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Share Your Business Goals with Employees, and They Will Help You Succeed

It has been my experience that most of the employees in any business are willing to help their company succeed if they’re included in the process. The “plan” needs to be shared – and understood – by the people who will implement it.

Finding Good Employees for Your Auto Body Shop

One of the biggest complaints I hear from my body shop clients is that good employees are hard to find. So, what can you do?

Employees: Is There a ‘Staff Infection’ in Your Auto Body Shop? – Part II

A company that treats their employees more like indentured servants than valued team members will likely have a higher turnover rate, more pilfering of its employees by competitors, lower production, more comebacks and more customer complaints.

Employees: Is There a ‘Staff Infection’ in Your Auto Body Shop?

The morale in my shop is terrible. We stay busy but I see complacency, poor attitudes, no dedication and lack of loyalty or even basic desire to see the company succeed, let alone prosper. What can I do?

Why Won’t Anyone in the Automotive Industry Take Me Seriously?

I have a real passion for automotive work but little knowledge or experience. Nobody taught me how to change my brakes or how to use a stud welder. When I asked for tips, I wasn’t taken seriously. I was told, “It takes time.”

‘I Fell Asleep in the Parking Lot’ and Other Hair-Brained Excuses for Being Late to Work

Car trouble, severe weather and a late bus or train can derail even the most punctual employee’s best efforts to make it to work on time. But some workers take tardiness to another level.

Drugs and Alcohol in the Collision Repair Industry

Given the myriad risks of on-the-job drug and alcohol use – and the steep price that shops can pay for negligent repairs – it’s more important than ever to ensure that your employees are focused, clean and sober.

Communication with Employees: What the Best Auto Body Shops Are Doing

Start talking about business with your employees, tell them clearly where you are and where you would like to be. My bet is they’ll pitch in and help you make the goal. 

Looking for Auto Body Techs? Get Involved with Your Local Vo-Tech School

Rather than try and steal techs from a competing shop (the model for any brand-new collision location), turn mechanics into body techs or train the local HVAC technicians to fix cars instead of furnaces, go where the interest in collision repair already exists.

How Do I Transition from Flat-Rate Pay to Salary-Based with Bonus?

Team-pay structures are becoming more popular because, when properly managed, they can make the team more productive and encourage individual career development.

Managing Millennials in the Body Shop

As hard as it might be to accept, newer generation employees do not work for you – they work for a paycheck and for their young families and the experiences that life brings them.

Managing Millennials
Keys to Hiring the Right People

Slowing down the hiring process and bringing the right people on board can save body shops a lot of time and money.