[Video] Learning from the Leaders — Development Programs Run by the Executive Leadership

Good leaders recognize that their success is limited if they are not preparing their next generation of talent who will lead the business. In this must-see dealer-to-dealer panel, two executives will share how their organizations have benefited from formal structures and programs — led by the executive leadership — that identify and prepare their future leaders.

Tom Rosztoczy, President, Stotz Equipment, Avondale, Ariz. (2013 Dealership of the Year) — Since 2012, Stotz Equipment has had a new group of employees go through its Aspiring Leaders program. Led by Rosztoczy and other members of the executive leadership team, the program includes 6 classes and is completed over the course of 2 years. By the time an employee completes the program, they will have interacted with everyone on the leadership team. With an average of 30 employees going through the program at a time, Rosztoczy stresses that there isn’t going to be a management job for all of them. “In the last year we replaced 15 managers across the company, but had 35 people go through the classes,” he says. “But I tell everyone, you don’t have to have the title of manager to be a leader in the company.”

Aaron Koenig, President &…