Cell Phone Usage: What’s Your Store Policy? | Episode 201

Creative Shop Talk Podcast Episode 201 | Cell Phone Usage: What’s Your Store Policy?

Creative Shop Talk Podcast Episode 201 | Cell Phone Usage: What's Your Store Policy? | with Retail Coach Wendy Batten
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Hot topic. Is cell phone use an issue with your employees? Let’s nip that in the bud today. 

What is your retail shop’s policy around employee cell phone use? In Episode 201 of the Creative Shop Talk Podcast, I’m sharing my advice on this issue. And trust me – it is a huge issue for some! 

As retail shop owners, you are in the business of hospitality. The very last thing you want your customers to feel is that they are a bother to your employees. Let me be clear: when customers enter your shop and your employees’ heads are buried in their cell phones (whether they are doing work or not), what are the optics around that?

I’ll share my (perhaps controversial) thoughts on cell phone use: when and where it is appropriate, what to do if employees push back, and how your employees’ cell phone use and other behavior may be eroding your brand. 

If you don’t have a policy in place it’s time to get one. What changes should you make to your shop’s policy around cell phones? What kind of thoughts came up? Agree or disagree with me on this one?

Jump in my DMs on Instagram and let me know!

Creative Shop Talk Podcast Episode 201 | Cell Phone Usage: What's Your Store Policy? | with Retail Coach Wendy Batten
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In case we haven’t met yet, I’m Wendy, a small business coach and founder of The Retailer’s Inner Circle, where I help other independent shop owners learn how to gain the right business skillsets to see more profits, paychecks, and joy as they navigate running their retail business. 

Through online classes, business coaching programs, speaking, and a top-ranked podcast, I’ve helped hundreds of retailers around the globe reclaim their dream and see the success they want from their beautiful shops. My signature private coaching community, The Retailer’s Inner Circle, has helped retailers around the world build their retail business skill sets and confidence. 

I am proud to have been featured in several major publications, including my own business column in What Women Create magazine. I have been privileged to be a guest on top-ranked podcasts and sought-after as a guest speaker and teacher for several brands, associations, and communities that are passionate about the success of independent retailers.

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