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.
"Fear Is a Mile Wide, But an Inch Deep" | Logan Martin on Scaling From 1 to 4 Shops
"Fear is a mile wide, but an inch deep." That's how Logan Martin, co-owner of Mr. Dent Collision Repair, describes the leap most shop owners are too scared to take. In this episode of The BodyShop Leaders Podcast, Logan shares the story of a true family business — three generations of Martins fixing and painting cars in West Plains, Missouri — and how he went from a three-month stint as an accountant to running a growing multi-shop operation now building its fourth location. We get into the r...
25 Sept 2026
"I Thought We Were Doing It Right" The Question That Changed How Josh Piccione Runs His Shop
Josh Piccione started his collision career manning a pressure washer. Today he's the general manager of Tom Wood Collision Center in Indianapolis, running one of the most heavily OEM-certified shops in the country — more than 20 manufacturer certifications under one roof. But the turning point in his career wasn't a promotion. It was a question he couldn't answer. At his first 20 group, moderator Mike Anderson called him to the front of the room as "the most certified shop here" and asked how...
10 Sept 2026
How a Firing Started a 40-Employee Shop | Kena Dacus
Kena Dacus never planned to own a body shop. She had an accounting degree, a career in banking, and a husband with a dream. Then Chris asked his boss — a shop owner in his late seventies — about buying the business someday. The next morning he was told that if he wanted to be the competition, it was time to part ways. Three months into their marriage, he was unemployed. What they had left was a 3,000-square-foot building on Main Street in Canton, Kansas, a town of about 700 people. They bough...
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