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Please excuse the lack of a timely response. The more one thinks about what has been posted concerning experience the less confident of it as a tool.

I agree that in a field changing very quickly e ...

Louis Wrote
Does experience belong on the chart?

This is a very good question. I could give my opinion, but that is not in keeping with my aim for this forum. Rather I will offer some thoughts I ...

Hi Louis,

Thanks for this post.
One of the root causes that I didn't see is a lack of
experience. Would practice be considered part of the training process?

I can be given the connections ...

Matt,
What a great idea!

I agree with the points expressed prior to this post.

I did see the manager somewhat differently.
1-The manger seemed to be flying by the seat of his pants, just lik ...

Hi Futureshop!

Congratulations! May God Bless Your endeavors.

My wife and I opened our shop 5 years ago. This seems like a long, long time ago. One thing for sure we have not wanted for anything ...

Hi Louis,
Much clearer now. Thanks for the response. I find this site most helpful and thought provking. Please keep it up.

It is difficult to implement all that needs to be implemented, this sit ...

Hi Louis,

Please comment further on

As we implement the theory we begin building the infrastructure for future improvement. Money and effort alone cannot do this, the infrastructure must be in ...

Hello

There are those of us who make time to read, study, and think on the materials in this forum. I also research these topics from other sources which helps to clarify and re-inforce the message ...

Hi Matt,

An owner and his wife, for whom I once worked, had the habit of going to trade shows and trade meetings, gathering ideas from fellow businesspersons than forcing them on their clients, emp ...

Hi Louis,

Ace is always asking questions of his suppliers, fellow business owners, and most importantly from the prospect's customers and clients. Ace wants to know, who is doing a great job? Who i ...

Hi Louis,

I once knew a guy, named Ace (not his real name), who was extremely good at having people waiting to come to work. It was unbelievable because working for this man wasn't a picnic.

1-H ...

Hi Louis,

Louis Wrote
1-What might be done, within a company, to raise the status of technicians?

2-Do you think an increase in status might be beneficial?

3-Why or why not?

The first q ...

Hi Bud,

Thanks for the advice.

Hi Bud,

You make good points.

Bud wrote

2) Goals widen the distance between the person making the promise (manager) and the person trying to reach them (mechanic), therefore weakening a sense ...

I have a series of questions concerning motivation.

Does setting goals or targets tend to motivate workers. What are the criteria under which goals contribute to motivation? What might cause goals ...

Hi Louis,

You make excellent points. Here is an example from another field.

One of the companies I was employed by had a retreading shop. Defects were high, production was low and there were sta ...

Hi Louis,

Having worked on the management side my theory is this, management knows what they will pay an employee before anything else is said and done. They create the schemes to promote to the w ...

Hi Louis,

What do you think of this idea? The shop will take Regina, the two boys and myself to a training experience at Disney World. What a novel idea, don't you think.

Tell Elaine, "No C ...

Hi Bud,

Bud Wrote

I'm putting together a post on where do 'customer rating systems' come from. Just a simple illustration of how basic business practices get twisted, misconstrued and missapplie ...

Hi Louis,

Louis Wrote

Later I will write about the three levels of performance, with regard to motivation.

This topic is very interesting. I will save my questions untill you have had a chanc ...