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5 Ways to Recognize Leadership Potential
For any business to grow, it needs to fill a continuing cycle of leadership positions. Most managers in the convenience store industry started out in a support position and moved their way up. Someone, somewhere along the way, saw potential in them and put it to work...
5 Ways to Recognize Leadership Potential
For any business to grow, it needs to fill a continuing cycle of leadership positions. Most managers in the convenience store industry started out in a support position and moved their way up. Someone, somewhere along the way, saw potential in them and put it to work...
Orientation Success
We’ve all heard the saying, “you never get a second chance to make a first impression.” Not only is this true with your convenience store customers, but also with new employees who are just beginning their career with you. The onboarding experience can make or break a...
Orientation Success
We’ve all heard the saying, “you never get a second chance to make a first impression.” Not only is this true with your convenience store customers, but also with new employees who are just beginning their career with you. The onboarding experience can make or break a...
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Blended Learning in Your Convenience Store
Convenience stores are fast-paced environments, so it’s important to get employees trained and onto the floor quickly. However, it’s also important to make sure that they fully understand their training and are ready to provide quality service while maintaining...
Understanding LMS Benefits for Convenience Stores
With nearly 80% of companies reporting that they do at least some of their employee training online, the overall advantages of online training are no longer up for debate. Yet not all convenience store operators have implemented a learning management system (LMS) in...
Safety First: 6 Training Topics Your Employees Need
Safety should always be taken seriously. The health and safety of your employees should be one of your main concerns – after all, without your employees your stores would not be able to operate. A vast majority of employee injuries are attributed to common mistakes...
Communication Styles for Leaders
One of the key characteristics of an effective leader is flexibility. This goes beyond being able to handle unexpected circumstances or managing organizational change. To be a successful convenience store manager or leader, you also have to be flexible in your...
How Customer Loyalty Is Evolving
We all know the last few years have redefined everyone’s definition of “normal.” This has had a profound impact on convenience store customer expectations as they reevaluate their shopping and purchasing decisions. How Customers Are Evolving According to recent...
Top 10 Merchandising Mistakes for Convenience Stores
Today’s convenience store customers expect efficiency, value, and, of course, convenience. How you merchandise your products directly impacts your ability to exceed those customer expectations. Avoid these top 10 merchandising mistakes. Mismanaging first impressions....
Covering All Your Bases
With major league baseball in the spotlight lately, America’s favorite pastime is on the top of people’s minds. The great Tommy Lasorda once said, “Baseball is like driving. It’s the one that gets home safely that counts.” In baseball, just like in business, playing...
10 Ways to Promote Teamwork
What is a “team” in your convenience store? It’s not just another word for “staff.” A team is a group of people – in your case, your employees – who work together to achieve a common goal. Effective teamwork increases productivity, boosts morale, and enhances customer...
All You Need to Know to Run a Convenience Store You Learned in Kindergarten
Sometimes, and especially when you're feeling overwhelmed as a convenience store manager, reflecting on some basics of the business can help you feel re-centered, such as basic customer service skills, basic store care, and basic leadership principles. It might even...
Use It or Lose It – The Case for Refresher Training
We live in a world of information overload. With technology pushing alerts constantly and new stimuli overwhelming the senses continually, is there a limit to how much people can take in? Science tells us that while the human brain doesn’t necessarily have a storage...
Fight or Flight? Resolving Conflict in Your Operation
While some people seem to attract conflict, or purposely cause it, most people naturally try to avoid conflict in the workplace. Avoiding it though, doesn't make it go away. Opposing views can bring about productive and positive change for your operation. Yes, it’s...
Age-Restricted Sales – Are Your Employees Doing It Right?
Convenience stores conduct more ID checks than any other industry, even more than TSA. And with a large percentage of your sales coming from tobacco, beer, and lottery, you have to make sure your employees are handling age-restricted sales according to the law....
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