You are a business owner. You opened the doors one day, and there you were. The road towards this moment was long I imagine, but since then you have kept working, and you have managed to make a success of it. Of course, all the business training you did made things so much easier didn’t it? Wait…what? You never did any business courses? Why am I not surprised? Well, probably because this is such a common story in this industry. Should it be this way though? Let’s start by thinking about how many hours you spent learning to mend cars. You probably have done at least three years in college, maybe five, and after that many would say your learning had just started. You may have become a diagnostic tech and then a master tech, studying hard for each qualification. Then as you got a few grey hairs, some new technology came out and you had to start again learning from scratch. The motor industry is a constantly moving vehicle (pun intended, as always) and your learning will never stop. I think most decent techs will agree with this. So, how many hours have you spent? Many thousands probably, and yes you can mend cars, and really well too. It was the many hours of mindful learning, plus the practice, plus probably some great mentorship and finally a personal drive that achieved this. Follow this reasonable recipe then you will become good at mending cars. Do all these things even longer and with more dedication, and you could become incredible, In the words of the great Tina Turner; “Simply the best.” Are you training enough to have your own garage workshop though? We all agree that to mend cars amazingly you will be learning for a whole lifetime and spending thousands of hours. So, now I ask you why should it be any different when it comes to running a business? How many hours have you trained yourself to become amazing at that? Key areas Let’s take a look at the following, which are definitely key 14 AFTERMARKET APRIL 2024 BUSINESS www.aftermarketonline.net SIMPLY THE BEST? Are you making sure you have taken enough training to effectively run a workshop? BY Rebecca Pullan, Carmaster Garage
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