Difficult managers and employees are easy to spot, but hard to fix. I have just finished reading a great book by Robert I. Sutton Ph.D called the “No Asshole Rule.” Sutton is a professor of management at Stanford University and …
The new year brings change and opportunity I love the way each new year starts in the automotive industry. It’s a familiar cycle of activities that I have come to really enjoy over the years. From auto shows on both …
PCG Pit Stop event brings experts north to inform dealers about new marketing tools Time starved dealership staff were able to take a day off the treadmill and focus on some intense digital marketing learning when the PCG Pitstop Conference …
The news photos of SL Ford Sales Ltd’s. burned trucks were flashed across Canada after a wildfire consumed approximately one-third of Slave Lake, a northern B.C. community in May 2011. But since then SL Ford and its employees have been …
Quorum Information Technologies had an insider’s view when it developed its DMS software for dealers Without a skeleton most things on this earth can’t be held together, whether they are living organisms or man made structures. Take the case of …
The New Car Dealers Association of BC (NCDABC) is pleased that the recent provincial government’s $5,000 incentive to buy a green vehicle will be done at the time of sale and consumers can get the funds through their dealer without …
Canadian auto dealer talked with Al MacPhee, the newly-elected CADA Chairman and learned about his views for the road ahead The newly-elected Chairman of the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) is a familiar face in a new place. Auto dealer …
DealerRater, the car dealer review web site, announced the kickoff of the 2012 Dealer of the Year Award Program.Through this award program, a select number of car dealerships throughout the United States and Canada will be awarded for outstanding customer …
The North American International Auto Show 2012 (NAIAS) has expanded its footprint inside Cobo Center in Detroit and its outreach into the social media sphere as it prepares to open for Press Preview next week from Jan. 9-10, 2012. With …
The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) announced details of its annual Education Day, scheduled for Wed, Jan. 18 at Cobo Center in Detroit. The NAIAS takes place Jan. 14–22, 2012. Show executives also announced that for the first time, …
Audi Canada has a new president. Wolfgang Hoffmann will be joining the company in the New Year replacing Martin Sander who is taking over as Managing Director of Audi UK. Hoffmann is presently the Chief Operating Officer of Lamborghini America …
In a world driven by the need for faster results, many dealer customers have less time to spend in the showroom when considering a vehicle purchase. Further adding fuel to the fire is that in many cases, with the plethora …
