The secrets to building a winning sales team revealed

If you missed Tom Stuker's dynamic presentation titled "Building a winning sales team" at this year's AADA Convention, check it out here.

Cam's our man

See Cam William's insightful (and often entertaining) reports from the AADA Trade Village by clicking the links below.

http://youtu.be/hGNbzTw4fEU

http://youtu.be/2Cz4ajLvpns

http://youtu.be/XG6IGRtBMSU

http://youtu.be/jM4Nvqwh0Zs

Why me?

Daren Carr - Australia's premier Ventriloquist, having a bit of fun with Luke Baker, Fuchs Lubricants Business Development Manager at this morning's Fuchs (as in chooks not ducks) Lubricants Breakfast.

Kids Alive campaign keeps on truckin'

L-R: Richard Dudley, CEO AMIF, Laurie Lawrence, Greg Lewis, GM MotorOne and Patrick Tessier, MD Salefest Advertising.

A donation from the AADA for the purchase of a new truck for Laurie Lawrence's Kids Alive children's swimming safety program to replace the existing truck, which along with Laurie has been responsible for saving hundreds of Aussie kids from drowning in the last 10 years.

Rooting the Emu

I asked everyone in the Marriott Boardroom to give me one word they felt described Laurie Lawrence's awesome presentation at this morning's MotorOne breakfast and it was unanimous: INSPIRING!

If you have never heard of this bloke he is a famous Aussie swim coach, in-demand motivational speaker, multi-award winner and all-round larrikin.

And if you ever get the chance to see him in action, you'd be out of your tree to miss it.

Here are a few photos from Laurie’s presentation and I'll upload an audio file that will give you an idea of just how touching and moving his presentation was, as well as explaining why I used the headline “Rooting the Emu”. For more on "It takes attitude to be the best" go to: www.laurielawrence.com.au

And here's the audio file, enjoy: http://client.ebusinessmedia.com.au/aada/2012/LaurieLawerenceAADA2012.mp3

Lie to me

"The Human Lie Detector" under the spotlight.

For every one lie a person tells you, they have to invent another two or three to protect themselves from the first one, that's according to Steve Van Aperan, the first Victorian Police Officer to graduate from Western Oregon University USA as a Certified polygraph examiner in 1966. It was just one of the tips he gave to an enthusiastic audience over lunch at the convention. You can hear his entire presentation here: http://client.ebusinessmedia.com.au/aada/2012/SteveVanAperenAADA2012.mp3

Is she lying or telling the truth? 

Why high touch trumps high tech

Bob Graziano, CEO Ford Australia.

FCAI President and Ford Australia CEO Bob Graziano delivers the opening keynote address at this year's AADA National Dealer Convention. You can hear his presentation here: http://client.ebusinessmedia.com.au/aada/2012/BobGrazianoAADA2012.mp3