Tuck The Octopus

Running a successful professional dealership is complex, complicated, and perpetual!

Keeping operations running profitably, securely, and legally can feel like trying to tuck an octopus into bed at night while the tentacles keep flopping all over the place!

Tuck The Octopus  will show you how to build a compliance program successfully and flag the important types of risks to consider to safeguard your stores.   As regulatory enforcement and lawsuits against dealerships increase, owners are feeling pressure ratchet up, and they understand the increased need for administrative and compliance excellence.  Companies appreciate now more than ever a governance, risk, and compliance program is necessary to protect their assets.  

With Tuck The Octopus the author, Thomas P. Kline has created a compendium of essays written and guided by his 30+ years of real world wisdom in retail automotive. Tuck The Octopus  will serve as a "primer" to shift and change your thinking as it relates to how to run your dealership.

Here's a partial list of topics which Kline discusses:

1. Risk mitigation and risk management
2. Starting a compliance program
3. Consumer protection rules and regulations
4. Enterprise risk and your exposures
5. Corporate governance
6. Regulatory authorities and how they function (i.e. FTC, CFPB, Attorneys General)
7. New compliance definition and paradigm
8. F&I menus
9. Astroturfing
10. Dealership insurance
11. Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA)
12. Satisfying customers and concluding their complaints
13. Regulatory fines against dealerships
14. Compliance monitoring