‘Times may be tough, but 2021 brings hope for a fresh start’
Happy new year – in spirit, if not yet in reality for many of us involved in the retail sector. Whatever our aspirations for the year, I’m optimistic that 2021 will ultimately provide the opportunity for a fresh start.
‘Times may be tough, but 2021 brings hope for a fresh start’
Happy new year – in spirit, if not yet in reality for many of us involved in the retail sector. Whatever our aspirations for the year, I’m optimistic that 2021 will ultimately provide the opportunity for a fresh start.
Time for a rethink?
Time management has been around so long as a corporate subject that it’s been in danger of falling completely off the corporate radar. Back in the heady days of the 1980s, it was a hot topic with expert trainers promising to find over-worked executives an hour or more of time in their day – even that they could actually go home on time sometimes.
Staying agile in your leadership style helps weather the storms
For any senior manager or CEO, it is useful to take some time to reflect on the kind of leadership style you inhabit and see whether it is working for you and your team. There is a wide range of possible management styles and different ways to list and categorise them.
Remote working mindfully
Pre-Covid-19, mindfulness had already been steadily migrating from the domain of the leftfield towards mainstream acceptance and an improving reputation as a valid business tool.
Morale in the time of Covid
Let's talk about morale. What is it? Why should leaders care about it, and what leadership strategies can they adopt to motivate their teams and unlock the hidden power source of 'morale'.
Leadership Styles
Leadership is different to management, in that to be a leader, one must have at least one follower. Credited with high levels of social intelligence, leaders are often resilient to change. They are considered masters of not only self-awareness but also pre-empt the actions of others.
Is retail heading towards a greener future?
Among the raft of recent unwelcome news items for the retail sector, The British Retail Consortium (BRC), which represents 63 of Britain’s major retailers, has looked far beyond the current gloom to a brighter and greener long-term future.
How can a retail executive benefit from coaching and mentoring?
Being an effective retail executive means staying at the top of your game, and seeking top-level coaching and mentoring that’s tailored to the needs of retail executives is an essential element of your career tool kit.
3 tips every retail executive needs to know
There is a lot more to being a good executive than just taking charge of other people. Anyone hoping to work as an executive for a retail business needs to keep the following three tips in mind.
Find your team’s strength in diversity
Retail businesses increasingly depend on highly diverse teams that bring together the skills and energies of men and women of different ages, people from different cultural, social and religious backgrounds. There’s great strength to be found in diversity. But it comes with its own special challenges for managers.