Danny Columbo Could save the Day

(Blogger's Note: I would like to ask all of those posting comments to refrain from using real names since there isno reason to get vicious, insulting, and personal on a blog forum that is fictional. Plus, we all know that real people, in the real world of business do not act like the characters in this blog. I mean come on, $60,000.00 on a Mercedes you can barely see over the steering wheel in and then cheat your employees out of commission. Please, get real. On top of that the person then promises to give "the wife" a car so she won't go back to India. That is all fiction. It's out of a Jeffrey Archer styled novel. No company president, or better yet, chariman of the board, would allow someone to hold a leadership position in a company if that ever happened in the real world – unless of course he was padding the books through irresponsible book keeping practices.

When Don Crane walked in the office the few employees that came into the office on a regular basis were interested in how he would change the dysfunctional relationship that the duo – general electrified and The Co Founder had established.

Odds are, many said, that Don would be sucked into the crossfires of the idea thief and the "yes" man. However, when Danny Columbo showed up and joined the company with new ideas and a satchel full of projectors, gadgets, gizmos, trinkets and toys, there was excitement and a buzz around the office that finally the duo would listen to the new group of intelligent people who each had eperience in the real world. Word spread quickly throughout the corporate headquarters and the field that an automotive professional had joined the team and suddenly training would have structure, substance, focus and integrity. A new day was on the horizon.

It didn't take long for Danny to learn the ropes. Soon after his arrival the Dysfuntional duo headed off to Bangalore to check resources and to act busy. It was actually one of the frequent trips to India to check the books and make sure the accounting was being done correctly. With loan apps at the bank the books had to sparkle. At least the pages needed to look in order.

But back in the states Columbo was investigating the opportunity of a new program development that would offer dealers Internet sales training for the departments that so many dealers had developed to handle the leads being generated by this new advertising media.

Plus, if the dealerships really bought the smoke and mirror package, with the mudmaker add on they were all worried that they would need some help or else they would lose all the leads coming in the door.

Columbo came to the company with years of experience both in the world of dealerships and in the automotive Internet sphere. He had worked for a successful company that had numerous divisions that dealt with delearships large and small. However, the plan he had for training dealers and marketing the services was something of a brainchild Columbo had developed while on the plan from Southern California to the San Francisco offices.
I'll never forget the first time he explained the scenario to me.

"You're going to love this," he said, "I have this plan for dealership training and it will revolutionize the industry. The process and procedure makes sense not only for the general managers, but also for the Internet sales managers and the sales people who are coming off the floor to sell over the Internet."

After a brief explanation and outline I was curious as to why Fire M didn't use this training for their staff of sales representatives. And, I also wanted know why the company was all over the board drifting in and out of processes and procedure for their product when they could adopt a training package, sell it to the dealers and add products on to the package as the dealer needed, increasing sales and profits.

"THAT is a great idea," said Trevor Landem, adding " It will never fly, these two won't implement an idea unless they come up with it." Or steal it.

Tomorrow: If you like that, You'll love this.