Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz

Please take a minute to check out our sponsor, AutoLeap: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M Leadership Gold, Chapter Two; The Toughest Person to Lead is Yourself! 1. Judging Yourself: a. We don't see ourselves as we see others. b. We are harder on others than we are on oursleves. 2. Keys to Leading Yourself a. Learn Followership b. Develop Self Discipline c. Practice Patience d. Seek Accountability Accountabi...

Leadership Gold - Chapter One - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz Please go to: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M to check out our sponsor, AutoLeap! 1. Loneliness is NOT a leadership issue! 2. No one ever got to the top alone! 3. Avoid positional thinking. 4. Understand that you are in the people business. 5. Application Exercises: 6. Mentoring Moment Coach Chris Cotton AutoFix-Auto Shop Coaching Visit Auto Shop Co...

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Click the link to visit AutoLeaps site: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M Here are the bullet points of what we are going to talk about this morning: The importance of having a strong organizational culture. The shop owners' role in fostering a high-performance culture. Definitions of organizational culture. Factors that shape an organization's culture. Considerations in creating and managing organizational...

10 Steps to Auto Repair Shop Business Evaluation Please click our sponsor link from AutoLeap to learn more information about their great shop management system: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M 1. Reputation of Shop–Google My Business, Interview Vendors that they use, Website……..Mystery Shop 2. What role is the owner currently performing in the business? What about a spouse in the business? 3. Website, Soci...

Catching up with Shop Marketing Pros - Kim and Brian Walker Sponsored by: Click here to check out AutoLeap: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M Coach Chris Cotton AutoFix-Auto Shop Coaching Visit Auto Shop Coaching website HERE . 940-400-1008 Email Chris: chris@autofixsos.com

Please check out AutoLeap: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M 1. Get your finances in order! Make them readable and learn what the business’s numbers are telling you. 2. Separate your business money from your personal money. 3. Income statement/ p or l—generate one! 4. Stop making paper invoices! Get a cloud based POS system. 5. Set Goals 6. Hold employees accountable! 7. Align your car count with business ne...

AutoLeap Link: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M 1. 8,000 miles driven so far this year! 2. Shop Visits in: Tucson, Plano, Albuquerque 3. Big Bend National Park 4. Service Center Scholars Meeting in Tucson 5. WorldPac STX 2022 in Orlando 6. ServiceUP Repair Cloud 7. Weekly Blitz Podcast 8. #grindpositivity Coach Chris Cotton AutoFix-Auto Shop Coaching Visit Auto Shop Coaching website HERE . 940-400-1008 Emai...

Time Blocking - Gain Control of Your Calendar - Chris Cotton AutoLeap: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M Every day, we juggle competing demands on our time and, as a result, experience more chaos than clarity. Luckily, there’s a solution: time blocking. This is a terminology change for me, I’ve always called it making appointments with myself but time blocking is the correct verbiage, With time blocking, you...

Link for AutoLeap: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M Show Notes: I'm sure you've read articles about the importance of "culture" to shape the behaviors of your employees. One of my favorite descriptions of company culture is that it is "the invisible hand that shapes team behavior when there is no defined process or system to tell them what to do." But understanding the concept of culture doesn't give you a...

Click here to go to AutoLeap: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M What is Backbone? Marshall defines backbone as "firm and resolute character". In action, she says, it might look and feel like courage. The word "integrity" also describes someone with a strong backbone. My belief is that everyone can grow a backbone and that business is a perfect place for you to learn how. The Three Components of Backbone: Acc...

As always I want to thank AutoLeap. If you are interested in a demo please go to: https://autoleap.com/ As a preface to todays show I would like you to go and listen to: Common Issues with Financial Statements from Hunt Demarest: https://huntdemarest.captivate.fm/episode/02 What I Want You To Take Away: Understanding why you need to put Profits First Understanding why putting Profits First is Impo...

Link to AutoLeap: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M Don't Just Celebrate Wins - Savor Them! 1) Reminds you of the goal you set and why you set it in the first place. 2) Reminds you that a good, focused goal-setting process works. 3) Motivates your team to continue delivering good work. 4) Unifies the team around a positive outcome. 5) Reminds the team that they work for a winning organization. 6) Forces you...

