DMSRetail

Sales, merchandising, customer service, maintenance, scheduling, special event management… and so much more!

Actually, as a DM or RM, all of that might be easy if you were in the store with the Store Managers and the Associates every day. But, of course, you’re not. Therein lies the difficulty!

Managing remotely requires you to be even better than you were when you were a top performing Store Manager. The difference…as we said…you aren’t there. In fact, it’s probably the single, biggest hurdle for any newly promoted District Manager to overcome.

But, even though you’re not there, you’re still accountable. Not being there is no excuse for non performance. No self-respecting DM or RM will even try to use absence as an excuse. Well…maybe once.

But they’ll soon find out that they’d have to claim that everything that goes wrong is because they weren’t there. You see what we mean…futile.

And it will sound downright silly! The District Manager or Region Manager is accountable for the group of stores (business units). S/he has to get the numbers and operate the stores effectively. That’s it!

Anyway, that’s naming the problem. What’s the solution?

That’s going to take a little more time. We can start by telling you that it’s all about relationships and leadership skills.

The single, most critical thing smart District Manager’s do to get results is….build strong relationships with their teams through excellence in their leadership skills and ability.