When I worked for The Home Depot we had a lot of walk and talk meetings. Most of are communication with managers or department head were done on the way to do something else. These meetings where limited to only a handful of participants and there should still be a purpose for the meetings to not waste people’s time. The most unique meetings I have ever attended were The Home Depot’s store meetings. We would take the main lumber aisle, uses upside down Home Depot buckets and 6”x8’ pieces of lumber to make benches, for the stage we would use a medium sized store ladder. This was a great work out because we had to set up the benches before the meeting and put it all back after. I found these meetings to have great team building benefits as well.
Today I worked with Jared out in the Cropsey Home Depot. Our original game plan today was to focus on set integrity, until we noticed Dewalt was having a Demo event in the store. The gloves were thrown down, and the game was on. We held a Ridgid Demo and interacted with every customer that walked in the tool coral, and converted every customer over to R2. At the end of the day Dewalt sold $0, while our demo generated over $3,100 in sales! We promoted the demo through social media, via twitter, and received multiple likes and retweets. We also gained 5 Ridgid Contacts to help jump start Jared R2 CRM list, and PK'd his Pro Desk on New Ridgid Product, Hyperdrive, and Promos.
This meeting is critical, as it is intended to provide a foundation where synergy is influenced and encouraged, which in turn encourages the groundwork for expressing ideas, strategies, and creativity, and will aid in determining the company’s forward direction. Although, her pre-concerns are focused on how she would manage this meeting and maintain her leadership duties, her focus has now shifted to how she will be able to offer any assistance and how this meeting will still take place in her
Home Depot is the brainchild of Bernard Marcus and Arthur Blank and came about after both men lost their job in the home improvement industry in 1978 (Parnell, 2014). Home Depot has acquired several smaller home improvement stores in both the U.S. and abroad through the years which enabled it to position itself as the world’s largest home improvement chain (Parnell, 2014). Home Depot focuses on the do-it-yourself segment of the market and sells sells tools, construction products and services. Marketing is a strong point for the company. They are able to maintain a competitive advantage by keeping themselves available to their customers at all times. Home Depot has been using both online and offline marketing efforts. The internet has become a very useful tool for the company and part of the reason that they are leading the market in DIY stores. Home Depot currently provides DIY videos on YouTube and Vine that cover current topics that consumers are likely to be interested in. They also have social media pages on Facebook and Twitter, where they have a huge following. They provide online communities where actual employees answer consumer’s questions and provide assistance on
From the beginning, our team worked collectively attempting to understand our industry, our competition, and how best to go to market with our brand and products. We focused on key areas of growth and product development. I felt we were able to really work well as a team, communicate with each other and express ideas and concerns openly without hesitation or fear. I do feel that we feel short on the communication piece though when things are being done outside of the classroom or work environment. Sometimes it seems as almost an out of sight out of mind type of situation. Our group didn’t not fight about a controlling interest when it came to decisions, primarily they were made by one of two members or what I would
I chose to represent the major in the “Island Cruise”-role play. Taking part at that play made me realize that there are several aspects that you should keep in mind before attending a meeting, e.g. and amongst others “be prepared”, “listen”, “share common goals” and “keep your emotions out”.
1.1.4. Install new cabinets, laminate countertops, scribe and corner moldings filler strips, toe kicks, and cabinet hardware
Engleberg, I., Wynn, D., & Schuttler, R., (2003). Working in Groups: Communication Principles and Strategies (3rd ed.) Boston: Houghton- Mifflin. pp. 146- 170.
How many meetings do you find yourself in without a clear objective? How many times have you gone to a meeting that was a complete waste of time? There was no direction, no clarity on what the meeting was about, and no clear outcome or product after the meeting was over. Effective meetings don't materialize on their own.
Once Home Depot’s marketing plan contains a thorough description of the scissor lift, it will then focus on the branding, pricing, and distribution of the lift. The plan will also need to include a product branding and pricing strategy, as well as examine how the pricing strategy supports the branding strategy. In addition, Home Depot will prepare a distribution channel analysis from which it will create a distribution strategy, determine whether the company is going to use a push or a pull strategy, and how the distribution strategy fits the product.
Straighten Communication: Usually people start off or become afraid to speak to senior management, but with managers who walk around the office they may feel more comfortable speaking to them. As a manager you don’t always know what people think; therefore, if an informal discussion takes place about work, pastimes or anything else that comes up the coworkers would feel more comfortable speaking to managers when they have questions, concerns, what can be improved or new ideas for the company.
By doing this, I get sensible options, well-spoken opinions, logical suggestions and sound recommendations to solve the issues in my way to attaining my occupational goals. I remember, once I was stuck with an issue while sketching out sales strategies. By involving my team associates, I got the solutions and found positive results by applying their plans and schemes. In the scenario of this situation I learned that being a leader is not just ordering or getting served but provoking others to take active part in suggesting innovative ideas is also a good approach to work wonders in the professional set up (Northouse,
When I’m in meetings at work, I like to think outside of the box and come up with new ideas that can help the company and the employees. “Innovative work behavior is generating and application of new ideas, processes and methods at workplace” (West and Farr 1990). Creating new ideas and making sure they are applied are beneficial to any company. "Quite good and complete
In the government organization, meeting being done regularly and rigours especially meeting that involve policies and big impact in the government agencies. These meeting are often lead by leader of the top management level.
Another method that would have greatly helped with our discussion processes while not being interrupted by other group members is if we were to do a circle discussion. This would allow each individual to share their thoughts and ideas freely. Only when they are done speaking can other members continue their thoughts or to add on additional ideas. This method does not require any person to be supervisors but have the conversations flow naturally and gives the ability to share any restricted thoughts. The circle discussion give an organized and constructive opportunity for quiet members to contribute to the whole process. It allows each person to give their full thoughts and views without distractions.
I do not understand different group purposes nor am I able to design appropriate meeting processes accordingly. I think I need to research and observe how other meetings processes work. I only have experience working with the 4-H meeting process. I have ran meetings using this process but do not have the experience for a less formal process. I believe looking at how others run meetings will be helpful. Overall, each experience will enhance my