MOHR Retail's Merchant & Support Leadership (MSL) was awarded the 2013 Communicator's Award by an international committee in visual arts arena.   MSL was excluisvely developed for retail support leaders in the Home Office (HQ), Merchant ranks, and DC operations to teach those leaders skills in motivating their team, building cross-functional relationships, and maximizing producting while supporting the stores.

Sound familiar?  In a call today with a national retailer they acknowledged what many retailers feel but don't say.  Getting behind an initiative is a bit easier.  There's more fanfare, numbers of people, many at senior levels, and it all feels like anything is possible.  A few weeks or months later, new people begin to come onboard who weren't at the kick-off meeting.  How do you keep the momentum going?

A cable newscaster was talking about their doctorate work on social causes.  They mentioned that while in their heart they knew there was a connection between winning and more winning she couldn't make it emperically.  They should take a look at our research on motivation.