Service Advisors Need To Stop Being Average
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Stop Being Average! Welcome to Service Drive Revolution! Today we’re going to share with you how you cannot be average, how you can perform at a higher level, and how to get out of the rut of being average. We also are going to talk about the news and discuss our favorite super bowl […]
My Top 17 Business Books of All Time
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People often ask me, “Hey, did you go to Harvard or Stanford?” They assume I went to an Ivy League school. But the truth is I’m self taught and most of what I’ve learned, I either learned hands on, from taking courses, or reading books. Today, I’ve put together my 17 top business books. One […]
IS WORK/LIFE BALANCE POSSIBLE FOR ENTREPRENEURS?
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Recently, at one of my mastermind groups, someone asked our guest speaker, Tony Robbins, how he managed a work, life balance. You want to know how he answered? He laughed. Ask any super successful, driven professional how they balance their work life and their personal life and you’ll get the same laugh. Or, maybe you’ll […]
Dave Cissi
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Net/Gross went from -19.46% to 36.01% Effective Labor Rate (ELR) increase of $26 CSI rise from 93 to 94
Damon Egan
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CSI rise from 63 to 74 Net/Gross went from -7% to 31% Effective Labor Rate (ELR) increase of $18
Ben Cooper
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Net/Gross went from -4% to 13% Effective Labor Rate (ELR) increased $21 CSI rose from 93 to 94
SERVICE MANAGER SUCCESS STORIES: DON VOLK
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These are the results Dave’s seen with the Chris Collins Signature Coaching Program: Effective Labor Rate (ELR) increase of $29 CSI rise from 87.4 to 94.4 It’s taken some work, but you can’t argue with these results… and he is just getting started. Read Don’s success story below… Kudos to Don Volk and his team […]
SERVICE MANAGER SUCCESS STORIES: GARETH ROWLANDS
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Congratulations to Gareth Rowlands of Honda of Morristown, in Tennessee for being a finalist in the 2017 Service Manager Challenge. Gareth joined the Chris Collins Signature Coaching Program in October of 2016. As a former athlete, Gareth is familiar with how to win, he just needed a coach to show him the playbook. Here are […]
SERVICE MANAGER SUCCESS STORIES: MIKE RABBITTS
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Congratulations to Mike Rabbitts of Johnson City Ford in Johnson City Tennessee for being a finalist in the 2017 Service Manager Challenge. Mike joined the Chris Collins Signature Coaching Program in October of 2016. After the 2008 financial crisis, he transitioned into the car industry and has since developed a bustling service drive. Here are […]
GAMIFICATION: YOUR HACK TO MAKING HAPPY, PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYEES
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Wouldn’t work be amazing if everyone did their job? Seriously, how many times have you asked your employees to do something only to turn around and realize they didn’t do it, or did it half-assed? That makes me extremely unhappy, and I’m pretty sure you feel the same. Now, don’t get me wrong. There are […]
STUCK IN NEUTRAL? CHALLENGE YOURSELF
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Let’s call him Mr. X. I love talking about this guy, because he’s a prime example of why my methods make service managers irreplaceable to their teams. But rather than cover his results first, let’s start from ground zero. THE PROBLEM Mr. X found himself in a midlife crisis of sorts. He had his position as a […]
AMERICAN DREAM
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It is an ideal, a uniquely American notion, that everyone in America will be given the chance to succeed through their own hard work. We’ve heard stories of immigrants of so many different backgrounds who arrived on American soil with nothing more than a few crumpled bills in the pockets, yet through tenacious determination, a […]