JEFF STERNS CONNECTED THROUGH CARS

0:22 Guy owes Izzy $10k and sends a LWB Shadow instead 1:16 cruising around in a right hand drive roller on the streets of New York City. 3:17 the officer's screaming his head off. He's screaming at the passenger, because it was a right hand drive...

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0:23 my HR moral compass was kind of a little gray

0:53 when you want to pick a star performer, you are looking for a specific personality type. Needs to be an extrovert, needs to be a charmer, needs to also have personal agenda, almost like a little bit sociopathic. They're probably horrific at paperwork

2:04 if you're going to go by a personality profile test, you need to go with someone that has a high risk of getting in a little bit of trouble once in a while only. You could go the safe way, but they just wouldn't produce

3:37 Next thing he decided to like, just take a shirt off and send a picture of the shirt.

5:53 I bought my first car, I did my whole process, bought my car, everything was fine. And oh, my gosh, three days after my salesperson would not stop calling me calling, calling calling

6:38 I got a lot of my prospects...somebody that somebody that bought a car, but you know, we're always walking the line of, if it doesn't work out, I don't want to get a bad survey!

7:13 sexual harassment would never be reported, but only rated.

Yes, she's a woman but unlike Kamala, that wasn't the only criteria to selected!!

Marcia owns Lighhouse HR group (outsource HR) focusing on HR consulting, recruiting and payroll so to say the least, she's seen it all. Marcia is uniquely qualified to tell some HR stories that seem to be concentrated in the car business. Ever wonder what really goes on?!?

http://www.lighthousehrgroup.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcia-kozera-ma-shrm-scp-25a10711/

3:27 Jeff: the first thing I've ever done at a new job is go to my HR person to let them know that I do have Tourette's.

5:12 Marcia: "... my HR moral compass kind of like got a little, you know, a little instead of black and white it went kind of a little gray...in the car business"

6:57 if you're going to go by a personality profile test, you need to go with someone that has a high risk of getting in a little bit of trouble once in a while...or they won't produce

7:12 this otherwise sharp GSM started texting with a client. Shirt came off...

9:33 You have to just settle just to make it go away.

11:42 (dating dealership customers) if it doesn't work out, I don't want to get a bad survey.

12:55 The HR director sexually harassing the staff

14:30 he was sending very inappropriate emails, pictures using company email

17:41 there is a double standard for sure. 21:48 she went Fatal Attraction on this guy.

23:58 five jobs sexual harassment claim sin a row.

24:22 Job references are pretty weak indicators .

25:46 perspective employees only needed to report interviewing so that they could get the unemployment that they didn't want the job.

27:12 fake job reference ....in the middle of a drug trial

30:19 hired an employee that is now on death row

34:31 Lotto winner found under a concrete slab. ALSO hired by Marcia!

36:25 Large settlement story

42:28 it's all fun and games until it's not

45:27 the stripper that invited co-workers to see her....and sued

http://www.lighthousehrgroup.com/

0:01 the story of the HR manager sexually harassing the HR department 0:09 This was in a hospital. 0:57 This was the HR director. 1:20 he would follow her and he would close the door behind him. 1:52 this guy's literally using company email there's being inappropriate is one thing, being dumb on top of it all 3:19 he was very intimidating. 4:54 "Did you do anything to lead him on?"

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0:10 he was good looking, and he knew it. 0:27 started texting with a client. 1:10 by the time you cross the line is too late. 2:29 the dealership actually fired him. 3:26 When I first got to Florida,...salesperson would not stop calling me calling, calling calling 4:24 if it doesn't work out, I don't want to get a bad survey.

Show notes:

1. he was flying down the freeway and...

2. he tried to hide the mangled roof from his Dad and...

https://themotorenclave.com/ Select audios jeffsterns.com Show notes: 0:51 creating an automotive experience center 1:32 we can actually pass but there's no winner. 2:54 all the manufacturers rent our facilities Our typical client is JP Morgan coming to entertain clients or a charity event or team building off site board meeting type of entertainment. So like what Top Golf does for golf, I do for with driving. 3:33 we have auto manufacturer fleet partners 11:28 the Detroit Auto Show, historically, in the last 10 years, the manufacturer spent over $200 million 12:35 we have in-car cameras, telemetry devices, we have things that we facilitate, it's created by the customer experience the vehicle. 13:56 private garages, car condominiums. 14:52 300 garages, a 1.6 mile performance track, 80 acre off road track, a two acre skid pad and a 30 5000 square foot corporate event space. 15:39 sold 170 units in four months in Tampa. 16:17 garage entry price is $215,000. 18:47 24' foot ceiling so they could put a mezzanine and a triple car lift 20:07 it's all about community and camaraderie. it's all about social activation and being around people with similar passion. 20:35 not selling storage. Selling community and camaraderie, and happens to have a racetrack 21:24 Near Tampa Executive Airport 22:21 women's drivers club 22:45 wine tastings and dinners and take 20 couples to Europe every year to drive cars to Italy. We do charity events, and there's a social committee like they plan their own events every month 0:51 creating an automotive experience center

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https://m1concourse.com/

1:51 many people told Brad that he was crazy. He ended up buying a former General Motors factory out of the bankruptcy in 2012. 3:46 No racing 5:28 what Top Golf does for golf, Brad does for driving. 5:45 Butts in seats is better than an auto show for factories.

