Resources

Archived Webinars

View an archived webinar by yourself or with your team. These free webinars featured speakers and subjects that were offered at the 2011 and 2013 Future Connect Conference.  Develop or refresh your knowledge and skills to help you better serve your shoppers and become a more prepared leader.

2013:

• Leading at the Speed of Trust (3/7/13) 
• Using Technology to Engage your Employees (3/14/13)
• Execute a Winning Strategy with Competency-based Leadership Development (3/21/13)
• Diversity and Inclusion: Should it be Manged or Led? (4/3/13)^{PDF Download/No Audio}
• Global Eating Culture in a Multicultural Marketplace (4/10/13)
• How to Make the Most of Future Connect (4/18/13)^New!

2011:

• Shaping the Customer's Experience: How Humans Drive Sales in a Ferocious Economy (3/17/11)
• Financial Focus on the "Ins and Outs" of Inventory (3/31/11)
• Coaching: Unlocking the Potential of Frontline Managers (4/6/11)
• Sneak Preview: How to Make Social Media Sell, Starting Tomorrow (4/13/11)
• Optimizing Talent: How to Build Competitive Advantage through your People (4/20/11)
• Skills for Climbing the Leadership Ladder (06/08/11)

 

Bonus Research for Attendees from Future Connect 2011

Climbing the Management Ladder: Lessons for Your World

Successful management in the retail food industry requires specific skills. Who better to provide those lessons than the industry’s top executives, working together on the Coca-Cola Retailing Research Council?

These reports—developed by retailers for retailers—will help you build skills to further your career development and performance. This special session will highlight four studies to help you:

• Take your leadership skills to the next level
• Minimize out-of stock products
• Focus on your customer’s most important needs
• Increase understanding about the costs and causes of employee turnover

 Download Coca-Cola White Paper

Presentations from Future Connect 2011

Below you will find the handouts provided by presenters at the 2011 Future Connect Conference.

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday |Thursday

Monday, May 9 - Sessions

• Climbing the Management Ladder - Lessons for Your World
  Sponsored by the Coca-Cola Retailing Research Council and Coca Cola
  Presenters: Michael Sansolo, Research Director, Coca-Cola Retailing Research Council
  Bill Bishop, Willard Bishop, LLC

Tuesday, May 10 - Sessions

• How to Survive a Multi-Day Conference
  Presenter: Michael Melnik, Founder & President, Prevention Plus, Inc.
• How to Survive a Multi-Day Conference Handout


• Optimizing Talent
  Presenters: Linda D. Sharkey, Ph.D., Global Leadership Associates
• Talent Optimizer Quiz


• Workforce Diversity
  Presenter: Tamara J. Erickson, Author, Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills and Talents


• FMI: Shaping the Future of Food Retailing
  Presenter: Leslie G. Sarasin, Esq., CAE, President and Chief Executive Officer, Food Marking Institute
  Speaks Report Highlights
  
  
  Trends Report Highlights
• Being A Positive Leader
  Presenter: Rob Bell, FOCUS Consulting, LLC


• Global Industry and Consumer Trends
  Dan O'Connor, President/CEO, RetailNet Group (retailnetrgoup.com), presented Retail Leadership 2015 at FMI's Connect conference on May 10, 2011.
  Follow this link to RetailNet Group's website to download the presentation:
  http://www.retailnetgroup.com/MyRNG/Events/Public-Events.aspx

Wednesday, May 11 - Sessions

• Assessing Talent For the Future
  Presenters:
  Linda Sharkey, PhD, Global Leadership Associates
  Dean Janeway, President & COO, Wakefern Food Corporation
  Alexa K. Grant, Manager, Training & Development and Retail Support, Wakefern Food Corporation


• Coaching Skills
  Presenter: Al Rainaldi, Executive Vice President, Chief Learning Officer & Chief Sales Officer, Profiles International


• Driving Performance through Employee Engagement
  Presenter: Dr. Randy Ross, CEO/President, Enthusiasm, Inc.


• Emotional Intelligence
  Presenter: Margie Warrell, Executive Leadership Coach, Speaker and Author
• Emotional Intelligence Worksheet


• Growth Strategies at Retail
  Presenters: Thom Blischok, Global President, Innovation and Strategy, SymphonyIRI Group
  Ron Bonacci, Vice President of Marketing, K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.
  Ric Noreen, Senior Director, Customer Growth, Kraft Foods
  Keith Olscamp, Vice President, Business Development & Industry Relations, Campbell Soup Company


• Reading Body Language
  Presenter: Jan Hargrave, CEO, Jan Hargrave & Associates


• Stress Management
  Presenter: Margie Warrell, Executive Leadership Coach, Speaker and Author
• Stress Management Handout


• Unreasonable Leadership
  Presenter: Gary Chartrand, Executive Chairman and former CEO, Acosta, Inc.


• Leveraging Shopper Insights - Media
  Presenter: Mike Nazzaro, CEO, Nielsen Catalina Solutions


• Leveraging Shopper Insights
  Presenter: Trish Brynjolfsson, Vice President, Business Development & Industry Relations, Catalina

Thursday, May 12 - Sessions

• Collaboration - Health and Wellness
  Presenters: Don Clark, Vice President, Pharmacy Operations, K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.
  Brian Fanning, Team Leader - Sales, The Clorox Company


• Collaboration - Multi-Cultural Shopper
  Presenters: Marie Quintana, Vice President of Multicultural, Pepsico
  Subriana Pierce, Senior Vice President, Sales and Merchandising, Albertson's/SUPERVALU Inc.


• Collaboration - Sustainability
  Presenters: Bob Branham, Director, Customer Sustainability, General Mills, Inc.
  Michael Hewitt, Manager, Environmental Services, Publix Super Markets, Inc.


• Customer Experience Management
  Presenters: K.C. Blonski, Director, Travel, Leisure & Retail Market, AchieveGlobal
  Jeff Becker, former Director of Store Training, Limited Brands
  David R. Skogen, Chairman, Festival Foods
  Mitch Streit, Store Director, Hy-Vee, Inc.


• Social Media: 3 Tips to Make It Serve Your Store
  Presenter: Jeff Molander, Molander & Associates, Inc.


• The Challenge of Change: Tools for Transformational Thinking
  Presenter: Desi Williamson, Impact!! Seminars Unlimited, Inc.


• Building an Accountable Culture
  Presenter: Marcus Nicolls, Senior Vice President, Partners in Leadership, Inc.