Brandon Raasch

Your company decides it wants to play with the big guys: it makes sense, they say, the customer now expects to search your brand online and order within minutes and have it shipped out within hours - like they do on Amazon or Zappos. But how do we make it happen, you ask? Our panel of troopers discusses:
• Balancing consumer demands and staffing needs
• Hiring and on-boarding seasonal staff in an improved economy and smaller pool of hourly-wage staff
• Rethinking rewards and workplace benefits to gain a competitive advantage in recruiting talent

Like you, leadership development is top of mind for Brandon Raasch at West Marine - especially one that works for both the retail store experience and corporate. Brandon will walk through:
• Launching a program to make personal development a strategic initiative
• Building individual development plans that support personal and professional growth
• Building credible succession pools without promising jobs
Walk out of this workshop with a development plan of your own!

By 2020, nearly half the national workforce will be comprised of Millennials: meaning retail's already younger workforce will be transitioning into more and more leadership roles. But with high turnover and low engagement, how do you strengthen your succession planning and leadership development efforts?
• Providing opportunities for professional growth to keep employees stimulated
• Emphasising mentorship and coaching efforts
• Rethinking rewards and recognition to match demographic needs
• Getting non-Millennial leadership to understand changing learning & development methods and needs