Why Leadership Training Fails to Inspire True Followership
Let’s have an honest chat about leadership training for maximum followership. I’ve been to hundreds of seminars and workshops over my career. Read endless books detailing the qualities and behaviors that supposedly make great leaders. But in my experience, most miss the core point. They mistake management training for leadership training. Most so-called leadership training […]
9 Critical Mistakes Service Advisors Make and How to Fix Them
A few common oversights turn even the sharpest Advisors into profit leaks. I’ve seen behind the curtain…I know exactly why about 50% of customers now bounce from Dealership service bays, never to return. But here’s the good news – these faults are totally fixable. Let’s walk through the 9 common mistakes Service Advisors make that […]
Is Repair Order Count Really The Problem? A Better RO Strategy To Skyrocket Profits
Well, it’s January again, and you know what that means – every dealership in the country is panicking about their repair order count! “RO count is way down! We gotta pump those numbers up, or we’ll go under!” Then, the madness ensues as Managers demand more and more volume without an ounce of strategy behind […]
5 Mistakes That Sink Newbie Service Managers
So you just got promoted to Service Manager, congrats! You’re feeling pumped to make your mark on the shop and take things to the next level… until stuff starts going haywire. Angry calls pile up as Techs shrug off solutions. Falling CSI scores, but expectations stay sky-high. That shiny title now feels more anchor than […]
Winter Mindset Shifts That Grow Service Revenue
For many, the first frost ignites dread rather than delight. Plummeting temperatures seemingly usher in declining sales and icy greetings from customers. Most Service Managers resign themselves to a slow season of short, frozen days with little action. But what if that winter mind funk proves totally false and self-imposed? I recently sat down with […]
Behind the Scenes: My Lessons Writing the Irreplaceable Service Manager Book
It was never my goal to be an author. I fell into the car business at 17 and built my career turning around dealership service departments. Writing a book was never part of the plan. But in 2006, a mentor suggested I share my approach to help more Service Managers succeed. Thus began a 3 […]
4 Reasons Why Service Advisor Pay Plans Change
We’re going to talk about the thing that everybody hates– pay plans. We’re going to give you a little insight into why the pay plan keeps changing. Whether you’re under Service Advisor pay plans or Service Manager pay plans, it doesn’t matter what position you’re in. Because we have all experienced confusing changes to our […]
Strategies to Boost CSI Score with Customer Loyalty and Retention
It’s more lucrative than ever to enter the EV space, just like the early 1900s when all these hundreds of car companies were trying to make their name in the marketplace. In creating brand perception, they focused on their CSI score and customer loyalty and retention. A ton of new EV companies will soon enter the […]
Adaptive Leadership Training: 5 Tips for Business
We interviewed top 100 business coach, Dave Meltzer, to discuss the recent changes in the business and leadership scene. We talked about the accelerating changes in the industry and how to use Adaptive Leadership Training to excel with these changes. These changes are requiring managers to step up and become leaders. A lot of “leaders” […]
Service Manager Training: Why Dealerships Lose Customers To Independents
Five reasons why dealerships lose customers to independent shops, and how service manager training helps you monitor department issues.
What Does a Service Advisor Do? Role & Responsibilities
A service advisor plays a critical role at your dealership, and understanding what they do increases effectiveness for customers and technicians.
5 Ways To Increase Repair Order Count
Let’s talk about Repair Order Count! Welcome everybody to Service Drive Revolution. Today, we are gonna talk about the impending doom of future repair order count dropping. We know that the repair order count is gonna drop over the next 12 to 24 months, but why? And what can you do to get ahead of […]
