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Why You Should Definitely Work in Retail
People-First Leadership Working in retail is a starter job.” It’s what you do before a real career.” Anyone can get that job.” How many times have you heard that? A lot, right? Yeah, people who have never worked retail sure do have a lot of opinions about what it’s like to work retail. Sometimes, executives…
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Take the Stress Out of Schedule Writing
Kit Campoy KitCampoy.com Retail Renegades People-First Leadership Photo by Photo by Anna Shvets on Pexels The store was busy. I looked toward the front door again. More customers were strolling in. Ugh, why? It was Monday, late morning. What was I missing? Why were kids out of school? A group of twelve-year-olds came up to…
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We Have Merch, People! -Retail Renegades Vol. 6
Kit Campoy KitCampoy.com Retail Renegades People-First Leadership Photo by Photo by Jacek Dylag on Unsplash. Edited in Canva. Did you think I forgot to send this newsletter over the weekend? I did. I did forget. Oops. October always feels like a runaway train. Running a business can be overwhelming. Being a solo entrepreneur is crazy…
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Retail Renegades Vol. 5 – Small Wins Lead to Bigger Wins
Kit Campoy KitCampoy.com Retail Renegades People-First Leadership Photo by Tara Winstead on Pexels I have something totally embarrassing to admit. I’ve spent my whole adult life putting work first. I put it before everything. I put it before eating. I know that sounds wild, but I would. When I…
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I Don’t Care if I Can Make Money on Twitter. I’m Out.
In case you missed it, Twitter is still a dumpster fire. Also, I’m not calling it X. I’m just not. Most of the people I followed there are gone. I still check in with the few people I like reading; however, it’s primarily threads about AI. Do you want to learn how to use AI?…
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Burnout is Making You Bad at Your Job in Ways You May Not Realize
A decade ago, when I was an operations department manager for a very high volume, high-profile building with a considerable staff, I went through a version of burnout. I was working 55+ hours a week, which feels like 80 when you work in a physically intense environment like retail. I would be scheduled for a…
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Revolutionize Your Content Game with This One Simple Trick
The secret is in your comments “The truth is, most people wouldn’t last a week on a retail floor.” That was the opening line I wrote on a LinkedIn post that went viral. The post was about the abundance of talent in retail leadership that often goes unnoticed. Lucky for me, I had a link…
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Put the Frontline First. I Mean it.
Put the Frontline First. I Mean it. In 2020, the frontline workers heard that they mattered and were shown appreciation for keeping economies from falling apart. That changed quickly. Everyone shifted into reverse once the world began to open the tiniest bit. “Oh, yes. We do appreciate you. But we’d like to go back to…