Financial Fitness
This is a business model based simulator that we have developed over the past forty five years working with more than one thousand dealerships, of all major brands and most secondary brands, worldwide.
We provide the basic input forms on our website on the internet and you provide your information. We will hold all of this input information confidential. We will analyze your information against our management measures and standards that we have developed over our consulting career.
We are using six levels of performance in the reporting for each of the management measures. The range of measure covers five departments; sales, rentals, parts, service and administration. We review each department in four sections; revenue, finance, operations and assets. We will have a range of management measures from three per group to over six. There will be a range of nearly two hundred measures to select from in the Financial Fitness Model.
We will use six levels of performance in the reporting for each of the management measures. The lowest is represented by a “Red Cross” which is a “triage” level. Then comes the “Red Light” which means stop this now. Next is the road “Caution” sign. Standard Performance is represented by a “Green Light.” High performance is represented by a “Gold Star.” Performance that is too high is represented by a “Frown Face.
We will take your input and provide you a sample of the Fitness Model with a selection of measures. This will be complimentary. Then we will provide a series of four choices of our service. Basic, a selection of three to five measures for each department – 15 to 25 measures for each store. Standard which will be three measures for each section within each department – 60 different measures. To the Special and ultimate levels which will be dealer selected. The Ultimate will have a minimum of 100 measures for each dealer location.
We are currently working on the creation of a series of TIPS (Typical Improvement Options). The TIPS are those steps we have used in our consulting work. The use of TIPS would reduce the need for on site consulting work which will save you money. There will be three to five TIPS for each measures. Each TIP will have a “How To” document provided which will outline the steps and actions to take on this measure to improve the results.
If the TIPS option is not sufficient for the dealer then we are developing a network of “ACES” (Associated Contact Experts). These ACES will be made available on a consulting basis to assist the dealer in making the necessary improvements in their operations.
We are very pleased with the development of this new option for dealers. Our goal continues to be that we help everyone move to a best practices level of performance.
The time is now
Friday Filosophy #2014-37
If you are doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.
H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
Plato
Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
Roger Ward Babson
Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
Muhammad Ali
The time is now…
Friday Filosophy #2014-38
Fall down seven times, get up eight.
Japanese Proverb
From caring comes courage.
Lao Tzu
Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
Henry David Thoreau
Seven Behaviors That Really Successful People Have Mastered
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Friday Filosophy v2014 – 36
Every minute carries with it its miraculous value, and its face of eternal youth.
Albert Camus
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
French Proverb
Character and personal force are the only investments that are worth anything.
Walt Whitman
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Friday Filosophy v2014-35
With the realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.
Dalai Lama
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
Aristotle
Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you’ve got.
Jim Rohn
The time is now
Friday Filosophy v2014-34
If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else
Yogi Berra
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat
Napoleon Bonaparte
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are
Theodore Roosevelt
The time is now
Friday Filosophy v2014-33
I’m late I’m late said the mad hatter. Oh well.
I am in Europe and a victim of the time changes. That is my story and I am sticking to it.
Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes
Carly Fiorini
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
T.S. Eliot
Always do what you are afraid to do.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The time is now
Financial Fitness
Financial Fitness
This is a business model based simulator that we have developed over the past forty five years working with more than one thousand dealerships, of all major brands and most secondary brands, worldwide.
We provide the basic input forms on our website on the internet and you provide your information. We will hold all of this input information confidential. We will analyze your information against our management measures and standards that we have developed over our consulting career.
We are using six levels of performance in the reporting for each of the management measures. The range of measure covers five departments; sales, rentals, parts, service and administration. We review each department in four sections; revenue, finance, operations and assets. We will have a range of management measures from three per group to over six. There will be a range of nearly two hundred measures to select from in the Financial Fitness Model.
We will use six levels of performance in the reporting for each of the management measures. The lowest is represented by a “Red Cross” which is a “triage” level. Then comes the “Red Light” which means stop this now. Next is the road “Caution” sign. Standard Performance is represented by a “Green Light.” High performance is represented by a “Gold Star.” Performance that is too high is represented by a “Frown Face.
We will take your input and provide you a sample of the Fitness Model with a selection of measures. This will be complimentary. Then we will provide a series of four choices of our service. Basic, a selection of three to five measures for each department – 15 to 25 measures for each store. Standard which will be three measures for each section within each department – 60 different measures. To the Special and ultimate levels which will be dealer selected. The Ultimate will have a minimum of 100 measures for each dealer location.
We are currently working on the creation of a series of TIPS (Typical Improvement Options). The TIPS are those steps we have used in our consulting work. The use of TIPS would reduce the need for on site consulting work which will save you money. There will be three to five TIPS for each measures. Each TIP will have a “How To” document provided which will outline the steps and actions to take on this measure to improve the results.
If the TIPS option is not sufficient for the dealer then we are developing a network of “ACES” (Associated Contact Experts). These ACES will be made available on a consulting basis to assist the dealer in making the necessary improvements in their operations.
We are very pleased with the development of this new option for dealers. Our goal continues to be that we help everyone move to a best practices level of performance.
The time is now
Training Thoughts
With the new business, Learning Without Scars, I wanted to clarify some points regarding the learning options we are presenting.
We start with Webinars. These webinars are intended for everyone in the department and anyone else who has interest in the particular subject. These are intended to transfer knowledge to the attendee. In 2015 we offer the following webinars; fifteen for the parts business, fourteen for the service business, five for the product support selling business, and six for parts and service marketing.
The next level of training is the Internet Based Self-Study Program. These programs are intended for the individuals in your business who you have selected as potential management or supervision. Of course they are also offered as a tool for anyone to learn the subject matter.This is for the leaders of today but more importantly for the leaders of the future. We are starting with one parts self-study program and one service self-study program in September 2014 and then will roll out two additional self-study programs every two months until we have reached our goal. We are aiming to produce internet self-study programs as follows; four parts programs, four service programs, three product support selling and three parts and service marketing.
The classroom classes will continue to be the finishing school. Anyone who has gone through the internet based self-study and scored highly enough can move right into the second level. We offer the following classes; three parts, three service, one product support selling and one parts and service marketing.
I look forward to seeing you at one of more of the learning options we have put together for you.
The time is now
Friday Filosophy v2014-32
Exert yourself, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
Samuel Johnson
Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.
Harold S Geneen
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
Mohandas Gandhi
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Friday Filosophy v2014-31
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
Buddha
Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
George s. Patton
The time is now