16:01 300 private garages. Some call them car condominiums. A version of the auto country club, less racing focus, more community focus. Garages, a 1.6 mile performance track and 80 acre off road track a two acre skid pad, and a 35,000 square foot corporate event space. 17:43 garage entry price is $215,000. 24' ceiling allows mezzanine and up to 3 level car lift 23:38 Strategically located near Tampa Exec Airport. 24:34 Some of our greatest events are not driving events. They're actually wine tastings and dinners and I take 20 couples to drive through Italy every year. We do charity events. There's an Italian night and there's a food truck rally and there's a charity thing and it's just, you know, but the common denominator is generally cars. 30:31 The wealthy are careful with their money. 30:53 A Bentley client talks Jeff into taking a premium over MSRP on a car. 35:18 They're nicer than most people's houses, honestly. They have bathrooms and kitchens and bars and wine cellars and and armories and cars on lifts and workshops. 35:46 right after the GM bankruptcy, there was a federal trust created to take 88 properties 36:20 competing against real real estate developers 36:29 there's no better way to revitalize a historic automotive property into a modern automotive destination. 37:49 M1 Concourse in Pontiac spurred $1 billion of new development on the same street we're on it's called south south Boulevard... our cars and coffee there, we get 1300-1400 hour cars on a Saturday morning. And I was looking at some of the photos at em one concourse, and I can't really tell unless I didn't go deep enough. But did you remove the original plant? Or did you use the bones and build in it? Or what are the fact 38:19 we spent five months crushing concrete. 38:50 did you find Jimmy Hoffa? 41:03 all this with a 4 person staff 42:15 Selling happiness 45:01 The Totem Pole and Ted's on Woodward Av 47:16 Track use calendar 48:51 The mid 80s Supra and that roof panel... 51:00 Mickey Shore's 53:29 Best story on Jeff's show yet? 54:09 Jeff pretending not to be blind

Andy Reid is a Certified sports car fanatic who travels the world to see what's crossing the auction block and what deals are out there. Andy has been involved in the collector car lifestyle since before he could drive when, at 15, he bought his first collector vehicle, a 1968 Fiat 124 coupe, His second was a 1966 330 GT 2+2 purchased by stealing his college savings at 17. Andy has owned more than 200 cars, "none of them normal or reasonable." His all time favorite cars is the Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona, a model liked so much he has owned twice. Andy is not just an Italian car fan, having owned 24 Porsche 911's, BMWs, Jaguars, MGs, and 2 Mercedes-Benz. Andy also has a special love affair with British cars and has owned a Bentley Brooklands, Aston Martin DBS and DB7, MGB, Jensen Interceptor 3, and currently owns a Bristol 401 which is his second Bristol car. Andy has written for Grassroots Motorsports, Racer, Vintage Motorsport magazine, Jaguar World, the Hagerty , and was the auction columnist at Classic Motorsports magazine for 12 years. Currently he writes for classiccars.com and the is the auction columnist at Magneto magazine. Andy is also a licensed independent collector car insurance specialist at Haydenwood Insurance, working with Hagerty, American Modern, and AIG. He has worked in Film and Television, Advertising, and founded and launched a number of internet companies. From 1995-2002 he raced professionally in the NASCAR Winston West Series, Featherlight Southwest Tour and Goodys Dash. Andy is a well-respected Concours judge judges at The Hilton Head Concours, Radnor Hunt Concours, Cincinatti, Lime Rock Vintage Festival. In 2020 Andy founded the Isolation island Concours d' Elegance a covid lockdown initiative where owners showed their diecast model cars which were were judged online on facebook by Pebble Beach and Amelia Island Concours judges. The concours went 9 rounds from April 2020 to April 2021, had more than 1000 entrants

0:16 This Covid thing is going to be a year 0:24 Pebble Beach is a pipe dream. 0:57 What if you had a concours for toy cars, judged by concours judges? Paul Russell, Ken Gross, Bill Warner... they're not doing anything, just like me 3:01 I was thinking CONCOURS ON THE CARPET. 4:38 in the first round, we had 285 entrants 7:48 we started getting people that have won Pebble multiple times as entrants 9:28 the stories these people told about their toy cars 11:48 raised over 100 grand for charities 12:42 we got nominated for an Octane Award. We were in the same league with Peterson Virtual Concours. So I felt like we did pretty well by just showing up and being mentioned.