You're bright, resourceful, hardworking, and ambitious. But sometimes you face problems even the brightest can't solve alone. Or maybe you're searching for ways to capitalize on a newly discovered opportunity.
So where do you turn for insight, ideas and concrete tactics to strengthen your business?
Spader Management 20 Groups. A peer experience that reveals the secret to improved business performance and profitability: When it comes to information, experience, advice and best practices, 20 heads are better than one.
When I joined a 20 Group, our sales were good, and I thought our profit structure was too. After going through the numbers in the 20 Group report set at my first meeting, I was shocked at the amount of money not going to the bottom line from all of our sales. After the meeting my office manager and I attended a Spader Total Management five-day workshop. We returned to the dealership with a game plan, and the result was a 44 percent increase on the bottom line with attractive debt ratios. I highly recommend Spader schools and their 20 Groups.
—Steve Casement
We joined a Spader 20 Group to improve our bottom line—which we have accomplished—but we’ve received so much more. We have developed strong relationships with business people who have many of the same goals as we. And, there are personal rewards as well. One member’s strength can become another’s inspiration.
—Ken Puck
For myself, I believe the regular 20 Group meetings are a must. What an opportunity it is to meet with my peers in the farm equipment business and be held accountable for the way I do business.
—Cal West
Being a part of a 20 Group has helped to keep me from re-creating the wheel. We all run into day-to-day problems. Sometimes these problems take a while to figure out, and you spend hours and dollars trying to correct a situation. With the 20 Group, you can discuss your situation and come up with several approaches to the problem. Someone else has already paid the price of correcting the same situation. It is good to hear what other dealers have to say about what their companies are doing in respect to certain issues. It has broadened my thought process so much.
—Duane Wallin
The advice from the 20 group actually saved our business in a very tough period. The exchange of information was probably the hardest hurdle to overcome for me. But that is exactly what makes the group so powerful; there are no lies. You can compare all your numbers to 19 other dealers monthly, and exchange all kinds of ideas at the meetings.
—Rod Sellers
