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Reward Your Staff for Workplace Safety

Reward Your Staff for Workplace Safety

Workplace safety is a critical concern of any convenience store operation and not only because of the escalating costs of worker’s compensation claims. When an employee gets hurt on the job, the entire staff suffers; so does the service provided to your customers....

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Reward Your Staff for Workplace Safety

Workplace safety is a critical concern of any convenience store operation and not only because of the escalating costs of worker’s compensation claims. When an employee gets hurt on the job, the entire staff suffers; so does the service provided to your customers....

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Top Employee Training Trends for 2024

Top Employee Training Trends for 2024

The convenience industry is very dynamic, and if you don’t keep up with the trends you’ll lose out. This mentality is common when running promotions, selecting new products, and laying out your store; but you should be applying it to your employee training as well!...

Manage Training with Blended Learning Strategies

Manage Training with Blended Learning Strategies

There’s truth in the Chinese proverb that says, “I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.” Adult learners remember what they see two times more effectively than what they read. Whether you’re launching a new promotion or certifying employees...

Set Your Leadership Goals to READ

Set Your Leadership Goals to READ

Are you a boss, or a leader? Almost anyone can be a boss, but it takes a special set of skills and talents to be a leader. Let’s look at a few differences: Bosses bark orders. Leaders develop skills. Bosses see employees as blocks in the schedule. Leaders see...

From Boomers to GenZ: The Future of the C-Store Workforce

From Boomers to GenZ: The Future of the C-Store Workforce

If you’re like most convenience store managers, your workforce might look like a multi-generational family tree. It’s common for c-stores to employ people of all different ages and generations, from Baby Boomers to GenZ. All these employees have some things in common,...

Dealing with Leadership Burnout

Dealing with Leadership Burnout

As a convenience store leader, you want to give your best self to the store, the employees, and the customers. That’s for good reason, as morale, reputation, and trust in the company or store are all boosted under an energetic and effective leader. What many people in...

Convenience Store Training & Teamwork

Convenience Store Training & Teamwork

Your convenience store training has two primary goals. First is to ensure employees are following store procedures and are working in compliance with regulating laws. Good compliance training and new employee orientation programs can usually take care of your...

Are Your Employees Getting the Support They Need?

Are Your Employees Getting the Support They Need?

You do a lot to support your employees. After all, employees that feel supported are happier at work, and those benefits extend from their own wellbeing to the overall atmosphere and operations of your convenience store. But how can you make sure that your efforts are...

Conduct a Training Needs Analysis

Conduct a Training Needs Analysis

New employees bring with them an inventory of knowledge and skills, education, and experience they already possess. To train the unknown, you need to find out the breadth of that knowledge and skill and what still needs to be learned. Just be sure the training to be...

Yes, You Do Need to Sweat the Small Stuff

Yes, You Do Need to Sweat the Small Stuff

Great leaders are visionaries. They are able to see multiple avenues to success in the big picture while leaving the details to the doers of the world. As a convenience store manager, your role often falls right in the middle. You must be a leader and a doer. You must...

Behavior Modeling: Your Employees Are Watching You

Behavior Modeling: Your Employees Are Watching You

While onboarding employees at your store, one of the most important topics you cover is your expectations for the job, including what the employees do and how they act while on the clock. Usually, employees are very good at meeting those expectations – for a couple...

Stop Talking and Start Listening

Stop Talking and Start Listening

As a convenience store manager, you probably spend a lot of time talking. Every day, you have to talk with employees, customers, vendors, and the list goes on. If you had to put a timer to it, how many hours do you think you spend in a work day just talking? Whatever...

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