The Dealership War Room

The Discipline of Execution

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Here’s the truth no one tells you about leadership —

It’s not the big moments that define you.

It’s the little ones.

The way you walk into the shop after a bad morning.

The tone you use with an advisor after a mistake.

The follow-up you do when no one’s watching.

Elite operators don’t win because they’re lucky —

They win because they’ve mastered the mundane.

They’ve built daily disciplines and internal systems that protect their people and sharpen their edge.

In this episode, Chris Hunsicker closes out Dr. Robert Sutton’s 12 Beliefs of a Good Boss with the final three — the ones that test consistency, integrity, and self-awareness under pressure.

Inside you’ll learn:

The Final 3 Beliefs of Great Bosses:

  1. Bad Is Stronger Than Good.
  2. → It’s more important to eliminate the negative than to accentuate the positive.
  3. One toxic act cancels five good ones. Clean your culture like your shop.
  4. How I Do Things Matters as Much as What I Do.
  5. → You can win the month and lose your people.
  6. Choose process over impulse — composure over chaos. Execution with integrity is the only kind that lasts.
  7. Because I Wield Power, I’m Always at Risk of Acting Like an Insensitive Jerk.
  8. → Power blinds. Fight that blindness by inviting feedback, watching your wake, and leading with people — not at them.

Execution Bridge: The Bad-to-Good Reset Ratio

At day’s end, take 3 minutes to log your leadership:

  1. Remove One Negative.
  2. → Gossip shut down, system fixed, toxic habit corrected.
  3. Add Three Positives.
  4. → Recognition, gratitude, or catching someone doing something right.
  5. Reflect Honestly.
  6. → Did I lead from ego or from example today?

Do this every day for a week. Watch your store’s energy shift — lighter, faster, more alive — because you’re modeling leadership with discipline and self-mastery.

Elite leadership isn’t built in moments of brilliance. It’s built in moments of discipline.

The way you walk matters more than the words you say.

Eliminate one negative. Double your positives.

Then go out today and create some leadership fire.love the show? like, rate, review and share

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Recommended Next Steps for New Listeners

  1. Pick your first battle. Scroll through past episodes and start with one that calls you out.
  2. Make it your morning fire ritual. Seven minutes before the chaos begins — listen, learn, lead.
  3. Bring your managers in. Share an episode and challenge them to take one daily action.
  4. Track your wins. Stack 30 days of execution and see how fast the culture shifts.

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If this episode sparked something for you, share it with another leader today. Copy the link, drop it in a text, and tell them:

“You need to hear this — it’s only 7 minutes, and it will make you better today.”

Remember:

You don’t need a better market.

You don’t need better