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03Parts
04F&I
05Body Shop
06Office
07Marketing
08Administration
THE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
CONNECTED BY MOTIV

Take care of the people.
Who take care of the store.

Connect the work behind the work. Bring people, training, recognition and internal coordination into the same dealership platform.

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Administration in MOTIV · the one idea

Know your people. Before the exit interview does.

Turnover is the most expensive thing a dealership doesn’t measure. MOTIV puts the check-in, the training record and the recognition where the work already happens, and nobody is scored on a number someone made up.

What stands out.

Ranked by what makes a general manager lean in.

01General manager

A check-in, logged and followed up.

A manager logs the conversation and gets a prompt to follow up. The employee sees that it happened. Each department sets what losing someone really costs.

The feeling it replaces
“We find out they were unhappy at the exit interview.”
The feeling it creates
“We talked in week two, and it’s on the record.”
Administration · peopleSample data
02Service manager

Signed off by someone who watched.

The store defines the skill. The tech asks for a sign-off, and the signer confirms “I watched this happen.” Nobody signs their own.

The feeling it replaces
“Certified means he sat through a video.”
The feeling it creates
“Someone watched him do it.”
Sign-off · Marcus asked
Brake bleed · ABS module
Done on RO 100341 · Oct 14
I watched this happen
Clean bleed, scan tool sequence followed, pedal checked.
Sign off
Signed by someone who watched
Marcus Reyes · training
What you owe · 2
You can ask. You can’t sign your own.
Brake bleed · ABS module
Asked J. Marsh · Oct 14
Asked
Wheel alignment · ADAS
Not asked yet
Open
Battery test and replace
Signed Sep 20 · J. Marsh
Signed
The tech’s side
Administration · trainingSample data
03Technician

Your record, frozen when the period locks.

When a pay period locks, each person’s record is published. Managers in their chain read it and cite it in a review, so the review quotes the record instead of a memory.

The feeling it replaces
“My review was about one bad week.”
The feeling it creates
“My review cites my actual numbers.”
Administration · your recordSample data
04Everyone

Share a win with the number that’s true.

The store’s intranet can share a department win with numbers taken from the same place as the dashboard, and the person posting picks who sees it.

The feeling it replaces
“A photo of a whiteboard in the group chat.”
The feeling it creates
“The win posts with the real number.”
Administration · intranetSample data
05General manager

The weekly meeting keeps its promises.

Headlines, issues and to-dos in one place. A to-do keeps its owner and due date after the meeting ends, and shows up again next week until it’s done.

The feeling it replaces
“Same issue every Tuesday, and nobody owns it.”
The feeling it creates
“Last week’s to-dos are on this week’s agenda.”
Administration · meetingsSample data

Also standing out.

The people side most systems leave to a binder.

Onboarding with owners

The store’s own first-week steps, each with an owner, from the day someone starts.

Day 1 · tool set issuedDone
Week 1 · shadow an advisorOpen

An org chart from real reporting lines

Built from who reports to whom in the system, so it’s never a stale slide.

Reed WhitakerDealer principal1 direct
Denise OkaforGeneral manager7 direct

Forecasts beside results

Yearly targets by department, kept where the month’s results are read.

Service · 2027Hours sold target
Parts · 2027Gross target

One employee, start to finish.

The store sees every step. The employee sees their own.

  1. 1

    Hired

    Onboarding steps with owners.

    A first week that’s ready
  2. 2

    Settled

    Org chart and the intranet.

    Who’s who, on day one
  3. 3

    Trained

    Sign-offs by who watched.

    What they still owe
  4. 4

    Paid

    The record publishes at lock.

    Their own numbers
  5. 5

    Checked in

    Logged and followed up.

    Someone asked
  6. 6

    Recognized

    A win, shared.

    Their work, seen
  7. 7

    Reviewed

    The record, cited.

    A fair review

Seat by seat.

How the day feels before and after, in each seat’s own words.

General manager

“Exit interviews are my turnover data.”

“Check-ins before it’s too late.”

Service manager

“Training is a sign-in sheet.”

“Signed off by whoever watched.”

Technician

“My review is a feeling.”

“It cites my record.”

Office · HR

“Onboarding lives in a binder.”

“Steps with owners.”

The little things.

Nobody buys on these. They’re why the GM says “finally.”

  • Nobody is scored on sample dataa made-up 80% on someone’s card
  • You can’t sign your own sign-offself-certified techs
  • Win numbers are worked out on the servera rounded-up number in the feed
  • A new store starts empty, not with samplessomeone else’s mission statement
  • Withdrawing a sign-off needs a reasona silent retraction
  • Records freeze at locknumbers that change after the review
  • Posts have an audiencemanagers’ talk in the shop feed
  • To-dos keep their owner“who had that?”
  • Check-ins show the employee they happeneda file they never knew about

Keep the people. Keep the store.

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INSIDE ADMINISTRATION

The tools behind
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01

Employee onboarding

Give each new hire a clearer start with organized onboarding and policies.

02

HR & performance

Keep reviews, time off, and employee information in one place.

03

Recognition & rewards

Create space to recognize contributions across the dealership.

04

Internal team messaging

Keep departments connected without separating conversations from daily work.

05

Training & Academy

Support learning, role-specific development, and a stronger team.

06

Meetings

Run daily huddles and weekly leadership meetings with the headlines, issues and to-dos in one place.

07

Requests

Turn an internal ask into a tracked request with an owner and a clear next step.

08

Forecasts

Set departmental targets and keep the plan beside the results it is measured against.