Summary
“So you’re the Dealer Principal contestant on the television show, Are you smarter than a 5th Grader. And host Jeff Foxworthy presents you with this final sixth grade question for one million dollars: Name the most important tool that dealerships can use in the 21st century to achieve a sustainable advantage in their marketplace. What would your answer be?… “
“So you’re the Dealer Principal contestant on the television show, Are you smarter than a 5th Grader. And host Jeff Foxworthy presents you with this final sixth grade question for one million dollars: Name the most important tool that dealerships can use in the 21st century to achieve a sustainable advantage in their marketplace. What would your answer be? If it isn’t COMMUNICATION, then you have to look into the television camera and say, “I may be a Dealer Principal, but I’m definitely not smarter than a 5th grader.”
This is a excerpt from the article “D” is for DISMAL by Pamela Devillon, Freelance journalist.
To read the entire article click here.
Effective communication all begins with initiative. If YOU don’t make an effort to communicate, nothing good happens.
A 15-year-old girl dying of brain cancer gave me one of the greatest life lessons I’ve ever been taught. Vicky said, “One of the things I’ve learned in the hospital is that ‘The Golden Rule begins with a verb.’” Establishing productive communication isn’t a wait-and-see who will do it first proposition. Accept the fact that communication is to your organization what blood is to the body; if two-way dialogue isn’t driving progress, then you have a company with no life.
In my visits with Vicky in the cancer unit, I was always touched by the poster she had hanging by her bed. It read, “Be The Change That You Want To See In Others.” If you’re not happy with the way that others communicate with you — then, as Vicky would say, “DO something about it!”
Click here to check out this article on Why Even Successful Leaders Struggle To Communicate
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