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Dealer Magazine Interview: Brian Benstock, GM and VP of Paragon Honda, Paragon Acura
Brian Benstock is the General Manager and Vice President of Paragon Honda and Paragon Acura. Since 1982, he has held many positions within the dealership including sales consultant, sales manager, assistant to the assistant manager, finance manager,
Sep 1, 2017
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Your BRAND is Either Growing…or You’re Going!
Eleanor Roosevelt is credited with the quote: “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift; that’s why they call it the present.” Tomorrow, in the automobile retail business, may be a mystery but here are a few simple facts.
Sep 1, 2017
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Great Possibilities Occur When Your Team Members Become Engaged
My past few articles have focused, for the most part, upon the development, retention and the engagement of your employees. The care and concern we place on our team members is the most powerful initiative you can do to raise the bar on your corporat
Sep 1, 2017
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Out-Think, Don’t Out-Spend Your Competition
In the new car business, it’s conventional wisdom that bigger is better. Dealers with the biggest ad budgets, biggest inventories, biggest showrooms, and the biggest discounts will be the biggest winners in the market place. Based on the most recen
Sep 1, 2017
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Increasing Leadership Effectiveness: It’s Simple (But Not Necessarily Easy)!
Think of the most effective leader you’ve known or read about? What characteristics made that person come to mind? Pick up any magazine, journal, or periodical and you’ll probably find one or more articles that talk about desirable leadership bes
Sep 1, 2017
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Learning from Bad Examples
A benefit on one’s journey to growing as a leader is that there will never be a shortage of opportunities to learn lessons from others in leadership; both from those doing leadership well, and from those who fall short. The purpose in recognizing b
Sep 1, 2017
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Black Book Insights on Impact from Hurricane Harvey
As the city of Houston and surrounding regions continue to cope with the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey, I wanted to provide you with several updates and insight from Black Book, which is actively tracking any impact on the region’s automot
Aug 31, 2017
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MetroGistics Hires Susan Moritz as VP of Business Development
St. Louis, Aug. 30, 2017 – MetroGistics, a leading provider of automotive logistics services, has hired Susan Moritz as vice president of business development. In this new position, she will be responsible for leading and growing the OEM and Mega D
Aug 31, 2017
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Consumer Attention Spans Are… SQUIRREL!
If you haven’t already noticed, human’s attention spans, in general, are decreasing. A deluge of short soundbites, marketing messages and social media has created a society that simply won’t listen… if you talk too long. Do you have a friend
Aug 31, 2017