It is tough everywhere in the retail world so you need to utilize every tool available to be successful. Scheduling, labor hours, staffing, training and mentoring are on top of the list. Mentoring, why is that among the top tools to work with? Certainly there are numerous others that are higher than mentoring.

Mentoring is possibly the most overlooked and underestimated tool available to you every minute of everyday. I have heard the term "Knowledge is power", yes it certainly is so why do we overlook mentoring our teams and sharing the power. The leader that is selfish with their knowledge and experiences is cheating their selves and the people that work with them. If you share this power to develop your team then you will have substantial extra time to work on areas that are problems for you. Surely you plan to use your vacation time, what about the possibility of illness in the family or yourself. How would you feel right now if you had to leave your job for a week or longer, would you be concerned or worried about the job being done properly? If you shared your power and developed a competent team then you have no reason to be concerned. The true measure of a leader is how their team performs during your absence not in your presence.

I challenge you to develop future leaders that you can be proud of when they move to other positions within your organization. Your reputation is being evaluated by the performance level of people after they leave your nest. When they shine so do you, as they will be asked where did you learn to do all of these task and their answer being my former manager taught me. Corporate and District Managers are always looking for managers that can handle increased responsibilities while maintaining outstanding results. When they realize the countless people that you trained that are super stars the rewards will be in your future.

There is tremendous satisfaction and personal pride seeing your team get promoted ahead of others because you were the role model that shared the power to succeed. You will always be held responsible but it's a great feeling to watch your team run the show making professional and logical decisions that they learned from you.

Ron Kirby is a world traveled educational and motivational speaker that has over 37 years of Leadership experiences in Corporate America and the Marine Corps. His passion is speaking on Leadership concerning Business Growth, Personal Development, Innovation, and Educational Experiences. Sergeant Major Kirby served 32 years in the United States Marine Corps deploying to over 40 countries and having the privilege of providing Leadership training in a myriad of cultures. Ron takes great pride in the fact he has contributed to the Leadership and promotion success for countless individuals during both his military and corporate career. Invite Ron to make your next event a smashing success! Contact him by phone at (843) 304-6111 or by email at RBKSR51@HOTMAIL.COM. Read more about his background at http://www.egSebastian.com/RonK

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