62. What Leadership in the Automotive Industry Looks Like With Dan Ryan

Your Business Your Life

Many people who own automotive repair businesses started out as technicians. They may be excellent at repairing cars but they have no experience leading a team of people.

As a result, they may not be aware of the various strategies that good leaders use to motivate and inspire their employees.

And without proper guidance, business owners may quickly become overwhelmed by the challenges of running a successful operation.

Join Matt DiFrancesco and Dan Ryan, Founder and Owner of Team Ryan Automotive, as they talk about Dan’s journey from an entry-level apprentice to starting his own business and how the skills he acquired along the way helped him become a better leader and led him to growing his business from scratch to $2 million in sales in the last seven years.

They also talked about:
(02:31) How Dan got into the automotive repair industry
(08:17) What prompted Dan to start his own business
(12:35) The biggest challenges in starting your own business
(16:58) Why Dan thinks the staffing issue in the automotive industry is partially self-inflicted
(19:46) Why shop owners should invest in their people
(24:29) The stigma attached to automotive technicians
(26:49) How has the recent round of inflation affected how technicians are getting paid
(29:32) The problem with having entities that have not been trained in how to service and repair a vehicle dictating the course of the diagnostics and repair

Connect with Dan Ryan

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.teamryanautomotive.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teamryanauto

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/team-ryan-automotive?trk=biz-companies-cym

Connect With Matt DiFrancesco:

[email protected]

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LinkedIn: Matt DiFrancesco

LinkedIn: High Lift Financial

Facebook: High Lift Financial

About Our Guest:

Dan Ryan received his Associate Degree in Automotive Technology in 1999. He spent the next five years as a full-time service technician at a local dealership and he quickly progressed from being an entry-level apprentice to a senior level ASE certified and GM factory trained World Class technician.

In 2004, he moved to Gwinnett Place Honda Hendrick Collision Center, where he added Honda factory training and I-CAR Platinum Individual recognition to his list of accomplishments.

Consistent with his quest for even greater achievements, and with his wife’s formal business management training, the two decided to start their own shop in 2015.

Today, Dan Ryan is the Founder and Owner of Team Ryan Automotive, an innovative customer-focused repair shop in Buford, GA.

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