{"id":3782,"date":"2023-05-08T07:09:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T12:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/?p=3782"},"modified":"2023-05-09T07:36:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T12:36:13","slug":"nqd-keynote-speaker-to-show-focusing-on-people-leads-to-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/nqd-keynote-speaker-to-show-focusing-on-people-leads-to-success\/","title":{"rendered":"NQD Keynote Speaker to show focusing on people leads to success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the host of the Dealer Playbook podcast and the CEO at FlexDealer.com, Michael Cirillo has found a common theme among successful dealers in the in auto industry \u2014 they care about people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cirillo calls it the \u201claw of reciprocity\u201d where people return good deeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou care for your employees, and they care for your customers,\u201d Cirillo explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his address \u201cThe Power of Building Relationships of Trust,\u201d Cirillo will be sharing anecdotes from his visits with dealers and employees in the car business and the lessons he\u2019s picked up, as the keynote speaker, during the National Quality Dealers presentation 4 p.m. June 22 at National Independent Automobile Dealers Association 2023 Accelerate Convention and Expo at the Wynn in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/Michael-Cirillo-Headshot-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3783\" width=\"202\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/Michael-Cirillo-Headshot-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/Michael-Cirillo-Headshot-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/Michael-Cirillo-Headshot-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/Michael-Cirillo-Headshot-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/Michael-Cirillo-Headshot-380x507.jpg 380w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/Michael-Cirillo-Headshot-550x733.jpg 550w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/Michael-Cirillo-Headshot-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/Michael-Cirillo-Headshot-1160x1546.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/Michael-Cirillo-Headshot-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michael Cirillo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Early bird registration for the convention, June 19-22, ends Monday, May 15. Register now at<a href=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/convention\/#register\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> niada.com\/convention<\/a> to lock in your best price for the largest convention and expo for the independent dealer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s humbling. I have a deep sense of gratitude for the industry at large,\u201d Cirillo said about his appearance at the NIADA Convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years, Cirillo has witnessed a shift in the industry past the focus of moving metal to growing people, which leads to the desired results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thinking more about people and it\u2019s contributing to profits,\u201d Cirillo said. \u201cBut it\u2019s not just people, happy people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ASOTU, where he is the chief of staff, is launching May 24 a new video series \u201cMore than Cars,\u201d which focuses on the real-world human experiences that unfold in car dealerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat motivates people and why are they choosing this line of work? At the foundation of it or any retail, it\u2019s people focused,\u201d Cirillo said. \u201cThus people matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re highlighting real people who happen to be in the car industry. It really hits at the humanity of the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See a full story from our visit with Cirillo in the June issue of UCD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His address will conclude four days of learning, including the 77 education sessions to provide helpful information for everyone from rookies to industry veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The brightest minds in the independent auto industry \u2014 including independent dealers and NIADA 20 Group moderators \u2014 will provide information on everything from reconditioning, inventory, finance to marketing. The many breakout sessions will allow you plenty of chances to pick the brains of these leaders over the four days in seven different areas \u2014 dealer operations, leadership, CPO, BHPH, data and analytics, marketing and compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Register at <a href=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/convention\/#register\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">niada.com\/convention<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the host of the Dealer Playbook podcast and the CEO at FlexDealer.com, Michael Cirillo has found a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3422,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_appearance_grid":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[28,3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-independent","8":"category-industry","9":"cs-entry","10":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}