Country Hill Motors (a single-point Ford dealership in Pennsylvania) and Bob Ruth Ford (an independent dealer group in Kansas City) both are surpassing industry averages and hitting record numbers for their business, as a result of their commitment t

“There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties; or you alter yourself to meet them,” ~Writer, Phyllis Bottome. For those of you that know me, or if you have followed my blogs for a while, you probably know that cu

By Todd Polak, Product Planning Manager, Reynolds and Reynolds When your business is as complex as the average dealership, with all its various moving parts working together to achieve profitability, it can be easy to forget the little things. Exampl

First, You Must Do This… Now and then, I meet a dealership’s leadership team that resonates a solid understanding of what leadership/business know-how is all about. For those of you who feel a little (or a lot) of tweaking in your store c

By Ryan Kerrigan, Managing Director, Kerrigan Advisors Though SAAR remains relatively flat in recent years (see Chart 1), the financial health of the largest auto retailers could not be stronger. Multiple public dealership groups are posting record r

Country Hill Motors, a locally-owned, family-operated, and independent used car dealership serving the greater Kansas City area, was founded in 1984 by Josh Buterin, who was joined in business several years later by John Zaslavsky. Throughout the 198

This week's #HardFacts is live from Google HQ in #NYC. Samantha chats with Google team members about what it means to be a #Google Partner. She also gives some strategies

On the topic of generational leadership, it’s important to shift our thinking away from what makes each generation different, or what makes different generations “difficult,” and instead get back to leadership basics and outline important aspec