Tip #7 Driving Results Through Communication

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.

Any responsible HR professional would tell you that if they had a chance to hire someone that was #1) looking for a J-O-B, or #2) seeking to advance their career, or #3) passionately pursuing their vocation, then selecting the #3 candidate is always the obvious choice.

In order to energize your workforce and engage work teams in the accomplishment of your business mission, job-seekers whose sole purpose is to collect a paycheck, or simply worry about advancing their careers aren’t the answer.

The extraordinarily gifted painter, Vincent Van Gogh said it best when he wrote, Your profession is not what brings home your paycheck. Your profession is what you were put on Earth to do with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in nature.

Tom McQueen is PDP’s automotive industry expert and has consulted with over 400 dealerships on performance improvement and employee engagement.

Click here to check out this article J-O-B, Career, or Vocation?

Stay Tuned for Tip #8 – arriving on 10/19/16!

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