“I will have a meeting with senior leaders first… then I will spend time in the store for at least a day or two, ask the questions.”
eCommerce Australia · Why Your Retail Staff Training Fails by Monday (And How to Fix It) - Bethany Lucht - Known Studios
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What was described
diagnostic process: meet senior leaders, then spend 1-2 days in stores observing staff and asking questions before designing training
1-2 days
Said nearby on the same subject
“I committed that there wouldn't be a single store leader hired to Apple ... without spending an hour with me ... we were opening 25 stores a year ... I got to carve out an hour on my schedule to meet somebody.”
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Ron Johnson
B2B Go-To-Market Leaders ·
How they work25 stores a year; 24 five-store leaders; 1 hour per leader; 400 total …Share this moment
“A good senior leader identifies those things that only they can make… then you’ve typically given yourself a little bit more breathing space and you push down responsibility”
“Closing the first meeting with an assertive assumption rather than asking if the prospect has any questions increases the chances the prospect will schedule a second meeting”