I’m sure we all know that goal setting is very powerful when it comes to achieving results. After all, if there’s no target, how do we know if we have been successful? There’s a great story about why 3% of Harvard MBA students make 10 times more
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I speak with hundreds of franchisees and store managers every year, during training courses and store visits. One of the biggest challenges I hear them say is “having to give negative feedback to my staff.” Most franchisees/managers find this type of feedback confrontational so prefer to ignore
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“In the coming years, everything that can be digitized will be digitized. But there’s one thing that can’t be digitized and that’s the customer!” I came across the Accenture Digital Disconnect in Customer Engagement report, which was published recently, and found some very interesting trends in customer
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Every retailer has expectations of their staff – uniform requirements, how to complete tasks, how to serve customers etc, etc. However I find that a number of staff certainly don’t meet my expectations, let alone exceed them, when I’m a customer. Why is this the case? Maybe
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Every retailer has their own set of Golden Rules – the rules their staff need to follow when dealing with customers, when performing their duties, and the general rules of the business. My question is always – do you and your staff live by these rules?
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I have spoken a few times about the challenge of online sales to the traditional bricks and mortar (B & M) stores. The growth of online sales continues to outstrip B & M stores growth and shows no signs of slowing down. Recent data shows online sales
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Every retailer on the planet wants to sell more products or services to every customer that walks into their store or makes a purchase online. However so many times I see the action (or inaction) of retailers preventing the customer from buying. In the stores, it can
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I still find it fascinating and very disturbing when a business doesn’t handle a complaint well. It is so easy for customers to simply go elsewhere, there is so much choice these days. If you’d like some simple tips to better handle customer complaints click here for
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I read a great article about a retailer in the US who seems to have a way to reduce the massive challenges with recruiting and managing their team. The retailer, Pal’s Sudden Service, a smallish US based fast food chain, was recently featured in a great article
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One of the biggest areas that we help managers and franchisees with, is how to give effective feedback, that staff actually take on board and then improve their performance. Most managers struggle in this area because they are never taught an effective way. Just by being promoted
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