February 02, 2015

Success at Retail, One 15-Minute Break at a Time

From a young part-timer to a corporate vice president, the journey had many good times and personal triumphs, as well as rough situations and disappointments. But Buck Jones feels he could have helped his companies and his employees be so much more successful if he had understood and practiced some of the basic leadership and management skills he learned later in his career. So he's written a book aimed at today's retail store and department managers that serves as an introduction to specific management techniques they can use in their day-to-day operations. It's called Success at Retail, One 15-Minute Break at a Time: Sixteen Questions I Wish I'd Asked as a Retail Manager

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Corporate Talk: Success at Retail Buck Jones spent 22 years in retail going from part-timer to corporate vice president for one of the country's largest supermarket operators. He has consulted nationally and internationally with more than two-dozen Fortune 500 companies and developed and implemented training programs used by more than 16,000 retail units. The author of Success At Retail: One 15-Minute Break At A Time, he is a sought-after keynote speaker on many national retail platforms.
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Buck Jones Buck is an industry-renowned food executive with a multifaceted background encompassing marketing, sales, operations and business development. He spent 22 years as a retailer rising from a part-timer to a corporate Vice President of one of the largest supermarket companies in the country. As President of his own consulting organization, he has worked with numerous Fortune 500 clients both here and abroad. He is an acclaimed trainer, speaker, author on management and training issues, and has just finished his first book "Success at Retail: One 15-Minute Break at a Time." Buck's Book