My first “real” job post college graduation was in retail management. If there’s any place that desperately needs keystone habits and clearly defined systems and routines, it’s a retail establishment with primarily low-wage and high turnover employees. I was an assistant store manager for a now-defunct mid-level retailer. (Anyone remember Mervyn’s? If not, think of …
Which would you rather have? A three-inch binder with every single thing you could possibly need to know in detailed spreadsheets, flow charts and documentation? Or a one-page cheatsheet that gives you critical information to get done exactly what you need to do? I don’t know about you, but 99% of the time, I choose …
The importance of checklists, processes or systems is to make your work and life easier, not to be burdensome or slow you down.
“You really should be considering asssistant-level positions,” the recruiter stated. “Excuse me? Why? I was a manager for over 5 years,” I responded cried. “Well, you’ve been out of the workforce so long that you’ll likely need to take a step down to get back in the game,” she stated. Thus went my first job …
Spouse, parent, employee, business owner, entrepreneur, friend, volunteer. How many roles do you play? And how much information comes along with each of those roles? Alerts, news articles, checklists, emails, junk mail, bills, phone calls, text messages, meeting invites, fliers, forms…all of it “must do now!” and “read immediately!” We live in a day and …
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