With all that retail has had to put up with over the last 18 months or so, it’s been a tough road. Store closures have meant many staff have been forced to look elsewhere for employment and a number won’t be back when stores reopen. In the
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The term seagull management means, a manager comes into work, looks for faults, makes lot of noise about the problems they have identified, dumps negative feedback over everyone and then leaves. The result leaves staff feeling upset, demotivated and having to pick themselves up to face the
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A great work culture is an amazing place to be a part of and leaders play an enormous role in defining and then maintaining a great work culture. In this culture, team members are highly motivated, they work for each other, staff turnover is low and outcome
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I have often talked about the need for leaders to evolve and develop new skills when it comes to leading, motivating and retaining the best team members. In retail, I find that the best store leaders have the best team and pull the best results, not too
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The documentary series “The Last Dance” was a big hit in 2020 as it told the story of how Michael Jordan played a massive part in leading the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles in eight years. It was a very interesting insight into the man himself,
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This is not the first time I have said this – Great leaders are hard to find! In an age where it’s getting harder to recruit and retain the best team, great leadership is the key to an engaged and motivated team. Yet the biggest reason people
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I am always amazed when I train managers and area managers how to coach, that their biggest challenge when communicating, giving instructions or providing feedback, is to stop telling the team member what to do. We seem to think as a manager, we have to know all
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The age old conundrum, who is more important customers or employees? This question which I’m sure has many different answers, is an interesting one. Without customers we don’t have a business, however the same applies that with no employees we also have no business. I grew up
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“Culture eats strategy for breakfast” (and lunch and dinner)! This famous quote came from legendary management guru Peter Drucker and still holds true today. Particularly in today’s turbulent times. Recent research from Gallup certainly backs up this point, when they uncovered that businesses are at an increased
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Trust is often in short supply in today’s world, you only have to look at what’s going on with Covid 19 and the blame game around whose fault it is. Yet trust is a key commodity for all business leaders if they want to get the best
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