We’re back! Today kicks off the 2021 Dealership Minds Summit — Developing Your Homegrown Talent. It feels great to be back hosting an in-person event after 18 months of virtual meetings. I’m looking forward to seeing those who were able to make it out to Omaha for the Summit.

The story of how the Walker family got into the mower business is an incredible story of faith, perseverance and ingenuity. This story has now been captured in a book by Bob Walker entitled The Walker Way, A family’s journey of loving people, loss, and lawn mowers.

In this video, Sara Hey shares specific steps you can take to market your service department and your parts department while sharing how to bring units in on consignment. In addition, she shares how manufacturers can come alongside their dealer channels with marketing right now.

Looking for skilled technicians? Sara Hey shares 3 tips to keep in mind when recruiting technicians — from pay rate to where to look.

Sara Hey and Bob Clements address how dealers can work through the challenges the industry is facing with getting inventory from suppliers.

We sat down with Bart Sherwood, owner of Sherwood Tractor, a 2-store Mahindra dealer and 2018 Rural Lifestyle Dealer Dealership of the Year, and got his thoughts on the most innovative equipment that’s hit the market in the last 10 years and what he sees as the next big innovations to come in the next decade. The 5 Questions With... series is brought to you by Altoz.