the RRR podcasts are important tools for business and personal improvement.
• Always looking to hear from you about topics, interview, your opinions or maybe it is your time to be on the podcast …. carm@remarkableresults.biz

Donny Seyfer the executive officer of NASTF  (National Automotive Service Task Force) and Partner in Seyfer Automotive in Wheatridge, CO. Listen to Donny’s previous episodes HERE.

Chris Chesney is the Senior Director of Customer Training, CARQUEST Technical Institute, and a NASTF board member and a member of the ‘Road To Great Technician’ project.  Listen to Chris’s previous episodes HERE.

Jill Saunders is Curriculum Developer, Toyota Motor Sales, North America and a member of the ‘Road To Great Technicians’ project. Listen to Jill’s previous episodes HERE.

Kyle Holt is the President of S/P2 (sp2.org). S/P2 serves businesses and career tech schools in the automotive service, collision repair, heavy-duty/diesel, welding, construction, cosmetology, and culinary industries. S/P2 is used by over 175,000 students and employees every year across North America. Listen to Kyle’s previous episodes HERE.

Key Talking Points:

• “There is nothing like a crisis to pull everyone together.” Donny Seyfer
• The entire industry needs to participate in growing and keeping technicians. Dealers are having the same challenge.
  • Churn is not good or acceptable to grow our industry.
• Losing a key technician can cause a big gap in revenue. Finding someone if you are behind the eightball is an expensive problem. Growing talent beforehand and on-going will
• Toyota needs 1400 technicians per year to keep their dealer network supplied. Aftermarket heeds this.
  • Military veterans are a consideration for Toyota.
• It starts at the dinner table. We need to get the word out to everyone who wants to listen.
• When kids are involved in a STEM class and or a youth automotive program they will cross-pollinate their friends. We need to get them involved so we can gain that advantage. Just one tactic to build it from the entry level.
• There is a video game to work on cars now.
• We need to remodel how we educate our students (all trades) from an outcome-based education to a more competency-based or master of a skills-based education system.
  • Give the student to move when they are ready not as a project group.
• Career pathing is to have all students to have the same competencies. All they would have to learn about their new employer is their culture.
• Industry and education need to be attached at the hip.
• Mentoring will be a big part of this plan.
  • We’ll never find mentors if they don’t know how and are paid appropriately.
  • Find a mentoring program at SP/2. Go to SP2.org, send an email and ask for the mentoring system. It is in beta.
  • We need the structure from a mentoring program, but outlining a career path is as important to the next generation of technicians.
• Career-pathing is an industry problem.
  • Entry level technicians need to know how to move up to B tech and A tech and what other directions, such as parts, service.
• Competencies must be identified across the entire industry.
• In the early ’70s, ASE helped keep the government at bay and to engage industry and to create a standard to gauge the knowledge-based of the technician.
• We need to get an electrical diagnosis as simple as righty tighty lefty loosey.
• The industry needs to take its rightful place to support ASE and education.
• The educators need the tools to teach the competency-based skills.
• NASTF’s goal is to connect everyone.
  • There are multiple initiatives going on across the country.
    • Mentoring, Apprentice programs everywhere.
• Service Quality Specialist is a new program being developed by Toyota
  • Creating a new role. Their highest level is Toyota Master Technician (TMT)
  • Make their TMT a salary position so they can mentor and coach technicians. This position will monitor the quality of work they do.
• Our technicians are being poached by other industries that need technicians.
• The entry-level technician developed by NASTF
  • Top shop operators looked at the outline and asked to adopt that person. In other words, they felt the outline was a home run.
• The FAA model of competency may be a perfect choice moving forward. How does it get done is the challenge. The technician gets a new certification from, for example, ASE.
• Jill Saunders is in charge of the Skills USA competition. We can learn from Skills USA which is a hands-on competency based test for secondary and post-secondary students.
  • As an industry, we can support it at a local industry
  • Students also are learning soft skills, like interviewing and writing a resume.
  • Not all who come in our industry do not have support from home.
  • We need to be there to lift the instructors, students and provide ‘in-kind’ donations and support to these institutions who are molding our future technicians.
• The onslaught of technology is putting us at risk because all of that technology is focused on safety. Who’s watching? NHTSA. (Safety and Cybersecurity) We need to get our act together before the government gets involved.
• The collision industry has been told that they will need to have a quality technician working in their shops because of the high tech nature of collision repairs. Consider that the collision industry will be looking to find the best technicians in the industry.
  • There is an opportunity for mechanical shops to partner with collision shops to support their diag needs and mechanical work.
• ADAS technology has the training industry and equipment industry up in arms over what it takes for calibration of ADAS systems.
  • The supplier of the technology in concert with the OE creates the calibration specifications.
  • You must read and have the willingness to follow the directions and the discipline to read all of the OE specs.
  • Technical reading skills will become an important part of training.
  • You must follow OE directions to the letter.
• We need to support education to a higher degree than we’ve been doing. Industry and education must align.
• Anthony Williams has a dream of building PTECH (pathways to technology) School in Colorado Springs. A six-year public high school in partnership with public schools and the automotive industry. Need to build a consortium to build the school.
  • Will include project-based learning models (STEM/STEAM)
  • No traditional classrooms.
  • Will have English, Math and History weaved into projects.
  • Automotive Technology, Business, and Engineering will be the areas of focus selected in their sophomore year.
  • The three R’s: Rigor, Relevance to the automotive industry, Relational (working together in partnership)

Resources:

• Join NASTF (National Automotive Service Task Force) Link to NASTF.ORG
• Thanks to Donny Seyfer, Chris Chesney, Jill Saunders, and Kyle Holt for their contribution to the aftermarket’s premier podcast.
• Link to the ‘BOOKS‘ page highlighting all books discussed in the podcast library HERE. Leaders are readers.
• Leave me an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one of them.

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