Red vs. Green

Target is based on colors....Red and Green.

Red is not good, needs work, and has room for improvement. Green is awesome but of course there is always room for improvement...or really keeping it at that place.

Today was our district assessment.....our district manager and a few other big shots came down from our district office and did a huge walk through looked for improvements, accomplishments and things that make our store different yet successful from others in our district of about 10 stores.

The good news is our store as a whole scored GREEN overall.
However, my department score red. It is nothing I did...it is actually MUCH BETTER then it was before I took over. There is one of me and I have a big job of getting the place at a GREEN level. It will happen....all of my scores were just short of green, so there is room for improvement. I have an awesome team of Executives behind me that is there when I need them. There when I have the questions and pretty much there to whine.

I am not upset...I did all I could in the week we had to prepare. I am excited for the feedback Neil and the rest of the big shots gave me. However I was more excited to see the smile on Abby, Alice and Jess's face when Neil said...."this looks like a whole new place compared to last quarter."

I said this all day yesterday.....98% of the time I LOVE my job.....today is the other 2%. However. really I have realized sometimes you need the other 2% to really enjoy the 98 you LOVE!!!!