Dave Bownes & John Leitch

The One% Partnership

Business EN ↓ 15 episodes

Dave Bownes and John Leitch have over 60 years of automotive aftersales experience, starting from the shop floor right the way through to senior management roles they have a wealth of knowledge that comes across in a very humble and down-to-earth way.   After working together over 8 years ago and then heading off in slightly different career directions they came back together in 2025 to form The One% Partnership!   The One Percent Partnership is the joining together of their consultancy businesses, CXM Solutions and Haynes Oliver, this enables a deep understanding of automotive aftersales oper...

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Dave Bownes & John Leitch

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Business

Podcast website

www.buzzsprout.com

Latest episode

Jul 24, 2025

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Episodes

Workshop Control - What's going on? 24.07.2025

Dave and John are back and in this podcast, John talks about his frustrations with how businesses are trying to recruit a business-critical role - Workshop Controller. It's become clear that the role isn't being valued highly enough and the job adverts in the public domain are not reflective of the reality.

Who's behind the The One% Partnership - John's story 24.07.2025

This episode is to introduce The One% Partnership founder John in more detail. Find out where all of John's aftersales knowledge has come from and how his personal journey has shaped his career and his thinking around incremental gain!

Who's behind the The One% Partnership - Dave's story 24.07.2025

This episode is to give you the background of The One% Partnership founder Dave and how his personal journey influenced his career, the highs, and lows! John talks to Dave about his journey from apprentice mechanic through to running the largest automotive training contract in the UK!

The 1% Effect on Customer Retention 09.07.2025

In this episode Dave and John are back chatting with Lyn Howdon about all thing’s customer retention.  A subject all too often seen as a sales challenge we bring to life that there are opportunities across all departments to support and drive improvements in  customer retention. To find out more about what we do visit: www.haynesoliver.com 

The 1% Effect in the Sales Department 26.06.2025

In this episode Dave and John are joined by a special guest, Lyn Howdon. Lyn brings a wealth of knowledge and understanding of automotive sales (amongst other things!) so with this addition to the podcast we've almost covered every department! Have a listen to our musing over what works well and what doesn’t work so well. To find out more about what we do visit: www.haynesoliver.com

The 1% Effect in the Bodyshop 16.06.2025

More motortrade chat with Dave and John! In this episode Dave chats with John about all things bodyshop and how the 1% effect can influence the performance! To find out more about what we do visit: www.haynesoliver.com

Parts Department Q&A 09.06.2025

In this episode Dave and John respond to some great comments and feedback on the earlier 1% Effect in Parts Department podcast. To find out more about what we do visit: www.haynesoliver.com

The 1% Effect in the Parts Department 03.06.2025

In this episode Dave and John switch their conversation to the parts department and how marginal gains can support the performance.  To find out more about what we do visit: www.haynesoliver.com

The One% Partnership, Front of House Q&A Part 2 02.06.2025

In this episode (part 2 of 2) Dave and John respond to feedback from the previous podcast where they talked about how the 1% effect could impact the front of house function. To find out more about what we do visit: www.haynesoliver.com

The One% Partnership, Front of House Q&A Part 1 28.05.2025

In this episode (part 1 of 2) Dave and John respond to feedback from the previous podcast where they talked about how the 1% effect could impact the front of house function. To find out more about what we do visit: www.haynesoliver.com

The 1% Effect in Front of House and Customer Service 21.05.2025

In this episode DAve and John talk about the 1% effect and how it help with the front of house and customer service To find out more about what we do visit: www.haynesoliver.com

Podcast feedback - Workshop 12.05.2025

In this episode Dave and John respond to listener feedback and questions, today they focus on the responses to the 1% effect on the recent Workshop podcast. To find out more about what we do visit: www.haynesoliver.com

The 1% Effect in the Workshop 02.05.2025

In this episode Dave and John talk about some of the gains that the 1% effect can have within your Service Department To find out more about what we do visit: www.haynesoliver.com

What is the 1% Effect 22.04.2025

In this episode Dave talks with John about what the 1% effect is and how it relates to incremental gain. To find out more about what we do visit: www.haynesoliver.com

The One% Partnership Introduction 04.04.2025

In this first episode Dave and John chat about why they have formed The One% Partnership and how they will be supporitng Automotive Aftersales businesses To find out more about what we do visit: www.haynesoliver.com

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