Podcast: Taking Care of Your Business Starts With Your Employees

Danny Smith of Same Day Tire and Auto Repair changed his approach with his workers more than a decade ago, and he is still reaping the rewards for that decision. We talk with him on this week's Modern Tire Dealer Show.
March 17, 2022

Tire dealers, like many small business owners, know setting the right approach with your business requires a lot of assistance from your employees.

Danny Smith of Same Day Tire and Auto Repair near Tulsa, Okla., changed his approach with his workers more than a decade ago, and he is still reaping the rewards for that decision.

His business is in a great place, his employees are in a great place and so is he. We talk with Danny about setting that culture in this edition of the Modern Tire Dealer Show.

About the Author

Joy Kopcha

Managing Editor

After more than a dozen years working as a newspaper reporter in Kansas, Indiana, and Pennsylvania, Joy Kopcha joined Modern Tire Dealer as senior editor in 2014. She has covered murder trials, a prison riot and more city council, county commission, and school board meetings than she cares to remember.

Mike Manges

Editor

Mike Manges is Modern Tire Dealer’s editor. A 28-year tire industry veteran, he is a three-time International Automotive Media Association Award winner, holds a Gold Award from the Association of Automotive Publication Editors and was named a finalist for the prestigious Jesse H. Neal Award - often referred to as "the Pulitzer Prize of business-to-business media" - in 2024. He also was named Endeavor Business Media's Editor of the Year in 2024. Mike has traveled the world in pursuit of stories that will help independent tire dealers move their businesses forward. Before rejoining MTD in 2019, he held corporate communications positions at two Fortune 500 companies and served as MTD’s senior editor from 2000 to 2010. 

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