Forrest Flinn
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Management Update: Lead by example!
BY FORREST FLINN Believe it or not, you and your dealership managers are leading by example every day. The question…
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Management Update: Are you a transactional or transformative leader?
BY FORREST FLINN The field of leadership is the number one researched topic by management scholars today. Specifically, the concepts of…
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Dealership Update: Why is my physical value for parts and accessories so different from my book value?
BY FORREST FLINN Have you ever wondered why the book value of your parts and accessory inventory is so different…
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Management Update: What is burnout and how to prevent it
BY FORREST FLINN The other day, a client of mine said that she was just burned out when I asked…
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Dealership ticking time bombs: Using your DMS to manage your rebates before they blow up!
BY FORREST FLINN You think that managing rebates would be a simple and straight forward process, and mostly it is.…
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HR Update: The skinny on giving employee references
BY FORREST FLINN Let’s face it, hiring and firing can be a daunting experience, but what do you do when…
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Management Update: What is a toxic employee, and how they are destroying your bottom line
BY FORREST FLINN Everyone today is using the word “toxic” in their personal and professional lives, but what does the…
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Human Resource Update: Don’t let your profits go up in smoke!
BY FORREST FLINN Today, as of this writing, ten states have enacted recreational marijuana use laws with more to come. Also,…
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Management Update: What is grit and do you have it?
BY FORREST FLINN Grit is not some disease you can get. Nor is grit some type of cleaning product, however True…
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Management Update: Work and manage within your strengths
BY FORREST FLINN Have you ever read something that just changed your life forever? Have you ever had an experience…
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Dealership update: Giving thanks this holiday season
BY FORREST FLINN This past year has been one of the most challenging of my life and career. In May…
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HR Update: Straight talk on how to deal with passive aggressive employees
BY FORREST FLINN In my opinion, there is nothing worse in dealership life than dealing with passive-aggressive employees or coworkers. …
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Dealership Accounting Update: Would you put a wolf in front of the hen house?
BY FORREST FLINN Would you put a wolf in front of the hen house? Then why would you put one…
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HR Update: What does Generation Z means to the powersports industry?
BY FORREST FLINN Finding good employees in today’s job market is downright hard and it often feels that it is…
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HR Update Quit ignorning 20 percent of the potential labor market
BY FORREST FLINN Years ago, when I was a younger man, my manager said to me that managing a powersports…
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Wake up dealers! The finance department is not your administrative department — profit is not a dirty word
BY FORREST FLINN As we head into the crazy part of the season I just wanted to reach out to…
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Management update: What is strategy anyway?
BY FORREST FLINN Strategy is a word that we hear being used in dealerships all the time but what does…
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Make profitable hiring decisions with behavioral interviewing
BY FORREST FLINN Have you ever had the experience where the person that you interviewed and hired is not the…
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How to use LinkedIn effectively in your dealership
Almost every dealership is on social media today. From Facebook to Instagram to Twitter, we are all posting and engaging…
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