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Podcast Highlight: Here’s How to Inspire Millennial Employees

The key is to start with ‘Why?’

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4 years ago

January 14, 2019

Jimmy DeGroot

HOW CAN a jewelry-store owner get the members of his or her team to think and act like they are store-owners?

That’s the big question covered in the second episode of INSTORE’s new podcast series, JimmyCast, from jewelry-store trainer Jimmy DeGroot, along with co-host Doug Meadows of David Douglas Diamonds in Marietta, GA.

In the highlight above, Jimmy and Doug share the secret of inspiring millennial employees. The key is starting with an explanation of “why” — meaning why what they do matters.

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JIMMYCAST (EPISODE 2): TEACHING EMPLOYEES TO ACT LIKE OWNERS (34:23 MINUTES)

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Jimmy DeGroot is a jewelry store manager who has been in the business for over 20 years. Now he spends his time training teams around the world at jewelrystoretraining.com and sharing marketing advice through his blog site at jewelrymarketingguy.com. Sign up for training videos here.

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