Flying Your Dealership to New Heights

May 26, 2023 Have you ever seen the cockpit of a commercial airplane and noticed the instrument cluster that the captain and co-pilot monitor? Most planes have over 100 instrument clusters or dials to guide the pilots’ actions. The instruments inform the pilots of the plane’s condition and the environment around…

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Leaders Stand at the Front of the Boat

The editorial theme of MAC for 2024 is to guide and coach dealers to be the ‘Employer of Choice’ in your market.   February, 15, 2024 As a leader, you are likely part of developing your company’s vision, mission, and corporate values, often with your Board. In 2022, I authored an article…

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Stratovation Leadership Academy to Prime New Talent for Ag Leadership

Powered by MACKAYBEN, the Initiative Combines Innovation and Traditional Truths of the Business World August 22, 2023 – The traditional business world has spun into a new dimension, and so have the challenges for businesses, organizations, and their leaders. With retirements among the Baby Boom Generation and new workplace dynamics ushered…

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Mackayben AFA Announcement

During the annual 2022 Conference of the Agriculture Future of America AFA, four industry leaders were announced by the Board as inaugural members of the Executive Ambassadors.   The four members of this first class included: Susanne Wasson Corteva Bill Hendrix Valent Michael Eade Morris Bixby Group / Merck Russ Green…

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What’s the distance from your break room to your board room?

Remember when your dealership was a stand-alone operation? The distance from your boardroom to the break room was measured in feet. Now with acquisitions and expansion into big multi-location dealers, some of which span states, that distance is measured in miles. The culture of a 2nd Machine Age (SMA) dealer must…

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Russ Green of Mackayben joins MAC

   Russ Green has been accepted as an advisor into the Machinery Advisory Consortium (MAC).  MAC is a team of industry professionals who coach agricultural, construction, and other retail dealers of capital goods and services.     The Consortium is a collaboration among companies and individuals with over 400 combined years of…

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The 9-Word Speech

Throughout your career you will experience numerous opportunities where your work performance will be evaluated.  Organized corporations and structured businesses use the formal, scheduled employee performance review as an opportunity to review a team member’s performance to stated performance objectives.  Strong leaders and supervisors use the performance review as a chance…

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