When asked about the origin of his leadership style, the late Gulf War General Norman Schwarzkopf answered, “I never walk past a problem. I never see something going wrong and forget about it. I always stop and confront it right there.”
There’s nothing better than a sales team that’s pumped, prepared, and ready to rock when the busy season hits. Think of this time as the preseason training camp for your dealership — what you do now will pay off big when your customers are ready to buy.
As we give up our most treasured investment – our time in working hours – we can, and should, expect to be under the care of business leaders who’ll measure up to the word integrity.
Having recently read, and reported on, an Associated Press (AP) news item about the “weather whiplash” across the country these past weeks and months, I started thinking of a different, albeit positive, whiplash in my corner of the planet.
While clay shooting isn't considered a spectator sport, every editor knows that finding quality resources often means being in the right place, with the right people, at the right time.
I spent a day and a half at the Dealership Minds Summit in Madison, Wisconsin in early August. It's an annual program for dealerships -- that I believe will benefit all farmers, too.
It’s a pleasure to introduce you to my dad, Frank Lessiter, and what I would call the 5th child in our family, his No-Till Farmer (NTF) publication. I was 3 years old when Dad put out the first edition, and I can’t recall a time when NTF wasn’t a part of the family.
As discussed in Part 1, we must try to prevent turnover. However, if we listen to the research, we will spend more time preparing for turnover than trying to prevent it.
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Yanmar was the world’s first manufacturer to develop a practical small diesel engine in 1933 and
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