Winning Spirit Magazine January - February 2019 | Page 6

2018 Sales Awards
Honoring Automotive’s Top Performers
Although there are a lot of different
companies that make up the LHM Group,
pretty much everything that we do comes
down to selling products, particularly vehicles,
to customers. It’s the fuel that drives our
growth and expansion and keeps us in business.
Needless to say, we have a lot of automotive
salespeople within the group, and together they
were responsible for a stellar year in 2018.
To put it in perspective,
here are some relevant facts:
120,000 vehicles sold
1.7 million service tickets
2 million parts tickets
Together, those are incredible numbers, a
testament to the efforts of the sales teams across
the company as a whole. As a celebration of
the year’s successes, Gail Miller and Dean
Fitzpatrick, president of LHM Dealerships,
hosted the annual Sales Awards for the Group’s
top salespeople.
At the event, Gail was able to sum up her
feelings on the year’s efforts, “I think what
you’ve accomplished this year is just short of
incredible. Maybe it is incredible in a lot of
ways. But I want you to understand that what
you top salesmen are doing is
really important for those who
are watching you. It’s important
for those who are trying to learn
how to do what you do. You are
the leaders and the teachers, and
you’re the ones that make good
things happen, and you’re the
ones that those following want to
be like. Thank you for what you
do, and how you do it, and the
consistency with which you do it.”
“So, as we finish
2018 strong, let’s
make sure we
go about giving
more than our fair
share in 2019.”
Dean Fitzpatrick
President, LHM Dealerships
It was wonderful to honor those who work
hard to push the Group forward, but as always,
we are not content to rest on our laurels. We
continue looking to the future.
As Dean put it, “As we look at 2019, things
look pretty darn good when you look at it. The
economy’s strong, overall, which bodes well
for us. It really does. Banks are buying deals,
employment’s strong, and that
looks like it’ll continue on into
the new year. Inventory levels
are in great shape, and overall I
think people are feeling pretty
confident about what’s going
on in the economy, and so that
bodes well for automobile sales.
So, as we finish 2018 strong,
let’s make sure we go about
giving more than our fair share
in 2019.” ◆
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