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    Menefee: The Hidden Epidemic in Body Shops

    Tiffany Menefee
    Feb. 24, 2025
    By opening a conversation about substance abuse, we can begin to break the cycle and create a healthier, more supportive workplace.
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    Croel on Follow the Leader: How Strong Direction Drives Compliance and Productivity in Your Collision Repair Shop

    Cassaundra Croel
    Feb. 24, 2025
    Do you have a culture in which doing things the right way is a badge of honor?
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    Targeting 2025
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    Bryant: Reflect, Reset, and Rev Up for 2025

    Drew Bryant
    Feb. 17, 2025
    Establish clear, ambitious, yet achievable targets for the new year.
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    Parks: Do You Have a Culture of Merit... or a Culture of Entitlement?

    Jesse Parks
    Feb. 16, 2025
    What gets celebrated gets repeated. The worst behavior in our organization becomes the standard.
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    Be Your Own Boss
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    Lobsiger: The Path to Shop Ownership

    Greg Lobsiger
    Feb. 13, 2025
    Are you building your dreams or someone else’s?
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    Snap Shop: Texas Collision Centers Plano '2.0'

    Abdulla Gaafarelkhalifa
    Feb. 7, 2025
    This location is now part of a growing MSO.
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    Croel on the Power of Net Income: Driving Profitability and Growth in Your Collision Repair Shop 

    Cassaundra Croel
    Jan. 30, 2025
    Net income is a vital metric that reveals your shop’s financial health and profitability.
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    Towers Motor Parts, pictured in this circa 1933 photo taken on Main St. in Nashua, New Hampshire, was one of the earliest auto parts jobbers to also carry paint and body supplies. Note the Nash dealer two doors down. The large building to the left with the cupola would soon be razed to make way for Nashua’s new City Hall.
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    YesterWreck – The Column #5: The Collision Repair Industry – 1930 - 1939 

    Gary Ledoux
    Jan. 27, 2025
    Paint is now sprayable, insurance companies discover severity, and two “unsung heroes” emerge.

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