Elevate Leadership helps everyone level up, from first-time managers to seasoned executives. We've built leadership intelligence at clients in all corners of the retail industry, resulting in stronger, higher performing teams.
Retail companies have leadership needs across every level of the organization. Your company is promoting high performers into management roles, while also developing experienced leaders to take on new markets or expanded responsibilities. Whether running stores, leading corporate functions, managing regional operations, or scaling e-commerce teams, your leaders need to stay sharp as your business evolves.
At the same time, experienced leaders are facing new challenges as your company grows. The management approaches that worked when you were smaller don't always scale effectively.
We help retail companies develop leadership skills across all seniority levels. Our programs focus on practical management fundamentals that work in fast-moving environments where results matter and teams need to perform consistently.
The foundation every leader needs. We teach managers how to build trust and psychological safety on their teams, listen so others feel heard, run effective one-on-ones, and delegate effectively.
In retail, performance shows up immediately in customer experience and sales results. We teach managers how to give feedback that actually changes behavior, using proven frameworks that improve both motivation and performance. Your leaders will learn to deliver constructive feedback that builds trust rather than defensiveness.
One of the best ways to retain talent is showing people a path forward. We teach managers how to structure meaningful career conversations, set development goals that people actually achieve, and create the kind of growth opportunities that keep good people from leaving for competitors.
Retail never stops changing. New product launches, seasonal shifts, market conditions, operational changes —your managers need to help their teams navigate these transitions. This training gives leaders a practical framework for managing themselves and their teams through any type of change.
When you're promoting high performers into management roles, coaching skills become essential. We’ll teach managers how to develop their people rather than just directing them, which is especially valuable when managing teams where you're not the subject matter expert.
Retail companies need to excel at hiring. This workshop gives your managers the skills to run unbiased, high-quality interviews that help you identify candidates who will actually succeed in your environment. Your leaders learn to avoid common hiring mistakes while creating a great candidate experience.
Elevate has helped thousands of leaders, from small companies to Fortune 500 corporations, level up their leadership skills. Over 98% of our training participants say Elevate has improved their confidence to manage their team effectively.
We've spent years developing programs specifically for retail leaders who need to balance operational demands with people development, who manage teams across multiple stores and locations, and who know that great leadership shows up in both team and customer experience.
We focus on leadership capabilities that directly impact retail performance: reducing time-to-productivity for new hires, improving customer satisfaction scores, building managers who can successfully scale operations, and creating teams that perform well under pressure.
We pride ourselves on having the most relevant and actionable content, with techniques rooted in experience from thousands of hours of training managers and coaching leaders, as well as psychology and neuroscience research. We deeply understand the challenges leaders face and know what works.
Each of our team members has previously been in a leadership position themselves, including former Chief People Officers, Chief Technology Officers, Board Members, Founders, Sales Executives, and more.
Each also holds a wide range of credentials and training certifications including PCC designation, Wiley’s DiSC and Five Behaviors Certification, 360 Degree Feedback training, CTI Certification, Hogan Assessment Certification, and more.
91% of leaders who work with Elevate say they are likely or extremely likely to recommend our workshops.
98% of learners say Elevate improved their confidence to manage their team.
Elevate Academy users watch double the classes, compared to the industry average.
We've helped hundreds of leaders, managers, and rising teams with our science-based frameworks and sessions. 98% of attendees say Elevate improved their confidence to manage their team, and 95% of attendees said they’d recommend Elevate to others.
We've helped hundreds of leaders, managers, and rising teams with our science-based frameworks and sessions. 98% of attendees say Elevate improved their confidence to manage their team, and 95% of attendees said they’d recommend Elevate to others.
