“We are so proud of this amazing QAS team. The opportunity for our employees to achieve both professional and personal growth and build teamwork is vital to our business and their lasting role in it." Bill & Sheila Greeno, Owners Quality Automotive Servicing, Truckee Quality Automotive Servicing (formerly Quality Automotive and Smog) in Truckee has owners who care about employee development and growth. Over the past decade, Bill and Sheila Greeno, have earmarked President's Day as an annual opportunity for the team to get together and work on personal/professional development and team building. The couple recognizes that a company culture of cooperation, growth and personal development is vital to a successful business. This past weekend, the group took the day to review the CliftonStrengths model that they have been using for the past eight years. Working with Tahoe City CliftonStrengths consultant, Susan Giacobazzi, the team dug deeper ... read more

Who Has Woo? We take employee development seriously. We recognize that our people are our greatest asset, and therefore are worth the investment! Each time we hire, we have our new employee take the StrengthsFinders assessment so we can learn more about what that person brings to the table and where, specifically, their talents lie. Not the skills that they learned in school (of course we’ve already checked those out!) but the natural talents they innately have. CliftonStrengths revealed that Gary has “Woo” as one of his top talents. Woo stands for Winning Others Over - which is what makes him so skilled at connecting with customers! Gary is famous for this skill with customers and shares this trait with another famous person, TV character Fonzi from Happy Days. Maggie’s “Responsibility” strength is what makes her incredibly dependable. Dealing with customers everyday at the counter, this strength reinforces that Maggie has great follow-through ... read more