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Service Drive Revolution with Chris Collins

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Service Drive Revolution with Chris Collins is a business podcast hosted by Business Outlaws Network. It has 100 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

Got a question for the show? Call us at 1-833-3-ASK-SDR!Chris Collins, the leading Automotive Service Manager Coach and Service Advisor Trainer in the world, discusses little known service drive secret weapons to help pull your service department ahead of the pack. Everything from hiring technicians, increasing dealership CSI, building relationships for long term customer retention, to increasing customer pay sales and more, is all discussed here on Service Drive Revolution. All from the automotive industries #1 go-to guy for Fixed Operations; Chris Collins. Listen, and enjoy!

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Why Your Techs Quit & How To Motivate The Ones You Have (Part 2)

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SDR #353: Why Your Technicians Are Quitting!

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SDR #352: The AI Revolution in Fixed Ops: Unfair Advantage or Impending Doom?

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SDR #351: The $50,000 Menu - Tips To Explode Your Service Drive Profits

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SDR #348: What I Look For When Hiring A Service Performance Coach

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SDR #347: Top 9 Reasons Service Managers Fail (And How to Avoid Them)

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SDR #346: Most Shop Foremen Are Doing This Wrong (And It's Costing You Production)

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SDR #345: Increase Your NPS Score!

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SDR #344: Chris Collins Answers: Why Your Fixed Ops System Is Failing

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SDR #343: Handling Difficult Customers in Fixed Ops the Right Way

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SDR #342: Stop Blaming Communication: The System Is What's Broken

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SDR #341: The Fixed Ops Leadership Mistakes Killing Service Department Profit

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SDR #340: Your Fixed Ops Questions Answered: Scheduling, Walk-Arounds & Diagnostics

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SDR #339: Why Top Leaders Set Goals Differently (Lessons from Taylor Swift)

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SDR #338: Why Unapplied Labor Was Made By The Devil

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SDR #337: Low Hanging Fruit For Quick Fixed Ops Profits!

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SDR #336: Why Service Department Goals Fail!

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SDR #335: The Biggest Problem in Auto Dealerships No One Wants to Fix

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SDR #334: TOXIC SHOP CULTURE FIX: How to Reset Your Dealership & Win Back Your Technicians

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SDR #333: Your Fixed Ops Questions Answered: Surviving Bad Bosses, Broken Systems & Service Drive Problems

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SDR #332: Top Dog 2025 Roundtable: Fixed Ops Leadership Lessons from the Service Drive

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SDR #331: Service Department Culture Mistakes: What's Destroying Your Fixed Ops Team (and How to Fix It)

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SDR #330: Top 7 Service Advisor Pay Plan Failures

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SDR #329: The Moneyball Secret Every Service Manager Needs to Know

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SDR #328: How Great Leaders Keep Technicians and Advisors from Quitting

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SDR #327: Are You Paying Your Techs Enough?

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SDR #326: 7 Steps to Go from Service Manager to General Manager

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SDR #325: Are YOU Ruining Your New Service Advisors?

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SDR #324: What To Do When Customers Say, "NO!"

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SDR #323: What Canada Does Better Than the U.S. (And It's NOT Poutine)

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SDR #322: How Service Managers Get Fired

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SDR #321: Benchmarks For Net-To-Gross, Hours Per RO & Ford Recalls

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SDR #320: From Quick Lube Tech to Master Tech: The Blueprint for Fixed Ops Success

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SDR #319: From Parts Manager To GM - Dave's Incredible Rise Through The World Of Fixed Ops

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SDR #318: How To Make The Best Technician Videos

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SDR #317: Navigating The Next Dealership Crisis

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SDR # 316 Auto Industry High Performers vs. Low Performers

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SDR #315 With Automotive Expert Glenn Lundy!

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SDR #314 With Emmy-Winning Sportscaster Jim Kozimor

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SDR #313 with Grammy-Nominated Producer Scott Erickson

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The Correct Way To Present A Diagnostic Fee To Your Customers

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Channel Update: Service Drive Revolution

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9 Reasons Why Service Managers Fail

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Service and Parts Benchmarks for Profitability | SDR #312

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How Great CSI Can Be So Easy | SDR #311

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A Behind-The Scenes Look At Top Dog 2024 | SDR #310

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The Dealership Business Model Part 3 | SDR #309

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The Dealership Business Model Part 2 | SDR #308

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Q & A | How to Teach an Old Advisor New Tricks

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The Dealership Business Model Part 1 | SDR #307

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