Getting Stuff Done for C-Store Performance Services
C-Store Operations Best Practices | Managing C-Store Change & Accountability
April 10, 2018 — Getting Stuff Done for C-Store Performance Services is our mission. BandyWorks provides C-Store Performance Systems to help companies get better results with less effort. Our culture calls for us to work the same way our clients to work. Some call this approach dog-fooding. We review our own work to mirror the work we suggest to …
Five Minute C-Store Expectations Plan
C-Store Growth | C-Store Operations Best Practices | Managing C-Store Change & Accountability
April 3, 2018 — There was a long hard time when I kept far from me the remembrance of what I had thrown away when I was quite ignorant of its worth. Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. Given the impact your store manager has on your store performance, many think helping them to choose daily work items wisely, is a …
Grandma’s Secret Sauce for C-Store Accountability
C-Store Operations Best Practices | Managing C-Store Change & Accountability
March 19, 2018 — The C-Store accountability secret is not a secret to any grandparent. Kids, parents, employees – really just all people – want to know what is expected. They want to succeed. They want to be treated fairly and most of all they want to be appreciated. Well, if we know what we expect and can tell …
C-Store Performance Accountability – Trust or Bust
C-Store Operations Best Practices | Managing C-Store Change & Accountability
February 22, 2018 — To achieve top C-Store performance accountability trust must be strong. In order to operate remote stores well, there must be a level of trust. This trust must be bi-directional. Employees must believe they will have the resources they need for success and HQ staff need remote operations to perform as required. That is why many …
C-Store Operations – Keep It Simple – The Hard Work
C-Store Operations Best Practices | Managing C-Store Change & Accountability
February 8, 2018 — C-Store Operations – Keep It Simple – The Hard Work never ends. While simple is desirable, it’s not easy – it’s just better. Simple means clarity. Clarity is worth the work required to find and follow the simple path. With simplicity comes focus that brings action. C-Store Operations – Keep It Simple – The Hard Work in Motion …
Making C-Store Changes – Does It Have to Be So Hard?
Managing C-Store Change & Accountability
January 19, 2018 — Does It Have to Be So Hard? Making C-Store change keeps operators busy working to grow and improve their business. They understand growth is critical and the same old things are not enough. The unspoken issue, however, is that change generates a lot of resistance and the normal day is already busy. The idea of …
C-Store Staff Retention is the Top Challenge
C-Store Promotions Analysis | Managing C-Store Change & Accountability
December 20, 2017 — C-Store staff retention – Many owners argue it is their top challenge. The improving economy is often cited for making a difficult job of C-Store staff retention even harder. While all positions are important the one that I hear about the most is the challenge of finding and keeping good store managers. Sometimes the situation …
Confuse Technology with a System for C-Store Performance
C-Store Technology | Managing C-Store Change & Accountability
August 27, 2017 — A tough part about using technology to help people do their job is defining responsibilities. Unfortunatly, we sometimes confuse technology with a system for c-store performance. We all know the promise – this technology will fix the problem immediately, there is no install time and your staff does not have to change anything. It seems …
C-Store High Performance – How Important is Appreciation?
C-Store Growth | C-Store Operations Best Practices | C-Store Tips | Managing C-Store Change & Accountability
August 18, 2017 — When managing C-Store High Performance – How Important is Appreciation? Firstly, High performance teams display their success on a regular basis. When you are part of such a team you become part of its environment. That is, you are recognized and engaged. As a result, you feel the sense of teamwork. Secondly, you are noticed …
The Inertia of C-Store Performance – Time for Change
C-Store Growth | C-Store Operations Best Practices | Managing C-Store Change & Accountability
August 2, 2017 — The Inertia of C-Store Performance calls for a time for change. When putting new processes and technologies into place to save time or increase profits, there are lots of things that can impact success. Even if you are making changes specifically to address waste that harms the team, the beneficiaries of the change will still …
Corporate is Watching C-Store Accountability
C-Store Control | Managing C-Store Change & Accountability
June 13, 2017 — Yep. It works. Best intentions are good, but inspections are better. How many times in our training do we hear this question about whether corporate is watching c-store accountability. The answer ‘yes’ carries a certain gravity. No one wants to disappoint or fail. There are lots of reasons why we slip up. We want to do a …
Take the Fork of C-Store Data Analytics
C-Store Operations Best Practices | C-Store Technology | Managing C-Store Change & Accountability
May 11, 2017 — Yogi Berra was often lampooned for his seemingly non-sensible statements. But the easy to remember and thoughtful concepts help to clarify issues and allow simple choices. His ‘take the fork’ statement made sense when you understand that he lived mid-way on a circular road. When driving to his house you came to a fork. Either …
