My finance manager quit and this is the weekend that I promised my sales manager off for his son's birthday. So it's just me today. Small dealer problems!
My New Adventure - Al West Nissan
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Hang in there Bill. You will get there.
When a new business is acquired, all of the existing employees will be gone. Maybe not today, Maybe not tomorrow. Unfortunate time to have one leave.
Yessir. I've already had that as my expectation, so if I keep anyone I'll be happy. I don't believe it has any negative reflection on what I'm doing. I have a proven track record of creating longevity and reducing turnover.
Truthfully, I feel like it's addition by subtraction. Good guy, but he just wasn't built for this. I will be moving my sales manager to the finance role and I think he will kill it there. Just having to make due at this point.
I will be hiring a new salesperson now, though. I try to take the approach that my manager's assist salespeople when they are busy or unavailable, but with moving him there and me having to take more of the floor responsibilities we won't be able to provide that same level of support.
I've shown the sales staff that I want them to make money and I've advised them what the plan is every step of the way, so I think they are comfortable. Last month, two of the three made the most money they have ever made here before. I purposely set it up that way and didn't hire, because I wanted them to see the value in what we were building. That helped me get the trust that I need to add another person.
Truthfully, I feel like it's addition by subtraction. Good guy, but he just wasn't built for this. I will be moving my sales manager to the finance role and I think he will kill it there. Just having to make due at this point.
I will be hiring a new salesperson now, though. I try to take the approach that my manager's assist salespeople when they are busy or unavailable, but with moving him there and me having to take more of the floor responsibilities we won't be able to provide that same level of support.
I've shown the sales staff that I want them to make money and I've advised them what the plan is every step of the way, so I think they are comfortable. Last month, two of the three made the most money they have ever made here before. I purposely set it up that way and didn't hire, because I wanted them to see the value in what we were building. That helped me get the trust that I need to add another person.
