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Attracting & Retaining Millennial Employees

By Rural Lifestyle Dealer Staff posted on August 3, 2018 | Posted in Best Practices

Source: Entrepreneur

The Millennial generation will soon dominate the workforce. Old methods of employee retention may not work as well for this generation, so here are some strategies to try.

Featuring Your Dealership Announcements in 'Dealers in Motion'

By Rural Lifestyle Dealer Staff posted on July 30, 2018 | Posted in Dealers in Motion

Rural Lifestyle Dealer's new series highlights dealership happenings. Send your news to Managing Editor Lynn Woolf, lwoolf@lessitermedia.com.

Fixing Lackluster Sales Training

By Rural Lifestyle Dealer Staff posted on July 27, 2018

Source: Harvard Business Review

Salespeople must learn about strategy and sales tasks at your firm, not only a generic sales methodology.

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Admit Our Mistakes, Clean Up Our Messes

By Rural Lifestyle Dealer Staff posted on July 20, 2018

Source: Phoenix Business Journal

Pseudo-leaders will try to cover up a mistake. Real leaders admit it and then take care of the mistake.

Construction Segment Sales Forecast to be Up in 2018

By Rural Lifestyle Dealer Staff posted on July 16, 2018 | Posted in Data & Forecasts

Thirty-seven percent of contractors indicate that they will purchase more new equipment, while 27% indicate they will purchase more used equipment in 2018, according to a report from the Equipment Leasing & Financing Foundation.

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Bob Clements International Boot Camp: Dealership Compensation Video Series

By Rural Lifestyle Dealer Staff posted on July 16, 2018 | Posted in Best Practices

"Your goal is to create a compensation program that is performance based, so the higher the performance, the more the employee makes," says Bob Clements.

Dealer Q&A

Dealers Would Make These Investments if Starting Over

By Rural Lifestyle Dealer Staff posted on July 16, 2018 | Posted in Dealer News, Best Practices, Dealership Marketing

Dealers say that they would invest in people, location and technology. And, one dealer asks,"If I had the capital needed to purchase or start a farm equipment dealership, would I do it?”

Try This Simple Method to Keep Employees Happier at Their Jobs

By Rural Lifestyle Dealer Staff posted on July 10, 2018 | Posted in Best Practices

Source: Fast Company

A top reason employees give for leaving their jobs is lack of opportunity to learn or develop skills.

Constellation Software Acquires c-Systems Software

By Rural Lifestyle Dealer Staff posted on July 9, 2018 | Posted in Manufacturer News

C-Systems will continue to operate as a business management software provider, now within the Perseus division of Constellation Software. C-Systems Software President Steve Stinson, Vice President Jim Phelan and National Sales Manager Ron Tate are retiring.

Happy Independence Day

The 4th of July By the Numbers

By Rural Lifestyle Dealer Staff posted on July 3, 2018 | Posted in Rural Lifestyle Market

Source: History.com

On the 4th of July, Americans eat more than 150 million hot dogs, enough to stretch from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles more than 5 times. Happy Independence Day!

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