
Mark Coleman, the previous vice chairman of businesss growth and asset remarketing at Aspect Fleet Administration, has served because the full-time government director of the IARA since June 2023.
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IARA government director Mark Coleman introduced just lately that IARA has launched a podcast collection known as “Listening to Voices,” a play on IARA’s tagline The Voice of the Consignor.
The podcast collection is powered by Higher Rockford Auto Public sale, and is accessible from IARA’s web site at iara.biz, in addition to most podcast shops.
A Concentrate on Management Subjects
The preliminary three episodes of the Listening to Voices podcast function interviews with Joe Miller, success coach and founding father of Consciousness to Motion Teaching, on the subject of management and listening; Dave Blake, government director of the Impartial Public sale Group and vice chairman at DAA Seattle, on the subject of management and repair; and Professor Shann Ferch of Gonzaga College on the subject of management and forgiveness.
“IARA’s intention is to assist our members acquire a aggressive edge,” Coleman mentioned in a Feb. 6 information launch, “and good management is the last word edge.” Over time, podcast subjects will develop to incorporate rising applied sciences in remarketing, careers within the business, and extra.

The Listening to Voices podcast can even present listeners insights on the automotive business, standing of the market, enterprise practices, and business subjects.
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30-Minute Interviews Yield Key Insights
Holding to a 30-minute format, the podcasts are hosted and produced by Abigail Balk, advertising and communications supervisor at Higher Rockford Auto Public sale. Balk creates considerate questions for podcast friends designed to elicit a mixture of private experiences from the friends, in addition to sage recommendation.
“Our purpose is to ship enriching content material, whereas additionally offering some actionable recommendation. I believe we hit the mark with our first few installments,” Abigail mentioned.
Higher Rockford Auto Public sale supplies a full vary of remarketing providers, together with six public sale lanes, state of-the-art reconditioning, onsite mechanical providers, inspections, transportation, simulcast, and an inhouse floorplan program. It sits on 35 acres on the mid-point of the Chicago, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, and the Quad Cities markets on the Iowa-Illinois border on the Mississippi River.
The IARA, based in 2001, is a nonprofit group that goals to help, educate, and share information with its members and business companions within the area of car remarketing.