Gary Bogart, general manager of Zetor North America, doesn't underplay the challenges Zetor faces in re-introducing its brand and reinvigorating its dealer network. However, in this exclusive interview with Rural Lifestyle Dealer, he shares how the company is making changes at the management, equipment and dealer levels to help Zetor grow.

More than three-quarters of customers make their final decision to purchase when standing in the store, according to Point of Purchase Advertising International.

It's probably all the talk about the "fiscal cliff" or a general uncertainty in the overall economy that seems to have businesses feeling they're operating in business limbo these days. But dealers selling equipment to hobby farmers, large property owners and professional lawn and landscape services are hanging on to a generally positive view about their business prospects for 2013.

A.A. Anderson, a third-generation Kubota dealership in Harvard, Ill., is celebrating its 75th year in business. Bill Anderson, grandson of founder Andy Anderson, now leads as dealership general manager.

You can read a dozen books on leadership and attend just as many leadership seminars, but your employees won't follow your lead if you make any of these five common errors:

Most creative teams have at least one gifted, difficult loner. Luckily, says one expert, they're "highly coachable."

Executive Coach Monte Wyatt describes a bad employee meeting this way: "When people just meet and never decide anything. Or, every time we meet, we listen to people complain." Sound familiar? We've all been to employee meetings that are all talk and no action. We may be guilty of leading a few of those meetings ourselves. Let's make a pact. Starting today, no more employee meetings that waste time and get nothing done. Here are five strategies from Wyatt to make that promise a reality.

You might not feel it day-to-day, but business management is in a major transition. The old days of command-and-control leadership are fading in favor of what might be better termed a trust-and-track method, in which people are not just told what to do, but why they are doing it. More formally, we're moving from what was called "transactional" leadership to "transformative" leadership. And there's no turning back.

The end of Daylight Saving Time gives us another hour to sleep, but the loss of daylight is linked to a lack of productivity. Here's how to keep yourself motivated as the long nights of winter set in.