[Video] Identifying & Preparing Your Next Generation of Leaders

Management and leadership aren’t for everyone and learning that before taking on management position will be beneficial both to an individual’s future career success and the dealership as a whole.

Prior to Burnett joining the AGCO and CAT deal- ership group (7 ag locations), Empire Southwest didn’t have a structured leadership training program.

While the organization has a variety of training programs today, Burnett’s focus is on customer service, sales training and leadership development. He has 20 years of training experience for a variety of industries ranging from restaurants to pest control to higher education, and now in the ag and construction markets.

During this general session, he will share how Empire Southwest uses its Be the Best leadership development program to prepare its leaders — at all levels of the business — for the future. The program is divided into 3 levels: the up-and-comers who will be the future leaders, individuals who have been in a leadership role for 1 or 2 years and then those who have been in leadership roles for over 2 years.

During level one, all the participants take a course called Leadership Preparation. “The goal of this course is to either get people excited about leadership…