One of the realities of retail are visits from District Managers, Regional Managers, or Corporate Support Partners.

The old saying goes ‘knowledge is power.’ There is some truth to that. But not all knowledge is created equal. We live in a world full of information readily available.

Much like leadership itself, there is a belief that influencing others is something that comes with a title or an activity that not everyone can participate in. However, like leadership, anyone can be an influencer.

Every great leader is both a teacher and a learner. There are distinct differences in those, but there are also important variances.

The way to deliver consistent, outstanding results is to have a team of people that are giving discretionary effort. Every leader would love to have more discretionary effort.

The mid-year point is almost as important as the beginning of the year in terms of goal setting and assessing where you are at.

So, here are four additional potential hazards that store leaders (or any leader for that matter) can be conscious of, and avoid.

Training and development are two of my favorite topics. I have always been interested in training. I recall many years back talking about training in two different lights during separate interviews.

One of the most frequent questions I get asked (and have heard being asked) is about the difference between Managers and Leaders. The internet is full of articles and information about both terms as well as that very question