Sherwin-Williams Vision conference to happen in Houston

Designed to continuously improve shop productivity and profitability, the conference will provide more than 100 leading North American collision facility owners and managers with world-class training, top industry speakers and group breakout sessions.

The conference agenda will feature many outstanding leaders and speakers from the collision repair industry and other various business arenas, including:

• Keynote: “If Disney Ran Your Business, What Would it Look Like?” Presented by America’s Best and Favorite Customer Experience Coach, John Formica.He will share incredible experiences and success stories from his 25 years as a leader within the Walt Disney World Resort organization. The presentation will be geared to how collision repair facilities can create that same “Magical” customer experience.

• Special Presentation:“Creating A Whistle While You Work Environment.”Formica will later present a second program, sharing further knowledge from his Disney experience and review the principles successful companies can use to replace workplace anxiety, apathy and stress with enthusiasm, achievement and energy. 

• Special Presentation: “The Future of Collision Repair,” presented by Clint Marlow, Allstate Claims Director.  He will share with the group how insurers potentially see what the collision repair space could (will?) look like in just the next one to three years. In addition, he will bring a unique perspective and some “interesting thoughts” regarding how Allstate is working relative to claims processing.

• Special Presentation: “Lip Service” presented by Margie Seyfer, founder and owner, Impact Presentations. Is the “VOICE” of your business the image that you want projected? The telephone is still one of the most important tools collision repair shops have in their business today.  Are shops using it to drive customers in, or driving them away? Regardless of where you and your business are today, this presentation can help create the “WOW” factor for future customer conversations.

After the keynote and guest speakers are finished, a number of breakout sessions will be held in tandem with peer-to-peer discussion groups throughout the three-day event. The discussion groups will give attendees the chance to review their 2015 financial performance, define their 2016 goals, and develop the strategies to support their business in the future.

“‘Delivering an Exceptional Customer Experience,’ is the theme of this year’s annual conference,” says Greg Eisenhardt, A-Plus® Manager at Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes. “It combines both a big picture industry view, as well as hands-on, best practices sharing which supports and educates our Vision Group Members as they formulate their 2016 business plans. This is just one of several meetings our Vision Group members attend to interact extensively with their peers, all designed to keep their businesses at the industry forefront.”

Attendance at the conference is by invitation only. For more information on Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes visit www.sherwin-automotive.com or call 1-800-798-5872.