Certificate of Excellence in
Retail District Management
Retail District Management
A Virtual Mini-MBA
featuring Kevin Graff and Linda Montalbano
BECOME A SUCCESSFUL DISTRICT MANAGER IN TEN WEEKS
$1,795
$1,595 Retail Council of Canada Member Price
for the full program + District Manager credential
Discount for RCC members applied at checkout
February 3 – April 4, 2025
Become a modern Territory Leader in ten weeks
Being a Retail District Manager is more challenging than ever. Customers expect more. Staff are more demanding. And the pressure to perform is higher than ever.
To lead your team to success, you need to grow and learn…fast! We’ll teach you how to be the Leader your teams need, how to achieve your goals, and earn the personal success you deserve.
10 week Mini-MBA
(3 - 5 hours per week)
Intensive courses
with retail experts Kevin Graff and Linda Montalbano
Live sessions
every week on the most important
topics and skills
Proven systems
you can implement right away
1:1 coaching
access to both Kevin and Linda throughout the program
Lifetime access
to a 100-person cohort of ambitious district managers
YOU’LL WALK AWAY WITH:
The skills you need to successfully lead your territory to success
A toolkit of systems and tools to implement … plus the confidence you need
A network of retail professionals to lean on and learn from
Spending time on the wrong things instead of what counts most …the talent in your stores
Running your territory the same way as always and getting the same results
Join us for an impactful ten weeks, and walk away
with the confidence and skills you need for success
10-week curriculum
DOWNLOAD THE BROCHUREWEEK 1: POWER WEEK (2 Live Sessions)
1st: Introductions and Goal Setting
You’ll meet your personal cohort of 10 participants from within the larger community, and set your personal goals for the program
2nd: The Blueprint for Success
Learn the fundamental 5-step blueprint you need to leverage to get results from every store, and every team member
WEEK 2: BECOMING THE LEADER YOUR TEAMS NEED
Discover how to grow into the type of Leader your teams will follow relentlessly.
WEEK 3: BUILDING A MOTIVATED AND ENGAGED TEAM
Create proven strategies to improve the morale and engagement level of your teams, and in the process elevate total performance.
WEEK 4: POWER WEEK (2 Live Sessions)
1st: Talent Management
A comprehensive look at how to build and retain top performing teams.
2nd: The Business of Your Business
Learn the ‘math’ behind the retail business, and leverage this new learning to make better decisions to drive results.
WEEK 5: BUILDING A CULTURE OF RESPONSIBILITY
There’s one way to run your stores: the right way! Learn how to have your standards followed, and build a sustainable approach to achieving compliance through responsibility.
WEEK 6: CREATING SYNERGY FROM A DIVERSE TEAM
Learn how to get the best out of a workforce made up of multiple generations, and lead them to success.
WEEK 7: PERFORMANCE COACHING
Learn how to deal professionally and effectively with behaviours and results that aren’t up to par, and get back to success.
WEEK 8: CRITICAL THINKING
Discover how to apply what most senior leaders identify as the single most important skill to develop … critical thinking.
WEEK 9: EXECUTING YOUR PLANS FLAWLESSLY
Discover a proven, step-by-step model for implementing plans in your stores that works.
WEEK 10: FINAL ASSIGNMENT
You’ll be tasked to complete your Final Assignment … a detailed Action Plan to drive better results from your teams, on every level
GRADUATION
We’ll come back together to celebrate your accomplishments, and provide you with your certificate.
More details on the Certificate of Excellence in Retail District Management schedule will be shared closer to the start of the program. With questions, please email [email protected]
Who it's perfect for
DISTRICT / TERRITORY MANAGERS
who want to achieve greater success
HIGH POTENTIAL STORE MANAGERS
who are being groomed to be a DM
FRANCHISE BUSINESS CONSULTANTS
who are responsible for supporting a group of franchises
Who it's not for
JUNIOR STORE MANAGERS
who are a long way from being a DM
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS
who aren’t responsible for a group of stores
Still have questions?
To get the most out of this program, and in order to be able to add value to the other participants, you should be a:
Regional / Territory or District Manager for either a group of corporate or franchised stores
A Vice President who oversees the team of DMs
A high potential Store Manager who is being groomed for a DM position
The program will be delivered on multiple fronts: Pre-recorded videos to introduce the participants to the topic for the week, a weekly Live event presented by Kevin Graff and Linda Montalbano, individual assignments and weekly peer review meetings.
Throughout the program you will have access to both Kevin and Linda for support and one on one discussions.
Expect 3 to 5 hours each week, with one hour being a scheduled Live session, and the remaining being solo work.
In a word … Lots! In addition to being in a group of approximately 100 other DMs, you’ll also be working closely with your assigned, more intimate group of 10 DMs who you will meet with each week.
You’ll leave with new ideas, new skills, new systems and a fresh new level of confidence. You’ll also be taking back a detailed Action Plan with your personal commitment to implement.
This virtual program is significantly more intensive, and effective. Each week the participants work through exercises that require them to apply what they’ve learned that week in their real life with their stores. That real life application makes a significant difference in results. As well, the content is more comprehensive that what is presented in our 3-Day DM Workshop, that thousands have attended. Plus, you have no travel requirements and expenses.