Link for AutoLeap: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M If you haven’t listened to the other episodes in the series please go back and listen to Episode 39, Series overview, Episode 41 Phase 1, Episode 44 Phase 2 Are You happy with the shop you have? What’s Next, expansion into multiple locations? Exit Planning and Strategies Developing Leaders, not managers Making Employees comfortable Identifying a potential...

AutoLeap Link: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M 1. Women in the aftermarket auto repair industry. 2. Embrace Zoom to meet with clients. 3. Overpay great employees! 4. Know the numbers cold 5. Say no more often 6. More Content 7. Ability to throw out the playbook! 8. Pay yourself first 9. Remember and share the good, let go of the bad 10. Don’t get involved in gossip, shut it down on the spot BONUS 11. Don’t...

AutoLeap Link: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M 1. Giving to others, making a statement—putting it out to the universe, we live in a world that is louder about negativity and quieter about positivity, 2. Our plan for the year—give monthly 3. Gift for January, H.E.A.T. Texas State Chapter 4. Others we’ve given to: https://ambucs.org/ , https://warriordogfoundation.org/ give to local needs, if you can’t give...

Rocket Fuel Chapters 4 - 7 Five Rules AutoLeap: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M Rocket Fuel Assessment: https://bit.ly/32lNxRr Rocket Fuel University: https://bit.ly/3GSEt5w Free Copy of Ultimate Guide to Auto Repair Shop Marketing: https://bit.ly/3g9eHhV A collection of episodes on the Entrepreneur Operating System (EOS); the overall components of Rocket Fuel. From the Remarkable Results Radio Podcast. ht...

As you get into today’s episode, Phase 2- Repairing YOUR Auto Repair Shop, you may know someone in your network who can benefit from what I’m talking about today, please take time to share personally or through your social network.” AutoLeap Link: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M 1. Growth Mode–Productivity tracking, What’s your shop capable of doing? 2. Employee Handbook–a mechanism to enforce the rules ov...

Does everyone remember the receptionist on ghostbusters? AutoLeap Link: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M When I started thinking about this episode I went back to an old slide deck that I put together and I want to share some random bullet points from it: 1. What I see most often in small businesses is that we rush to hire and then fail to follow up with employee training. 2. We put new hires on the phone n...

Chapter 1-The Visionary If you are a visionary you are entrepreneurial, a creator, and most likely you founded your company. You are an Idea generator, You have lots of ideas. As an idea generator, you probably have 10 new ideas per week and sometimes maybe 10 per day. Many of them might not be good and or not fit with the company’s focus, some might even be dangerous but in the end, some are abso...

Repairing Your Auto Repair Shop - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz 041 You've realized it's time to make a change and now it's time to put in the work/rise and grind! you didn’t get here overnight! 1. Start at the beginning: Income Statement-This is how we check the margins, true scorecard for success! Has to be organized in a way that is readable, 5 areas of Income: Labor, Parts, Tires, Sublet, Shop Sup...

Looking Back on 2021 - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz 040 1. Growth of Business and industry 2. Chris' Personal growth as a coach–almost 10 years as a coach, 19000 hours, Kimberly and I have traveled over 25,000 miles this year. 3. ServiceUp 4. Tire Profit Gateway 5. Peer Groups-Open to others in the automotive industry 6. What you allow is what will continue. 2021 7. Don’t put a wishbone where your ba...

Our Sponsor: https://autoleap.com/?utm_source=chris-cotton&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=chris-cotton-website Show Notes: One quick note before we get started. Every shop is unique in its situation and what takes one shop 6 months to complete may take another 3 months and or 16 months. That's why we believe as a company there is no cookie-cutter plan and progression to get you from w...

It is OK to say NO! 1. Establish your proper boundaries and policies -- early and well 2. Just say “no" 3. Offer an alternative. 4. Be assertive, but remain courteous. 5. Don’t respond immediately 6. Know your value. 7. Practice your response. 8. Be more selfish. 9. Use the ‘Broken Record’ technique. Coach Chris Cotton AutoFix-Auto Shop Coaching Visit Auto Shop Coaching website HERE . 580-491-3519...

Do You Have a Yellow and Red Envelope? - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz 037. Chris talks about the Importance of planning the continuation of your business in case of a short-term or life-changing moment.