Have you ever been all in, on-board and drinking the Kool-Aid, based on an idea you heard, but failed to achieve implementation at your shop? Based on 26 years in the business and thousands of coaching …
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AMi Names Three New Trustees Including ATI’s Jim Silverman
The Automotive Management Institute (AMi) has added three new members to its board of trustees. Michael Brewster of Gil’s Garage in Burnt Hills, N.Y; Jim Silverman of the Automotive Training Institute in Linthicum, Md.; and Mary Steele of ASA Florida …
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Win the Diagnostic Game: Part 1
Get them to your shop. Always sell value, never time. Ensure you actually make a profit. Make sure your tech doesn’t get lost in the weeds. Sound like a fantasy? Well, let me explain how you can …
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What You Should Look for in a Second in Command
You’ve spent many years building your business. Your culture is amazing. The employees in your organization are happy. Your customers are feeling the effects of all the great efforts you’ve created. Now it’s time for …
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How to Leverage Your Long-Time Techs
Let’s be honest, this is a tough industry. The physical demands on our bodies are extreme. Just when your superstar is at his or her mental and practical experience prime, the aches and pains start, …
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Follow This Flow Chart to Improve Your Business Practices
This month let’s listen to ATI Coach Brian Hunnicutt explain how he begins to diagnose shops that want to do better. The first question in the flow chart would be: “Do you have enough cars?” …
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12 Keys to Better One-on-One Meetings
If time is one of an owner’s most valuable assets, then it begs the question, “What to do with this time,” right? I have found that spending productive time with your employees to be one …
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The Magic Bullet for Auto Shop Success
Over the many years of owning and running my shop, I was constantly being approached by salespeople with their special one-of-a-kind solution. Whether it be the latest brake lathe, Freon machine, or shop management software …
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Sales Is a Full-Contact Sport—Win With These Three Strategies
I am a football fan and one of the aspects I respect and appreciate the most is the dynamics and effects of a great coach. In the movie, “Any Given Sunday,” Al Pacino gives an …
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What Keeps Shop Owners Up at Night?
Coast to coast, shop owners like one of ATI’s members and Mastermind 20 Group member, Pat Connell, face the same urgent dilemma regardless of scope, size or scale: a rapidly changing industry, lack of trust …
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