Retail tire sales and leadership coach Mike Townsend discusses the characteristics of good tire dealership owners and operators in this episode of The Modern Tire Dealer Show.
"Employees will be happier and will stay longer" if you invest in them, says Mike Townsend, owner of Townsend Strategies.
Retail tire sales and leadership coach Mike Townsend discusses the characteristics of good tire dealership owners and operators in this episode of The Modern Tire Dealer Show.
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, 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.
