Retail Leadership with Steve Worthy

Author: Steve Worthy

Retail leadership isnt what it used to be and neither are you.After 30 years of navigating the realities of store floors, boardrooms, restructures, and reinventions, Ive learned this: the gap between what retail leaders need to grow and what companies actually provide is wider than ever. Promotions dont come with clarity. Expectations rise, but context disappears. And while the metrics may shift, the pressure never does.This podcast is for the retail leader who's already proven themselves and still wants more.This podcast is for the experienced retail leader who wants more not more work, but more direction, more insight, and more impact.I'm Steve Worthy retail executive coach and founder of Worthy Retail Global. Ive coached and developed thousands of leaders over three decades, and I created this podcast to give you the straight, strategic guidance I wish I had earlier in my career.Youve earned your position. Now lets make sure you lead like it.
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Do You Have the Discipline to Say No? Part 4 of 4
Saturday, 24 January, 2026

Send us a textThe Discipline to Say No (The Decision That Determines Everything)This is the decision most leaders avoid.After the conferences. After the ideas. After the pressure to “look at everything.” Part IV is about the one move that determines whether all of this turns into leverage or just more noise.In this episode, I break down why conferences expand possibility, but leadership requires subtraction. Why saying “we’re looking at everything” is the safest answer and the most dangerous one. And why the strongest leaders don’t win by adding more, but by being brutally clear about what they will not pursue.We close the series by connecting all four decisions and laying out the real consequences. When leaders choose focus, decisions get sharper, teams move with confidence, and execution becomes intentional. When they don’t, momentum stalls, ideas end up in pilot purgatory, and leaders feel pressure without progress.Key learnings:Why leadership is fundamentally about subtractionHow conferences create pressure to accumulate instead of decideThe hidden cost of chasing everything at onceWhy saying no is what allows priorities to breatheThe North Star outcomes when focus is real, and what breaks when it isn’tThis episode isn’t about inspiration. It’s about drawing the line that changes how the year actually plays out. Support the showLearn More:2026 Survey Is Live - Add Your Voice - Click to take survey DOWNLOAD - The Campus 2025 Retail Leadership Development Report, HERE. JOIN THE CAMPUS _________________________ Meet Our Sponsors: NetConV _________________________ READ OUR RETAIL LEADER NEWSLETTER MEET STEVE! BOOK A CLARITY CALL!