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Is Sharpening Your Skill Set Along the Way the Fine Print to Your Career Success?

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Career Development Leadership Development This is a question I have been meditating on for a few months now. Kristy currently functions as the Director of Social Responsibility for a consumer goods manufacturer who supplies to the world’s top retailers. Connect with Kristy on Linkedin or her Lead Change Profile page.

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How Successful Leaders Use Both Retail and Wholesale Communications

Next Level Blog

Successful candidates are masters of both retail communications (the coffee klatches and selfies) and wholesale communications (the rallies and ad campaigns). Retail and wholesale communications have applications far beyond politics. Narrowcasting is another way to think about retail communications. How do you want them to feel?

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How To Lead With Guts (and Have Their Backs)

Let's Grow Leaders

Retail is always a balancing act of providing great customer service and not giving away the store. Don’t go along and destroy the vision or someone’s career to protect your own. Be THAT guy and your career will follow. After all, we had strict guidelines about what we could and could not do. Every time.

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How Do I Gain Respect When My Team Doesn’t Like Me?

Let's Grow Leaders

There was one time in my career where I was absolutely certain that my team didn’t like me. I had been promoted to lead a 2200 person retail sales team at Verizon. And, fourteen out of fourteen had been in retail sales for their entire careers. The problem was I had zero sales experience.

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The Strategic Advantage of Implementing a Junior Advisory Board in Your Organization

N2Growth Blog

Integrating young talents into decision-making processes allows organizations to tap into valuable insights, especially pertinent in sectors like fashion, food, and retail, where younger consumer preferences are pivotal.

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My Team Doesn’t Like Me, What Should I Do? (With Video)

Let's Grow Leaders

There was one time in my career where I was absolutely certain that my team didn’t like me. I had been promoted to lead a 2200 person retail sales team at Verizon. And, fourteen out of fourteen had been in retail sales for their entire careers. The problem was I had zero sales experience.

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Delegate Desired Results, Not Activities

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Career Development Leadership Development Why is delegating so dang hard? Kristy currently functions as the Director of Social Responsibility for a consumer goods manufacturer who supplies to the world’s top retailers. Connect with Kristy on Linkedin or her Lead Change Profile page.