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π‘ͺ𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕 π‘©π’Šπ’Žπ’Šπ’π’Š 𝑳𝑬𝑽
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𝑻𝒉𝒆 π‘―π’–π’Žπ’‚π’ π‘­π’π’–π’π’…π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ π‘©π’†π’‰π’Šπ’π’… π‘©π’Šπ’Žπ’Šπ’π’Š

π‘―π’π’˜ 𝒂𝒏 π‘¬π’‚π’“π’π’š 𝑳𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏 π’Šπ’ 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕 π‘©π’†π’„π’‚π’Žπ’† 𝒂 π‘·π’‰π’Šπ’π’π’”π’π’‘π’‰π’š 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π‘³π’†π’‚π’…π’†π’“π’”π’‰π’Šπ’‘, π‘©π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’†π’”π’” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π‘³π’‚π’”π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ π‘Ήπ’†π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’π’”π’‰π’Šπ’‘π’”

By Kevin Miller, Managing Partner and Co-Founder Bimini Leisure Electric Vehicles

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰𝒕 π‘©π’†π’ˆπ’‚π’

Early in my career, while training as a young automotive salesman, I encountered a principle that would remain with me throughout every stage of my professional life. What initially appeared to be a lesson about sales gradually became 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’‰π’π’˜ 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅, π’‰π’π’˜ 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‰π’π’˜ π’ƒπ’–π’”π’Šπ’π’†π’”π’” 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅.

β€œπ‘¨ π’•π’“π’‚π’π’”π’‚π’„π’•π’Šπ’π’ π’Žπ’‚π’š 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒓, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 π’π’π’π’š 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 π’ƒπ’–π’Šπ’π’… 𝒂 π’“π’†π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’π’”π’‰π’Šπ’‘ π’˜π’π’“π’•π’‰ π’Œπ’†π’†π’‘π’Šπ’π’ˆ.”

As my career developed, I learned that the strongest professionals did not begin with persuasion. They began by listening, understanding the person in front of them and determining whether they could provide genuine value, because π’„π’“π’†π’…π’Šπ’ƒπ’Šπ’π’Šπ’•π’š 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 π’Žπ’‚π’π’–π’‡π’‚π’„π’•π’–π’“π’†π’… π’•π’‰π’“π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰ 𝒂 π’‘π’“π’†π’”π’†π’π’•π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 π’…π’†π’Žπ’‚π’π’…π’†π’… π’•π’‰π’“π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰ 𝒂 π’•π’Šπ’•π’π’†.

𝑨 𝑳𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏 π’Šπ’ π‘³π’†π’‚π’…π’†π’“π’”π’‰π’Šπ’‘

That early lesson also shaped my understanding of leadership. 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒆 π’π’†π’‚π’…π’†π’“π’”π’‰π’Šπ’‘ 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 π’ƒπ’†π’ˆπ’Šπ’ π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’‚π’–π’•π’‰π’π’“π’Šπ’•π’š; π’Šπ’• π’ƒπ’†π’ˆπ’Šπ’π’” π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’“π’†π’”π’‘π’π’π’”π’Šπ’ƒπ’Šπ’π’Šπ’•π’š. A leader must remain accountable not only for the results an organization produces, but also for how those results are achieved and how the people affected by its decisions are treated along the way.

Over time, I recognized that customers, dealers and business partners may not remember every specification, presentation or promise, but they remember whether they were respected, whether the information they received was honest and whether support remained available when circumstances became difficult. π‘ͺ𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 π’Šπ’” 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒏 π’π’π’π’š 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒆; π’Šπ’• π’Šπ’” 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒅 π’ƒπ’š π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔 π’‚π’‡π’•π’†π’“π’˜π’‚π’“π’….

