#52 Three Elements to Success w/ Dean Vicha - President of NationaLease

Dean Vicha has accumulated 27 years in the truck rental and leasing industry. He has held a variety of posts of increasing responsibility up to his current position of President of NationaLease, obtained in 2012. He currently oversees the North American Organization which provides NationaLease Membership with Member to Member Support, Purchasing, National Account Acquisition and Management, and Meeting/Training Coordination to over 900 locations. In this episode, we talk about his stellar career at NationaLease, the company, and how his experiences shaped him to be the leader he is today. We also talk about his secrets to success and what are the three elements he looks for to know how someone can succeed. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dean-vicha-8a414822  Check out https://www.DitchDiggerCEO.com/ for this week's TOP 8 Business Growth strategies and subscribe to our newsletter to download Gary’s 13 Keys to Creating a Multi-Million Dollar Business. Follow us on Instagram @DitchDiggerCEO for more helpful Business Growth tips. Our goal is to inspire everyone to start their own business and help you grow it to millions or even billions in value so if you feel any benefit from this episode please let us know by leaving an iTunes review, sharing this episode on social media and emailing a link to anyone you think would also find benefit here. Thank you.  01:30 Start 03:15 Get to know Dean Vicha’s company, Nationalease  05:15 What makes Nationalease different   07:46 The Ace Hardware model  10:40 Getting to know Dean Vicha   22:15 Getting a CDL license   25:45 Dean’s challenges as a leader and lessons  29:45 Dean’s leadership style  35:15 Taking responsibility   38:45 Three elements of success   46:50 Shifting his focus from sports to education during college  53:50 How COVID affected the company culture   56:45 Preparing for 2021   59:30 Post COVID changes   1:08:25 Developing your company culture  Connect with Gary Rabine and DDCEO:  Visit the DDCEO BLOG: https://www.DitchDiggerCEO.com/  Follow DDCEO on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DitchDiggerCEO Like DDCEO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DitchDiggerCEO Follow DDCEO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DitchDiggerCEO  Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh03Px5ez_xe_oE_iJMMN