Putting the right people in the right spots is very important. How can I help Menards be a better employer? Terminations and demotions are necessary. I am almost always on the side of employers because I have spent a decade studying business and human behavior. You risked losing 25 years of experience that you have an invested interest in. He was with you for 25 years, no written warnings except on the day he was demoted, no important conversation about job performance, and lastly no understanding why. I have seen the need not only from your employee reviews but also because this just happened to my significant other. I know your reading this sitting in your big office and wondering “what’s the point of this article”. Then your human resource staff in every store needs to liaison as a support for your GM’s but be educated in the best practices of progressive discipline, the art of conversation, and positive change management. I am talking about a turn around team.Ī team that can go into a store disrupt the status quo, retrain leadership, and give the tools that your leaders need to be successful. You will not make any changes with an 8-hour visit. I am not applauding your advisor program as it is really lacking. Therefore, investing in training is very important. In other words, if you focus on a systems the system always delivers the same result. Your stores being based on conformity your needing strong systems in order to not be result oriented. What you need is someone who can go into your stores and change managerial habits. I don’t want to linger on the negative but stay results oriented. Don’t you understand that your people are your success? This approach is always going to leave your company less powerful. The corporate office demand someone’s head if a store is having problems. Yelling, mistreatment, and a hopelessness is what your employees face on the daily from your store GM’s and from your corporate office.
Your operations manager goes into your locations and does not talk to employees as if he wants to know their name.
Any reasonable business professional or your employees would look at this scenario and say "Menards does not care about their employees". I am talking about employees who has worked for you for over 25 years no written warning, no meaningful conversation, and no important training before a demotion or termination. I am not talking about what you say but what you do, YOUR ACTIONS. They deserve a system that is based on progressive discipline, professional development, and accountability. Menards your employees deserve better from you. Their employee reviews, and my personal conversation with employees has led me to write this article. Menards is behind the time when it comes to treatment of employees. I have learned and researched great companies that are able to align their employee strengths in order to dominate markets as a united whole.
As a master student in my last semester in management and operational behavior. The best practices for management and businesses are changing. An employer that knows they are a vital part of their organization and that their organization is a vital part of their family’s wellbeing. Everyone grows up, gets a job, and hope they someday work for an amazing employer that cares about them.