π‘―π’π’˜ 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 π‘·π’“π’Šπ’π’„π’Šπ’‘π’π’† 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒔 π‘©π’Šπ’Žπ’Šπ’π’Š

Those experiences became part of the foundation upon which Bimini Leisure Electric Vehicles is being built. Bimini was not created simply to place another electric vehicle into a crowded marketplace; it was created to build a company whose value would be measured by 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’’π’–π’‚π’π’Šπ’•π’š 𝒐𝒇 π’Šπ’•π’” π’—π’†π’‰π’Šπ’„π’π’†π’”, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’Šπ’π’•π’†π’ˆπ’“π’Šπ’•π’š 𝒐𝒇 π’Šπ’•π’” 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’”π’•π’“π’†π’π’ˆπ’•π’‰ 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’“π’†π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’π’”π’‰π’Šπ’‘π’” π’ƒπ’–π’Šπ’π’• 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 π’•π’‰π’†π’Ž.

For those principles to be credible, they must begin within the organization. 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕, π’•π’“π’‚π’π’”π’‘π’‚π’“π’†π’π’„π’š 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‚π’„π’„π’π’–π’π’•π’‚π’ƒπ’Šπ’π’Šπ’•π’š 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 π’†π’™π’Šπ’”π’• π’π’π’π’š 𝒂𝒔 π’„π’–π’”π’•π’π’Žπ’†π’“-π’‡π’‚π’„π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’‘π’“π’π’Žπ’Šπ’”π’†π’”. They must guide ownership, management and every person entrusted with representing the Bimini name.

When those standards are practiced internally, they naturally extend outward to factories, suppliers, dealers, technicians and customers. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 π’„π’π’Žπ’‘π’‚π’π’š π’Šπ’” 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒅 π’˜π’‰π’†π’ π’†π’—π’†π’“π’šπ’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’ˆπ’π’†π’” π’‚π’„π’„π’π’“π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 π’Šπ’ π’‰π’π’˜ π’Šπ’• 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒔 π’˜π’‰π’†π’ π’„π’‰π’‚π’π’π’†π’π’ˆπ’†π’” π’‚π’“π’Šπ’”π’†. No sales presentation or mission statement can replace the confidence created when a company communicates honestly, accepts responsibility and follows through on its commitments.

π‘©π’†π’šπ’π’π’… 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π‘»π’“π’‚π’π’”π’‚π’„π’•π’Šπ’π’

For Bimini, the transaction is not the final objective. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒆 π’Žπ’‚π’š π’ƒπ’†π’ˆπ’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’“π’†π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’π’”π’‰π’Šπ’‘, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 π’‰π’π’π’†π’”π’•π’š, 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‡π’–π’π’‡π’Šπ’π’π’†π’… π’„π’π’Žπ’Žπ’Šπ’•π’Žπ’†π’π’•π’” 𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’ˆπ’Šπ’—π’† π’Šπ’• π’π’‚π’”π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆. Our responsibility continues through the vehicles we deliver, the accuracy of the information we provide and the support we offer after those vehicles have been placed into service.

The Bimini story is therefore about more than electric vehicles. It is about building a company where π’ˆπ’“π’π’˜π’•π’‰ 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 π’„π’π’Žπ’† 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 π’Šπ’π’•π’†π’ˆπ’“π’Šπ’•π’š, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’ƒπ’–π’”π’Šπ’π’†π’”π’” 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 π’ƒπ’†π’„π’π’Žπ’†π’” π’Žπ’π’“π’† π’Šπ’Žπ’‘π’π’“π’•π’‚π’π’• 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 π’˜π’‰π’π’”π’† π’„π’π’π’‡π’Šπ’…π’†π’π’„π’† π’Žπ’‚π’Œπ’†π’” 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’ˆπ’“π’π’˜π’•π’‰ π’‘π’π’”π’”π’Šπ’ƒπ’π’†.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑾𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒆 π‘©π’–π’Šπ’π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ

Ultimately, π’π’‚π’”π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 π’ƒπ’–π’Šπ’π’• π’ƒπ’š π’•π’“π’‚π’π’”π’‚π’„π’•π’Šπ’π’π’” 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆. They are built when trust is earned before commitment is requested, relationships are respected beyond their immediate financial value and the people behind the company consistently demonstrate that their word, responsibility and support will remain long after the sale is complete.

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