Fountain Tire: Employing the Best Leaders in the Industry
In a report in Energy Digital, Nelson Tonn explains why Fountain Tire is looking for the best leaders in its industry.

CARLSBAD, CA, October 21, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In a report in Energy Digital, Nelson Tonn explains why Fountain Tire is looking for the best leaders in its industry.

Fountain Tire, a tire retail chain located throughout Canada, got its start in 1956 in Wainwright, Alberta. Founder Bill Fountain believed in providing customers the best service, a value that is fundamental to the company's business even today. The company was one of the first to offer off-site service in which Fountain Tire would take service trucks out to the farms of the customers.

Today, Fountain Tire is exceptionally unique with its continued heavy focus on providing the best customer service and also its pursuit of best leaders in the industry. Offering branch owners 50 per cent of profits, it's easy to see why it's a success in the retail industry.

Nelson Tonn, the Vice President of Marketing and Supply Chain at Fountain Tire, has developed his career through Fountain Tire. With the company since 1998, Tonn started off in Fountain Tire's advertising side of the business. In 2009, Tonn was promoted to VP of Marketing and Supply Chain and recognizes that although he has an Marketing background, his success in supply chain is a direct result of the great people on his team.

"It's my fundamental belief that retaining employees is ultimately every leader's responsibility and not the corporation's. People leave managers, not companies. You can have the best possible retention strategies and programs in place, but if you're not engaged with your people they're not going to be engaged and they aren't going to stay," says Tonn.

Read the article here. http://www.energydigital.com/reports/fountain-tire

About the Fountain Tire

As a nationally recognized tire dealer in Canada, Fountain Tire offers a wide range of car, truck, and trailer tires, as well as complete automotive services, for any make and model of vehicle. First started in 1956 in Wainwright, Alberta, by Bill Fountain, Fountain Tire expertly combines key factors such as experienced owners, licensed automotive technicians, and quality products to form a company driven to serve. Today, it has over 140 stores spanning as far west as Victoria, British Columbia and as far east as Thunder Bay, Ontario.
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