New Interactive Workshop Courses Announced at the Management Success 2016 Spring Convention

GLENDALE, CA. April 27, 2016. In addition to a slew of already popular workshops, Management Success revealed two new workshops at its Spring Convention in Scottsdale, Arizona.

To the right is a brief description of the new Management Success Workshops. 

Building Your Dream Team
 
An interactive workshop designed to give shop owners the skills needed to recruit the best employees and keep them effectively trained on an on-going basis. 

On-site Shop Workflow 

An interactive, hands-on training program that gives shop owners the skills needed to improve their shop’s workflow.

“The response we have received regarding these two new services has been overwhelming,” stated Robert Spitz, Snr VP Business Development.

Management Success Announces Award Winners at the 2016 Spring Convention

GLENDALE, CA. April 25, 2016 Semi-annually Management honors its clients who have made great strides in the auto repair industry.

The recipients of the 2016 Spring Convention Awards are: 

Master Elite 
Aaron Ledford - Aaron’s Semi Repair
Mark Probst – Probst Auto Body 

Masters 
Tobi Klunder-Edmonds – Edmonds Import Auto
TJ Cleveland - Durango Muffler & Brake
Greg & Stacy Conner - Equipment Experts, Inc.
Kristi & Wade Wright - Wright Way Collision Repair, Inc.
Brett Gioe - Zoom Tech 

Sustained Masters 
Jim & Terri Anderson - Anderson Automotive  

HOST Master 

Jim Anderson - Anderson Automotive 

Competent Shop Owner 
Eddie Lawrence – MTR
Terri Anderson - Anderson Automotive
Javier & Esteban Najera - Tres Amigos Auto Service, Inc.
Jesse Schillinger & Bola Schonoiki - Honest Accurate Auto Service West
Effective Shop Manager
Dean Thomas - Deano's Complete Automotive Svc & Repair 

HOST Award 
Dino DiGiulio - Body Best Collision
Joe Fenski - Fenski Automotive
Steve Ek - Ek Automotive
Mark Probst – Probst Auto Body 

Top Team of VMT Game 
The Innovators: Europro Autohaus, Knockout Collision, K-O Auto, Top Shop, Ultimate Truck 

Top Player of VMT Game 
2nd Place Jim Krell / K-O Auto Inc
1st Place Willie & Tess Contreras / Top Shop Automotive

Mastering the Art of Auto Shop Management - 2015 Fall Convnention

Over 30 automotive repair shop owners earned shop management certifications at the Management Success! Fall Convention held on October 9-11, 2015 at the Glendale Hilton in Glendale, California. The highest honor, Master Elite of Shop Management, was awarded to Robert and Lynda Archer of Aardvark Automotive and Steve and Jennifer McNamara of H-Heaven Inc. Robert Spitz, Senior VP of Business Development, presented the shop owners with their awards.  

“The Master Elite of Shop Management award is the highest level of certification, given only to those who successfully complete a rigorous training program, which is then verified through on-site shop inspections and through KPI analysis against benchmarks to verify profitability, marketing, and production. The Management Success! qualification division passed Robert, Lynda, Steve and Jennifer with flying colors, and we are all very proud of their accomplishment,” stated Spitz.

Additional awards were given to Tony Lynn & Debbie Sawtelle of Advanced Auto Clinic, Scott Chase of Keith’s Body Shop, Dan & Sandi Antonelli of Antonelli’s Advanced Auto, Dusty & Roxy Kubly of Kubly’s Automotive, John Mason of Northdise Auto, Travis Sallee of Loren’s Auto Repair, Jeff Yokum of Yokum’s Auto Body and Jeremy Austrum & Shawn Kline of Next Generation Auto for Master of Shop Management.  

Lloyd & Janice Geroux were awarded and were certified as Sustained Masters of Shop Management.  This award is given to those who can maintain the highest level of proficiency and profitability year after year.

For more information regarding the Master Certification Program, please contact morgan.scott@managementsuccess.com.

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Management Success! Fall Masters Convention Largest in Company History

Glendale, California: Over 300 auto shop owners participated in the 18^th annual Management Success! Fall Masters Convention held at the Glendale Hilton, October 9-11, for three days of networking, advanced workshops, presentations, and an awards dinner.   

Friday’s activities started off with a talk on Transition and Succession Planning by Robert Spitz, Senior VP of Business Development, along with a presentation by Mandee Bradshaw, VP of Production, on the company’s newly released Social Media Service and the accompanying Mastering Social Media workshop.  

