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Tip #9 Driving Results Through Communication

Tip #9 Driving Results Through Communication

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.

 

PDPAuto TIPS:

In order to avoid a DISMAL culture with no meaningful levels of communication or engagement, so far we have shared:

 

TIP #1: Listen to empathize and understand

TIP #2: Don’t Let Conflicts Create Obstacles

TIP #3: Remember The Golden Rule Begins with a verb

TIP #4: Don’t Let Distractions Destroy Communication

TIP #5: Sheep Don’t Innovate

TIP #6: Find Me A Leader

TIP #7: J-O-B, Career, or Vocation?

TIP #8: Wait! You’re Here to Train Me?

Here is TIP #9

Becoming the best version

of yourself

My friend and NY Times best-selling author, Matthew Kelly, likes to speak to groups about being the best version of yourself. I’m including a link to his YouTube presentation on the subject at the conclusion of this introduction.

 

I listen to plenty of leaders talk about how they want to “build a better culture” and “improve teamwork” and that’s all well and good. But the bottom line is that culture and teamwork begin with the individual.

 

So encouraging employees to become a better version of themselves by giving them the training and resources to do so is essential to creating legendary workplaces. Enjoy the video; it will be time well spent.

 

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

 

Click here to watch Matthew Kelly’s talk about becoming the best version of yourself.

 

Stay tuned for Tip #10, our last one, arriving in your inbox on 11/15/16!

PDPAuto: WE DRIVE RESULTS THROUGH IMPROVED COMMUNICATION & PERFORMANCE

 

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