November 5, 2012
Weekly Tips & Updates
It's not enough to aim; you must hit. ~Italian Proverb

Things to Do List	Cart Testing	2012 Project List	2012 Key Results
1. Complete Status Report (due by Saturday!!). 2. Complete Kronos Timesheet (due by Monday Morning, 9am). 3. Complete & submit SFI Training Timesheet (due by Monday, 9am). 4. Complete Outlook Calendar and invite 'Smartutraining' (due by Saturday!!). 5. Key Carrier Training Update(due by June 1st).	Cart Tests (All 52 Weeks) Cart Test Accuracy Rates Cart Test Retraining Form Cart Test Schedule	Orientation - Bebe & Jennifer Register Training - Tony & Tom Shrink- Leah & Janaya Perishables - Judy Front End Execution - Cynthia & Leah Cart Testing - Tom Retail Management - Janaya Key Carrier - Lou & Judy DEX - Jennifer EV5 Data Entry - Tom	Comp Store Sales Grow Business Customer Sales Grow Corporate Brands Sales Engagement through Teamwork

The Store New Hire Form has been updated to include a line for email address. In an effort to reduce paper usage as well as the costs of printing and postage, the HR team is trying to collect more email addresses so we can began to communicate with associates via email. The updated form will be in all New Hire Packets ordered after today.

In our continued effort to make the new Register Training Certification both fair and easy to execute, we will require associates to score 90% on each area of the certification (instead of 90% total). This will better help us with how to administer follow up training. Less than 90% on Written Register Quiz = Take written quiz again online within 5 days of training. Less than 90% on Produce Quiz = Take produce quiz again online within 5 days of training. Less than 90% on Final Cart Test = Attend Day 3 of training again and be cart tested.

Loss Prevention has provided a copy of the StopLift video footage that was shown at the Store Manager Meeting. Visit my Dropbox to save this video to your computer.

Training Transcripts in the OPS Planner: According to Paul Lossing, this function is not currently in the OPS Planner. They were going to try it in a previous year's version, but encountered some issues and had decided against it.

Required fields highlighted on the status report: You should see this function in the P11 Status Reports when they post.

Can we require a key for using the motor keys or 12345/12346?: IS Department says they don't see why not. But I need to make a formal request through Operations (Rosie). If Rosie believes it is a problem worth locking down the register for, we should get a green light. Stay tuned...

Updated Stop Lift Video (the one used at the meeting): Requested the footage that was shown at the meeting from Loss Prevention. Hope to have copies within the next 2 weeks.

The Training Info Sheet has been updated to include Claudia's info.

Just a heads up that the Form I9 has been removed from the New Hire Packets. All orders placed after last Friday will not have this form as part of the packet.

Sunday is the end of the 3rd Quarter. Both the produce quiz and the safety quiz will close on Sunday.

I am proud to announce that we have 101 associates in the Retail Management Certificate Program! And we are on schedule to have 5 more graduates at the end of the 2012-2013 school year!! Thanks for all you do to help us promote this program! And shout out to Tony for being one of our 101!

If you haven't done so already, please complete your Associate Engagement Survey as soon as possible. Your feedback is important to us!

In case you hadn't heard, the ASAP manual is being discontinued and replaced with the SOP program. Stay tuned for more information.

Please use "Corporate Project" for the Fridays that you are out in your districts promoting the Engagement Surveys.

I'm sure you all have heard about or seen the new Hazardous Materials designated areas in stores. We are in the process of training all stores on this new program. We have conducted a few face to face trainings, but going forward will offer it online. Please Click here to review this training and take the quiz.