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Live Leadership Lessons from The FRONT with guest Mark Tewart

by Mike Phillips

This week my guest is Mark Tewart!  You can connect with Mark on his website at Tewart.com. Mark is known nationally for his leadership and sales performance both inside and out of the Automotive Industry! What an amazing interview. Great insight, genuinely caring. Mark Tewart was such a fantastic way to start out the “Live Leadership […]

You Must Be Open-Minded To Grow The Most (The FRONT #101)

by Mike Phillips

If you want to have the most growth. You must have an open mind. I often think about what are our biggest opportunities to learn, and to grow, and to be further forward tomorrow than where we are at today. I think one of the most important traits that allows for efficient growth and human […]

Live Leadership Lessons from The FRONT (The FRONT #100)

by Mike Phillips

Here we go… in the beginning… – “Live Leadership Lessons from The FRONT“ Today on the FRONT I am talking about my upcoming series. So a few things – Beginning next week – the Wednesday shows will be live on Facebook and will be interview style shows that run from 15-30 minutes (I am starting […]

Love The Purpose More Than The Process (The FRONT #99)

by Mike Phillips

RECORDED ON YOUTUBE LIVE! You MUST love the purpose more than the process! I was training with some people this past week and this just came out. “Love the purpose more than the process.” ~Mike Phillips Purpose is the WHY is something getting done. It’s the reason. Process is HOW. It’s the actual actions and […]

Willingness (The FRONT #98)

by Mike Phillips

There is something special about willingness. This is straight up having the will, preparedness, desire, and the want to do something. When you type the word willingness into Google, It’s just a bunch of definitions. There aren’t a plethora of articles, or blogs, or people talking about what it is to be willing… to do […]

Reminders For My Kids (The FRONT #97)

by Mike Phillips

Today I am sharing some reminders for my kids. And actually… these are also reminders from my kids! These three items are things that can work wonders. I remind my kids of these things regularly. Especially my daughter right now, this has been her mantra. We approach this with youth athletics, with our family, and […]

Making the Connection (The FRONT #96)

by Mike Phillips

This episode of the FRONT is about the phone call and making the connection with the customer. This one is about sales. Whether you are in front line sales, especially auto sales, business development (or BDC), this one is for you. I appreciate that there are options other than just the phone call – there is text, chat, FB Messenger […]

Sales Hustlers Spotlight with Shawn Hays and guest Mike Phillips | May 22, 2018

by Mike Phillips

Sales Hustler’s Spotlight with the host, Shawn Hays and me, Mike Phillips, as the guest. This show is hosted by Shawn Hays and sponsored by Quickpage – you can check it out here – http://quickpageapp.com/shawnhays This was a very fun show and a great conversation! Shawn asked very thoughtful, insightful and sometimes hard questions to […]

Holding The Door (The FRONT #95)

by Mike Phillips

Have you ever stopped in front of a building and watched the interactions at the door? I was walking out of a convenience store the other day, as a man moving slowly with a cane was approaching – my natural thought was then to step out and hold the door for this older gentlemen. That […]

Rockstar Recap, May 2018 (The FRONT #94)

by Mike Phillips

My #1’s from each speaker at the Rockstar Auto Conference, May 2018 Today I am going to share my top take away from each speaker at the RockStar Auto Conference in that happened this past weekend in Vegas. These are not in order of importance, and there was certainly an entire LIST that I could […]