Enterprise Expertise For Owners, Directors & General Managers
Our number one priority is client relationships built by performance and trust. CarMinds is your resource, and has decades of experience in helping improve profitability while removing friction points and freeing valuable time.
Simply put – we solve the problems that keep you up at night.
Please take a look below for some examples…
We offer “fractional” or outsourced C-suite expertise as you need it. Pay as you go and use our expertise for education and training, for scale, or simply to fix what’s broken when it breaks. Remember – We are here to help you. Not sell you!
GET THE EDGE YOU NEED TO POWER PAST THE COMPETITION!
CarMinds detailed knowledge of every phase of the business lifecycle, from market research to location identification, property development, and construction through to staffing, training, exit, and succession planning – is all at your disposal.
Being fully responsible for the success and failure of a business as complex as a dealership has so many facets. Don’t go it alone and leave your destiny to chance by working with the “revolving cast” of vendors who don’t understand your “big picture.”
The truth is that employees perform better when positively coached rather than constantly evaluated. CarMinds can open the lines of communication much more efficiently, and pinpoint exact problems and relieve pain points with ease.
When it comes to running a dealership – everything matters.
CARMINDS SERVICES ARE HIGHLY CUSTOMIZABLE AND TAILORED TO YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS. SOME EXAMPLES INCLUDE:
Talent & Staffing Solutions – “We got spoiled during COVID, and our salespeople forgot how to sell.” In fact – Managers suffered from real development opportunities during that time and “forgot how to manage” as well. Now is the time for growing leaders to get ahead of the competition and seed growth. Attract and retain high-quality employees through leadership training from CarMinds. Equip your managers to make better hiring decisions, improve performance, and reduce turnover.
Confidential sounding board – Need an outside perspective steeped in decades of successful experience? Secured with an NDA or CA, CarMinds is your trusted advisor and expert agent to evaluate milestone decisions from M&A opportunities and leadership hires or to work behind closed doors on your behalf, helping you accomplish big moves without tipping your hand.
Strategic Planning – Looking to scale, acquire properties, or develop new stores? Whatever your challenge, don’t go it alone and avoid setbacks from poor planning or overstretching—tag in CarMinds to help you evaluate options and chart a data-backed roadmap for strategic growth.
Change Management – Transforming a business for growth doesn’t happen without change–often dramatic change. From course corrections to emergency interventions – CarMinds works alongside your team to facilitate change and ensure smooth transitions based on time-tested approaches and a successful change management track record.
Succession Planning & Training – If you’re not thinking about succession today, you won’t be ready when the time comes, leading to disruptions, stagnation, and potential disarray that impacts the bottom line. CarMinds helps you with succession planning and training, emphasizing preserving legacy and maintaining momentum. Put the “success” in “successor,” equipping them with tools and training for complete 360 operational control. CarMinds will help you navigate and secure OEM approvals as a cohesive part of succession planning.
Accounting, Risk & Regulatory – Have you pressure-tested your financial functions? Are you ensuring compliance with processes and culture to back it up? CarMinds will review reporting and test internal controls to build a framework for compliance.
OEM Relationships – Drawing on years of extensive direct work with OEMs, CarMinds will help you effectively negotiate and resolve issues related to Sales Performance, CSI/SSI, Warranty Admin, and more. Let us help you navigate challenges and establish enduring pathways for growth with OEMs.
Lender Relationships and Ancillary Products – Many dealerships take a “set and forget” approach to lender and vendor relationships. It pays to tap CarMinds to review your current offerings and, with an unbiased approach, help identify additional products and relationships for new and enhanced profit opportunities.
What challenges keep you up at night? Owners and leaders are at a crossroads today with unprecedented pressures from every side. Let us help you identify paths for forward momentum, improved profitability, prioritize targets for growth and remediation. Situational help on demand is just a phone call away.