Ep. 673 - Why Your Dealership Experience Is Worth More Than You Think, with Megan McDowell

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In this episode, my guest is Megan McDowell, Vice President of Operations at TrueCar. Megan’s career started on the sales floor at Lexus of Austin and took her all the way to the executive table without leaving the automotive industry.

We dig into what she learned from those bell-to-bell dealership days that gave her an edge in leadership, and how skills you might take for granted—like reading people, asking the right questions, and understanding the flow of a deal—can open doors you didn’t even know existed.

We talk about:

Why your dealership experience is more valuable than you think.
How to translate your skills into new opportunities inside and outside the showroom.
The balance between technology, AI, and authentic human connection in the car-buying journey.
What Megan wishes she knew earlier in her career that could have made her even more effective.

If you’ve ever wondered where your automotive career could take you—or how to make the most of the experience you already have—this conversation will give you a fresh perspective and a few ideas you can put to work right away.

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Chapters

1. Ep. 673 - Why Your Dealership Experience Is Worth More Than You Think, with Megan McDowell (00:00:00)

2. Introduction with Megan McDowell (00:00:32)

3. Career Advancement in Automotive (00:03:25)

4. Translating Dealership Skills to Corporate (00:08:47)

5. Building Better Consumer Experiences (00:12:26)

6. Data and Customer Knowledge (00:17:28)

7. Human Experience in an AI World (00:23:03)

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