The sad truth is that the majority of employees spend at least 10 hours a month complaining or listening to others complain about their boss.

Monte Wyatt, Rural Lifestyle Dealer contributing writer and business coach, shares strategies for identifying and improving your leadership style in his "Take the Lead" column in the summer issue.

This article is based on Failure to Communicate: How Conversations Go Wrong and What You Can Do to Right Them by Holly Weeks.

Successful selling is as much about what not to do as is it is about what to do. Rural Lifestyle Dealer talked with Floyd Jerkins, president and project director of Jerkins Creative Consulting, to learn what advice he and his group of specialists shares with their dealership clients about cultivating the sale and what to do when you lose the sale.

Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) today announced changes to its senior leadership team that will take place after the retirement of James A. Israel, president of John Deere Financial the company's global financial services division headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa.

Does your dealership have a formal succession plan in place

With mergers and acquisitions bringing more locations under one umbrella, a greater use of ESOPs is expected by many to be seen in the years ahead.

Throughout the summer, Dixie Chopper has been giving back to local communities through equipment donations and honoring active and retired hometown heroes.