
A podcast about the good, the bad and the ugly of launching and growing a business. Each week, Alex Gertsburg gets into it with CEOs and founders about the experiences that transformed them as leaders and the business “do-overs” they wish they could have and why. Listen and learn about the many issues unique to the CEO experience—all the disasters and the delights—from the founders who lived it. Alex Gertsburg is the co-managing partner of Gertsburg Licata, a Cleveland-based business law and strategic advisory firm.
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Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
What’s the difference between a well-run car dealership and a failing one?
Alex chats with Wendy Rinehart, Executive Director of the Ohio Independent Automobile Dealers Association about what makes car dealerships successful, industry changes, being a woman in a male-dominated industry, industry challenges moving forward, and much more.
You’re going to want to put the pedal to the metal and give this one a listen!
Notes
- Wendy’s background and what led her to become the Executive Director of the OIADA
- Early challenges and being a female in a male-dominated industry
- Dealing with industry changes and divergent
- Stakeholders within the association
- What makes a well-run dealership?
- Facing new challenges and helping hundreds of dealers with a small office
- The most important things happening within the industry today
Links
Wendy’s LinkedIn OIADA website Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t by Jim Collins (article on his website) Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't by Jim Collins (Amazon Link) Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life by Spencer Johnson, MD (Amazon Link)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxBQLFLei70
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