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Controlled Thought vs. the Drifting Mind
Automotive Leadership

Controlled Thought vs. the Drifting Mind

It doesn’t mean thinking harder or thinking more, plenty of people overthink constantly while still drifting, because the volume of thought isn’t the same as its direction.

David R. Ibarra
The Difference Between a Positive Mindset and Wishful Thinking
Automotive Leadership

The Difference Between a Positive Mindset and Wishful Thinking

That’s a meaningful distinction, because avoidance leaves you passive, waiting for luck, while a true positive mindset leaves you active, searching for the next available move.

David R. Ibarra
Seven Core HOW POWER Principles Every Dealer Should Implement This Quarter
Automotive Leadership

Seven Core HOW POWER Principles Every Dealer Should Implement This Quarter

When you understand HOW POWER, you can use it to transform your company culture, the trust guests feel when they walk through the doors, and the bottom-line results.

Jason Volny
Your Thoughts Are Already Building Your Future
Adversity AdjustmentAutomotive Management

Your Thoughts Are Already Building Your Future

What you think about most becomes what you notice, what you notice becomes what you act on, and what you act on becomes your results.

David R. Ibarra
Building Trust Creates HOW POWER
Automotive ManagementAutomotive Leadership

Building Trust Creates HOW POWER

True self-trust happens as the principles taught in team meetings, seminars, and trainings are integrated into daily life. It goes hand in hand with self-discipline. As team members choose a principle to focus on, then execute consistently, they begin to depend on themselves. 

Jason Volny
The Leader Who Always Has the Answer Is Building the Wrong Culture
Automotive LeadershipAutomotive Management

The Leader Who Always Has the Answer Is Building the Wrong Culture

Every time this leader answers a question that a team member could have worked through independently, they are reinforcing a message they never intended to send: judgment lives with the leader, not within the team.

David R. Ibarra
The Most Dangerous Thing You Can Do to a New Hire in the First Week
Automotive RecruitingAutomotive Management

The Most Dangerous Thing You Can Do to a New Hire in the First Week

Invisible communicates something the organization never intended to say but communicated clearly through action: you are a resource we have acquired, not a person we have welcomed.

Jason Volny
Why Loyalty Is Not What Most Dealerships Think It Is
Automotive LeadershipDealership Culture

Why Loyalty Is Not What Most Dealerships Think It Is

Loyalty is relational. It is the result of a consistent, genuine experience of being valued, served with excellence, and made to feel that their relationship with the organization matters beyond the transaction.

David R. Ibarra
The Theme That Changed Everything for One Dealership
Automotive LeadershipDealership Culture

The Theme That Changed Everything for One Dealership

A Theme creates a filter. When the team has a clear, specific seasonal commitment, every decision, every priority, every conversation has a frame of reference.

David R. Ibarra