How accountable were you to your leadership actions these past 12 months? 

This Dish is the final part of the series: “Focusing on You.” We’re going to be discussing the Importance of Your Network. 

Now, for our third part of the series, we’re going to explore the importance of your continued learning. 

Last issue’s Part I focused on positioning yourself as a business partner. In this issue, Part II focuses on ways to heighten that communication and visibility as well as boost morale in your team. 

It’s not uncommon that facilities folks are so busy taking care of properties across a region, country or the world, that we forget to take care of ourselves. 

With summer right around the corner, retailers are ramping up to refresh or remodel many of their stores, keeping their service providers the busiest they’ve been in the last few years.

A popular question I’m often asked from service providers is how to best gain more clients. Simply, you gain clients by taking the time to build long term relationships.

A common question I’m asked, from both service providers and retailers, is how to best motivate team members, especially in these stressful times when everyone’s responsibilities have been stretched. How do you get them to be as passionate about the business as you are?

The holiday season is already upon us, which means focus on ensuring the stores are all primped for the shoppers and immediately addressing all the spur-of-the-moment field emergencies. Before you know it, another holiday season will be behind us and we will be welcoming a brand new year.

Recently I had the pleasure of sitting with some retailers to chat about their businesses. As is typical at many industry gatherings, people like to trade “war stories.”