Friday afternoon, Jim Anderson, MS! Senior Shop Inspector, did a fun presentation, “Best of Shops,” based on inspections he conducted over the summer, and Dino DiGiulio of Body Best Collision did a presentation on Wheels to Prosper, a car giveaway campaign (www.wheelstoprosper.org). The evening topped off with the Masters Award dinner where a record number of shop owners received the Master of Shop Management award.

Saturday kicked off with a very lively open-forum Masters Panel discussion on best practices for marketing a shop.  Advanced workshops on Public Relations and Leadership Skill Development followed, and the day ended with an ‘80s-themed costume dinner party.

On Sunday morning, a special breakfast was held for the TOP 20 Group members followed by the conclusion of the workshops and more networking.

“The energy level of the convention was electrifying!  We are very proud of all the shop owners who have worked hard to obtain Masters of Shop Management and I know all of our clients left with great ideas for taking their shops to the next level”  Stated Spitz. 

For more information about Management Success contact morgan.scott@managementsuccess

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Management Success! Spring Convention 2015

Big Fun in The Big Easy

On March 20^th of 2015, 246 automotive professionals arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana for the 18^th Annual Management Success! three-day Spring Convention, held at the Crown Plaza Hotel in the heart of the French Quarter. Attendees enjoyed networking, panel discussions, workshops, an Awards Presentation, a Riverboat Dinner, and a Masquerade Ball.

Pavaune Pearson, Management Success! Client Services Manager, was enthused: “For the Spring Convention, we found ourselves in New Orleans! This was our highest-attended convention to date with over 240 attendees and 120 auto shops. We had some incredible new workshops on PR innovation and maximizing a shop’s professional image. Topping it off, eight shops were awarded Masters of Shop Management, two shops received Competent Shop Manager, and five shops earned Effective Shop Manager. To say our clients loved it is an understatement!”

With the new Management Success! Advanced Consulting and Training (ACT) program, which puts shops on an accelerated path toward Masters, many more shops are likely to achieve Masters at future conventions. Management Success! also announced its new Advanced Service Writers School, which will enable service writers to master the skills necessary to become true sales professionals.

Mandee Bradshaw, VP of Production, says, “We at Management Success! have talked about offering Advanced Service Writer School for some time. It is the finishing touch to take a good service writer and make him or her great. We are very excited that Advanced Service Writer School has finally come to be.”

Management Success!'s Fall Convention 2015 will be held in October in Glendale, California. For more information, please contact Morgan Scott at morgan.scott@managementsuccess.com.

Shops awarded Masters of Shop Management:

Pinkelman Truck & Trailer
Aaron’s Semi Repair
Accurate Motorwerks
Anderson Automotive
Euro Spec
Bernshausen Automotive
Webster Tire & Auto Service
E.L.M. Repair & Refrigeration

Shops awarded Competent Shop Manager:

Galveston Automotive Pros
Concours Motors

Shops awarded Effective Shop Manager:

Dickerson’s Service Center
M&N Absolute Auto Repair
Truck Shoppe
Yokum’s Body Shop
Blue Body & Paint

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Seven Shops Awarded Top Honors at Management Success! Masters Convention

Management Success! held its semi-annual Masters Convention at the Hilton Hotel in Universal City, CA from September 26-28. Over 120 shops attended the convention for three days of meetings, advanced workshops, panel discussions, parties, and an awards banquet where seven shops were honored for achieving the Master of Shop Management Award.

Our new Masters are Tom Cummings of Stack’s Auto Service, Joe and Lori Fenski of Fenski Automotive, Jim Krell of K-O Automotive, Shawn and Donna Fitzjarrald of Reliable Professional Maintenance, Dave and Debbie Jennerjohn of Ultimate Truck Service, Mike Hines of Bonded Transmission, and Kate Jonasse of K-Tech Automotive, the first solely-owned and operated female shop to achieve Master status.

"The Management Success! Master of Shop Management Award is unique in the industry. It requires more than the successful completion of classes and workshops on management. It requires apprenticeships and demonstrations of application and know-how with a rigorous verification process of on-site shop inspections, proof by profit and loss statements, and the shop hitting and maintaining stiff sales and production benchmarks for three months leading up to the convention. We are very proud of all of these folks.” –Mandee Bradshaw, VP of Production at Management Success!

The next Masters Convention will take place in New Orleans in March 2015. For more information on Management Success! or the Masters Convention, please contact Morgan Scott at morgan.scott@managementsuccess.com.

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