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What if Your Boss is Misbehaving? achiever leadership leading change redefine retail

We hear it from Mann U students all the time. “What if the person misbehaving isn’t my employee? What if it’s the owner?”

If you’ve followed us for a...

What If It Works?

How will you know if something works if you never try?

On September 11, 2023, I thought what if…

As I spoke (very casually) to a handful of r...

A Road Less Traveled

I was reading these stats online this morning:

The college enrollment rate for recent U.S. high school graduates fell to 61.4% in 2023, the lowes...

Retail Is The New College

Retail doesn’t have to be temporary.

Imagine you are a student in high school, entering your junior year, traditionally the most challenging year ...

An Unlikely Pairing

There is a disconnect at the brand and retail level. A loss of passion overtaken by the daily grind.

Entrepreneurs have a vision of how to make ...

Who do you want to be for your neighbors?

“The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.” Mr Rogers.

To continue the convers...

It's Not a Moment, It's a Movement

We are failing our communities.

On July 19th, 2023, I attended my first-ever group run, hosted by a local running store in Asheville, NC, and was...

We Don't Have All The Answers

"The retail floor staff aren’t connected to the company and the products. It might be a training issue but there seems to be a bigger disconnect; it c...

Transactional Analysis

Transactional analysis occurs when social interactions (or "transactions") are analyzed to determine the state of communicators as a basis for underst...

Reawaken Retail

Retail is dead.

It is time to breathe life back into commerce.

Two separate situations. Similar experiences.

I was the camp host at a ...

A Leader’s Dream: The Culture of Accountability

Once you embrace the role of Leader, you find there are fewer and fewer people who are comfortable being responsible. I spoke last week for the Manhat...

The Harsh Truth About Training

This month we’ve been revisiting my book, “Leading Change: How to Achieve Superior Results with Gentle Pressure Relentlessly Applied”. Today, I am foc...

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