Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz

Production Apprentice Program for Auto Shops AutoLeap Link: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M Why a Production Apprentice…. 1. We have to start somewhere and change the stigma etc….of just a lube tech 2. We have to get these folks in a production mindset 3. We have to make sure that our current producers are producing and the best way to do that is to eliminate the stops and starts that make them unproductiv...

Leadership Gold - The Best Leaders are Listeners AutoLeap Link: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M The Best Leaders Are Listeners Why Listeners Are More Effective Leaders 1. Understanding People Precedes Leading Them 2. Listening Is The Best Way to Learn 3. Listening Can Keep Problems from Escalating 4. Listening Establishes Trust 5. Listening Can Improve the Organization Application Exercises: 1. Give Yourse...

AutoLeap Link: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M Follow Your Passion, Creating A Breakthrough, Forget the Money, Follow Your Passion. Application Exercise: 1. What is your true passion? 2. How much passion do you have for your current work? 3. How can you follow your passion? Coach Chris Cotton AutoFix-Auto Shop Coaching Visit Auto Shop Coaching website HERE . 940-400-1008 Email Chris: chris@autofixsos.com

Link for AutoLeap: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M Scorecard for Success - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz What is a Scorecard for Success? Step 1: This first step, in the beginning, is to begin! Step 2: Identify 5-Scorecard Categories and a maximum of 3 scorecards. Step 3: Put a weekly goal on each category. Step 4: Assign each goal to a department and the team members in that department. Step 5: Assign a Score...

Link for AutoLeap: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M Stop Putting Yourself Last - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz 1. Stop Being the Martyr 2. The Trouble with Selflessness (more concerned with the needs of others) 3. How Selflessness Becomes an Excuse 4. Finding the Balance Coach Chris Cotton AutoFix-Auto Shop Coaching Visit Auto Shop Coaching website HERE . 940-400-1008 Email Chris: chris@autofixsos.com

Leadership Gold: You Know You're Out Front When ... Link for AutoLeap: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M How do YOU handle criticism? How to Hold Up Under Criticism: 1. Know Yourself 2. Change Yourself 3. Accept Yourself 4. Forget Yourself Application Exercises: 1. What are your deficiencies? 2. How secure are you as a leader? 3. How can you properly process criticism? Mentoring Moment: Observe how others ha...

Defining Moments Define Your Leadership Link for AutoLeap: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M Defining Moments Define Your Leadership 1. Defining Moments Show Us Who We Really Are. 2. Defining moments declare to others who we are. 3. Defining moments determine who we will become. 4. Reflect on defining moments from the past. 5. Prepare for future defining moments. 6. Make the Most of defining moments in the p...

We’re talking Exit interviews. Some shop owners do them religiously. Some don’t want to face the music. Some don’t know what to do in an exit interview. Is it a smart time not to burn a bridge? Is there a format to follow? We are going to attempt to answer these questions and more in today’s Town Hall Academy. You can learn a lot about yourself and your company in exit interviews. Watch the E...

Are You Coachable AutoLeap Link: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M 8 Point Check on Your Coachability . . Which of these are true and to what extent? 1. I usually allow my manager and others to complete their sentences before responding. 2. When I’m given feedback/ criticism, I usually think about it before responding, waiting just a bit. 3. When I’m given feedback/ criticism, I rarely find myself defending...

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...