Coaching, Training & Developing The Retail Manager is a direct look into the realities of managing a retail store today. Everything from a small store to a big box chain requires employee and managerial development as the key to distinguishing a store among the competition. The need for change is present in every capacity from employee morale to coaching and training practices. This book focuses on real problems that manager's of every level face. It offers realistic solutions that require a commitment to developing the store staff as the path to success. Richard brings twenty two years of...

Have you ever seen a bridge in a movie? Not the solid structural type you drive your car over but the type you walk across to get to the other side. They are typically placed in jungle scenes that have wooden planks to walk on and ropes on both sides to use as a guide rail. They are usually connecting the two sides of a mountain because of a huge drop. They also are characteristically missing planks and some fall as you walk or run across them. It is with much trepidation that you cross because you never know if the bridge will fail or you will fall through the planks. This is the bridge to...

A series of natural resource inventories were conducted throughout the Boston Harbor Islands, including terrestrial, marine and estuarine ecosystems. The resource inventories enhance our appreciation for the habitats and species that occur within the Boston Harbor Islands landscape. These resource inventories provide a scientific foundation for natural resource management decisions, will assist in the design of long-term monitoring programs, and help identify areas requiring additional inventory.