Hosted by Daniel Burkholder · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 18 episodes
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The BodyShop Leaders Podcast brings you real conversations with the people shaping the future of collision repair — shop owners, vendors, and innovators who lead with purpose. Hosted by Daniel Burkholder of BodyShop Marketing , each episode dives into the lessons, mindsets, and breakthroughs that drive top-performing shops and the leaders behind them. No fluff. Just authentic stories and practical insights to help you grow, lead, and build a smarter, stronger shop. Powered by BodyShop Marketing — where the best shops come to grow.
Daniel Burkholder hosts The BodyShop Leaders Podcast, a business show with 18 episodes published.
David Luehr started his first collision shop with a $100 bill and a borrowed paint gun. Two years later he had 13 employees and was doing over a million dollars a year — and then he lost all of it. In this episode of The
Tim Paap bought a rusty '67 Mustang at 15, discovered his love for collision repair with chicken wire and body filler, and opened Paap Auto Body as a one-man shop in Mattoon, Illinois in 2001. Nearly 25 years later, he's
"Let us know if we can help you." That's what Jim Lovejoy hears estimators say in shop after shop. And it's not a closing attempt. It's not even close. In this episode, I sit down with Jim Lovejoy, Senior Services Consul
What does it take to go from sweeping floors in your dad's body shop to owning and operating three collision repair locations? In this episode of BodyShop Leaders, host Daniel Burkholder sits down with Doug Martin, secon
In this episode of BodyShop Leaders , Daniel Burkholder talks with Chase Landers about what it means to grow up in a body shop, step into leadership, and help move a family-owned collision repair business into the future
In this episode of BodyShop Leaders , Daniel Burkholder talks with Todd McGee , owner of Johnson Auto Body in Knightdale, North Carolina, about what real leadership looks like inside a successful collision repair shop .
In this episode of BodyShop Leaders , Daniel Burkholder sits down with Steve Olson , Managing Partner of Louisville Collision Centers and co-owner of Manchester Collision , to unpack one of the most compelling growth sto
What if the moment your team starts quitting… is actually proof you’re doing something right? In this episode of BodyShop Leaders, I sit down with multi-shop owner Ken Hunnel to unpack the uncomfortable truth about real
What does it take to scale a collision operation to $75 million across 10+ locations — without sacrificing repair integrity? In this episode of BodyShop Leaders, Daniel Burkholder sits down with David Black, Corporate Co
In Episode 8 of BodyShop Leaders, Daniel Burkholder sits down with Kenny Davis , co-owner of Bob Maloney Collision Group in Northwest Arkansas, an operation built on people-first leadership, certified repairs, and deep c
Most collision shops don’t fail because of bad technicians; they fail because of a leadership mistake. In this episode of BodyShop Leaders, host Daniel Burkholder sits down with Rod Cahoy , Business Development Manager a
What does it really take to scale a collision repair business without losing your culture, or your people? In this episode of BodyShop Leaders, Daniel Burkholder sits down with Jordan Beshears, Vice President of Steve’s
What does it really take to build a collision repair business that lasts—not just financially, but culturally? In this powerful episode of BodyShop Leaders , host Daniel Burkholder sits down with Dave Dunn , founder of D
What makes a great collision repair leader? For Chris Ray, owner of One Twenty-Two Collision and one of Georgia’s fastest growing MSOs, the answer comes down to one simple idea: people fix cars, not numbers. In this insp
What does real leadership look like in a collision shop when the industry is changing faster than ever? In this episode of The BodyShop Leaders Podcast , host Daniel Burkholder sits down with Kyle Bradshaw , Director of
In this second episode of The BodyShop Leaders Podcast, host Daniel Burkholder sits down with Cole Strandberg , Managing Director at Focus Investment Banking and host of The Collision Vision Podcast, to unpack one of the
In this first episode of BodyShop Leaders Podcast , host Daniel Burkholder sits down with Bill Park , founder and CEO of Crunchit , to talk about one of the most overlooked skills in the collision repair industry — finan
Doug Martin
former ECU OC / Kent St & NMSU HC · Martin's Body Shop
1 appearance on this show
Steve Olson
author of Mapping Human History: Genes, Race and our Common Origins · Canna Organics
1 appearance on this show
David Black
Former Owner of the Gondola Getaway and Author of The American Gondolier · David Black Literary Agency
1 appearance on this show
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The BodyShop Leaders Podcast is hosted by Daniel Burkholder. The show is categorised under business (marketing) and has published 18 episodes.
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