Articles by Jim Wegeleben

Employee retention should be simple: with competitive pay and other incentives, associates should be more loyal. But that is not always the case; employee expectations have changed. How can a retailer keep its most valuable assets invested?

During my career as a retail manager, consultant and engineer, I heard lots of great ideas from employees about how to improve workflow. Whether asking to relocate a table to open space or implement a tool to optimize processing, their suggestions were valuable. Maybe you have experienced this…

The realization of feeling in over one’s head can be frightening. I remember past professional projects when I was overwhelmed with too few resources to accomplish a seemingly impossible initiative. Asking for help was the most difficult part. It can be this way for many of us…

Do you feel like something is broken in your operation, like basic weekly operational communication from the organization to your managers doesn’t exist?