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

Why don’t we make the idea of foundational training more important than we do, and if we were to change our mindset

I write often about using articles and reading as a component of personal development. There is a lot of information available to all of us at any given time.

Performance appraisals always seem to create some level of questioning or even controversy these days.

Like several different version of the saying goes - the best time to complete a development plan for this year was six months ago. The second best time is right now.

Goal setting, achievement, and personal development can be closely related. Some of your goals for this year may be related to your personal growth, and that is excellent.