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Finding & Hiring Employees: New Ways to Find Candidates

May 11, 2018 | Posted in Best Practices

Sara Hey of Bob Clements International shares new ideas for finding potential employees and how to enhance your posts to get more views on job sites.

Why You Need to Delegate

By Sara Hey posted on May 9, 2018 | Posted in Best Practices

It’s important to provide the necessary resources and authority a person needs in order to complete the delegated task or project. If you don’t, you are simply setting them and yourself up for failure.

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Setting Up a Rental Only Store

By Lynn Marcinkowski Woolf posted on May 8, 2018 | Posted in Dealer News, Best Practices, Rural Lifestyle Market

See how Southeastern Equipment Co. set up a rental-only store and the processes they follow to select inventory, build revenues, ensure customer safety and protect themselves from liability.

Dealership Compensation: Support Team

May 4, 2018 | Posted in Best Practices

Bob Clements leads a discussion at a recent Management Boot Camp about establishing a compensation program for your dealership support team based on a percentage of departmental costs.

Dealership Compensation: Sales Department

May 4, 2018 | Posted in Best Practices

Bob Clements of Bob Clements International leads a discussion at a recent Management Boot Camp about establishing a compensation program for your sales team based on salary caps. He also outlines how to set up a bonus program based on a percentage of net profit.

Dealership Compensation: Parts Department

May 4, 2018 | Posted in Best Practices

Bob Clements of Bob Clements International leads a discussion at a recent Management Boot Camp about establishing a compensation program for your parts team based on salary caps. He also outlines how to set up a bonus program based on increased parts sales for the current month compared with the same month last year.

Dealership Compensation: Service Department

May 4, 2018 | Posted in Best Practices

Bob Clements of Bob Clements International leads a discussion at a recent Management Boot Camp about establishing a compensation program for your service team based on salary caps. He also outlines how to set up a bonus program based on technician efficiency and your recovered labor rate.

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Top 10 Don'ts When You Fire an Employee

May 4, 2018 | Posted in Best Practices

Source: TheBalanceCareers.com

No matter how well you’ve communicated about performance problems with the employee, almost no one believes that they will actually get fired.

Define the Process: Management Processes

May 3, 2018 | Posted in Best Practices

This is part 6 in the "Define the Process" video series by Bob Clements of Bob Clements International, where he outlines management tasks to complete daily, weekly, monthly and annually.

Define the Process: Business Office Processes

May 3, 2018 | Posted in Best Practices

This is part 5 in the "Define the Process" video series by Bob Clements of Bob Clements International, where he outlines administrative tasks to complete daily, weekly, monthly and annually.

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