One of Bob Currie’s pet peeves is when he discusses a Currie product or service with a client, who then replies: “I didn’t know you did that!” So in order to make sure that doesn’t happen, (and to keep me out of trouble) here’s a Currie initiative that some clients are using. Management Groups are a group within an already established Best Practices Group. Most of our Best Practices Groups meet three times per year, and many of them spin off additional managers to these annual Management Groups, which meet once per year. Remember, the Managers Group is comprised exclusively of managers of the same companies participating in the original Best Practices Group.
For example, one of our Best Practices Groups in the farm equipment industry sends their Human Resource Executives to an annual HR Managers Meeting. It is run in a very similar fashion as the Best Practices Group, and the meeting report and all supplementary materials are shared, and a debrief is provided to the dealer principals after the meeting. Additionally, some of our Lift Truck groups ask us to facilitate an annual Parts Managers Meeting. Others have formed Service Managers, Finance Managers, Rising Managers (any department) and Sales Managers Groups. Dealer Principals generally return from their Best Practices Groups armed with anticipated changes and new initiatives. The Manager Groups are critical to assist the Dealer Principal in rolling out the vision, and gaining consensus among the managers to implement the new ideas and concepts. Call us for more information on how your Best Practices Group would benefit from a Management Group!