{"id":5951,"date":"2025-06-11T10:38:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/?p=5951"},"modified":"2025-06-11T13:40:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:40:58","slug":"tune-up-hiring-practices-during-niada-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/tune-up-hiring-practices-during-niada-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"Tune up hiring practices during NIADA Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The NIADA Convention is just two weeks away, with more than 50 hours in education for dealers to improve their businesses, including sessions on building your staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finding and keeping the right people is a challenge all businesses face today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Come to the NIADA Convention and Expo June 23-26 at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas to learn the strategies for hiring, retaining and training staff at your dealership. It\u2019s all part of the extensive education lineup offered at the largest event in the used automobile industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Register today at <a href=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/convention\/\">niada.com\/convention<\/a> for only $745 per person for NIADA members ($1,045 for nonmembers). The price is $845 for members on site ($1,145 for nonmembers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hiring and staff retention sessions at Convention are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Finding, Selecting and Hiring the \u201cRight\u201d Sales Candidates<br>Presenter:<\/strong> Ed Curry, NIADA 20 Groups Moderator and Consultant<br>Ed Curry will discuss the challenges of finding and selecting salespeople who will do the work needed to successfully contribute to your salesforce. Attendees will walk away with industry-leading solutions and tips for overcoming the obstacles to finding the right salesperson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>90 Days to a New Dealership<\/strong><br><strong>Presenter:<\/strong> John Dismukes, NIADA 20 Groups Sales Manager and Moderator<br>Come learn the four basic steps to transform your dealership \u2013 assess, change, implement and evaluate. Successful dealers implement processes, gain buy-in from stakeholders, and change cultures to ensure the implementation is permanent. This workshop will teach you what to do in 90 days to build a culture of excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Drive to Thrive: Motivating Your Dealership Team for Peak Performance<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><strong>Presenter:<\/strong> Luke Godwin<a>, Godwin Motors, Columbia, S<\/a>outh Carolina<br>Boost your team&#8217;s performance and dealership success by unlocking the power of Play, Purpose and Potential. In this dynamic session, Luke will share strategies to inspire and engage your team and avoid the three biggest motivation killers &#8211; emotional burdens, economic pressures and inertia.&nbsp; <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fueling Growth: How Smart Hiring Drives Dealership Success<br>Presenter:<\/strong> Ryan Naylor, Founder, AvaHR<br>In today\u2019s competitive hiring landscape, independent dealerships need a smart strategy to stand out.&nbsp; Join Ryan Naylor, a professional recruitment strategist, as he breaks down how the top 1 percent attract A-Players, boost retention, and build high-performance teams that fuel long-term growth \u2013 on and off the lot.<strong><br><br><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NIADA Convention is just two weeks away, with more than 50 hours in education for dealers to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5530,"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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-industry","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5951","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=5951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}