Joe Hinkens from Mainline Auto Body has always been of the mindset that he wanted to press the easy button, when possible, take a shortcut where possible and not beat himself up to learn something new or develop a new skillset if someone has already carved that path. Follow their lead, so over the many […]
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Woodriff Smash Repairs is just in the final stages of rebranding, getting all the old apparel and logos out of the business and presenting the Woodriff Preferred Auto brand. How this all came about was through an exercise with their business coach Terry. With Terry being the consultant, he was there to support, and he
Coaching brought on some changes for the Leadership Team at Woodriff Smash Repairs. They took a step back and looked at what they wanted to be known for and started to create the foundations of what Woodriff Smash Repairs was then, and now moving forward to Woodriff Preferred Auto. They looked at the four pillars
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Moving forward, the next stage for Joe Woodriff is sustainability which is why they have now got to the size and scale they are at now. Woodriff’s need to be able to scale up and back when needed and to be able to lean on a different resource, if necessary, through times of maintenance of
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Joe Woodriff from Woodriff Preferred Auto took over the business at age 24. Panelbeater by trade he started out in 2006, although being a family business he grew up in the shop. When the opportunity to take over the business was presented to him some 14 years ago, Joe admits he really had no idea
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In our final episode, Clive walks Gavin through their Respect Model. The RESPECT Model came from the book, Carrots and Sticks Don’t Work which as you would have seen in Episode 1, this book is part of the Mainline Library. The book talks about building engagement. People turn up to work to earn money but
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The Core Values for Mainline Auto Body come from the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) model. They have six core components and the stronger you get at each of those components, the stronger your company will be. They are Vision, they are People, they are Data, and they are Process, then you have meetings and traction
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Recently Gavin was joined by Mr. Clive Burnage from Mainline Auto Body in California for the first of a three-part series on Mainlines Core Values and Respect model and the evolution of these things and how they came about. This is something that Gavin loves to work with, he loves to look at what drives
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Joe Hinkens from Mainline Autobody in California recently shared with Gavin, the history lesson that he has gone through after 39 years, starting back in June 1981. Like many in the industry, Joe transitioned from technician to business owner, starting out small with himself and a couple of helpers. Within three years he was pretty
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Planning Plus Software was recently installed to Liquid Metal Marine in Canada. Planning Plus Director, Gavin McGahey talks with Robyn about how it all came about and their experience so far. Gavin Welcome to Planning Plus, Robyn from Liquid Metal Marine. Robyn, could you just tell us a little bit about the business? Where are
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