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Lobsiger: The Four Stages to Freedom
Greg Lobsiger
May 20, 2024
With time and strategic planning, you can reach the point of managing your shop from afar. But you must learn from folks smarter than you.
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Lobsiger: Cycle Time, the long-forgotten KPI
Greg Lobsiger
July 22, 2024
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Menefee: Developing Training and Career Paths in a Small Shop
Tiffany Menefee
July 19, 2024
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Lobsiger: What’s your marketing strategy?
Greg Lobsiger
April 15, 2024
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Menefee: The Journey to Becoming a Better Leader
Tiffany Menefee
March 18, 2024
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Lobsiger: Building a Waste-Free Repair, Part 3
Greg Lobsiger
March 13, 2024
With this final installment, we explore the processes you need to capture needed repairs and procedures.
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Bryant: Maintain Standards with Phone Call Audits
Drew Bryant
Feb. 16, 2024
How incoming and outgoing calls are answered and handled can make or break your customer experience.
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Lobsiger: Building a Waste-Free Repair, Part 2
Greg Lobsiger
Feb. 15, 2024
Implement written processes and visual systems for blueprinting to reduce additional steps.
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Menefee: A Lesson in Handling an Unruly Customer
Tiffany Menefee
Feb. 14, 2024
The toughest client can test a shop owner's patience. Could you or your team members benefit from customer service training?
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Bryant: Coexisting with Market Juggernauts
Drew Bryant
Jan. 25, 2024
Instead of viewing new-car dealers as competition, why not see them as potential partners?
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Menefee: Handing Over the Reins
Jan. 18, 2024
Give your staff the freedom to spread their wings and implement all you've taught them
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Lobsiger: Building a Waste-Free Repair: Part 1
Greg Lobsiger
Jan. 16, 2024
Blueprinting is one component of lean that can help you create more value with less effort and resources
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Lobsiger: What Are Your 2024 Goals?
Greg Lobsiger
Dec. 21, 2023
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Bryant: Gut Check Time
Drew Bryant
Dec. 20, 2023
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Menefee: How I Saved My Company Holiday Parties
Tiffany Menefee
Dec. 12, 2023
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Menefee: The Safety-related Parts Backorder Conundrum
Nov. 20, 2023
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Lobsiger: Parts Don't Have to be a Pain Point
Greg Lobsiger
Nov. 17, 2023
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Menefee: Recognizing—and Heading off—Burnout
Tiffany Menefee
Oct. 16, 2023
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Bryant: The Bittersweetness of People Development
Drew Bryant
Oct. 13, 2023
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Bryant: Managing Consumer Expectations and Co-pays
Drew Bryant
Sept. 22, 2023
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Menefee: A Change of Space
Tiffany Menefee
Sept. 21, 2023
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Lobsiger: 'Where’s the beef?'
Greg Lobsiger
Sept. 20, 2023
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