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Blind Spot™: What Leaders Must See About Engagement and Well-Being


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Allan Papares
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Gain critical leadership insights to uncover and address blind spots in employee engagement and well-being, directly impacting customer experience excellence at Wilcon Depot.

Here is the course outline:

1. Welcome to the Blind Spot Journey

Introduces the core idea that leaders often overlook crucial signals of engagement and well-being, outlines course goals, and explains why closing this ‘blind spot’ matters for Wilcon’s customer experience.

Retail Reality Check
Why Engagement Fuels Service
Spotting the Blind Spot
Counting the Hidden Price
Course Roadmap & Success Criteria
Essay Assessment: Uncovering the Engagement Blind Spot at Wilcon
Quiz: Uncovering the Blind Spots in Engagement and Well-Being
Spotting the Blind Spot: Engagement and Well-Being Analysis Project

2. The Psychology of Engagement

Explores scientific foundations of employee engagement—motivation, autonomy, purpose—and connects them to day-to-day retail leadership scenarios.

Motivation 101
Autonomy on the Aisle
Purpose Beyond Product
Feedback Loops that Motivate
Micro-Experiments for Engagement
Essay Assessment: Applying the Psychology of Engagement in Wilcon Retail Leadership
Quiz: The Psychology of Engagement
Design and Implement a Micro-Experiment to Elevate Engagement

3. Seeing Beneath the Surface

Teaches leaders to recognize well-being indicators—energy, mood, initiative—so they can act before metrics decline.

Well-Being Radar
Energy & Mood Signals
Initiative & Creativity Markers
Silent Stress Indicators
Real-Time Recognition Tactics
Essay Assessment: Recognizing Well-Being Indicators in Daily Leadership
Quiz: Seeing Beneath the Surface – Recognizing Well-Being Indicators
Branch Well-Being Radar: Observation and Action Plan

4. The Hidden Price Tag of Disengagement

Analyzes how low engagement silently erodes productivity, retention, and service quality, translating global research into Wilcon’s context.

Productivity Erosion
Turnover & Onboarding Drain
Customer Sentiment Slide
Well-Being and Safety Costs
Invisible Intangibles
Essay Assessment: Revealing the Hidden Price Tag of Disengagement at Wilcon
Quiz: The Hidden Price Tag of Disengagement
Course Project: Uncovering the Hidden Price Tag of Disengagement at Wilcon

5. Quiet Disengagement on the Sales Floor

Uses a realistic branch case to illustrate subtle disengagement, prompting learners to diagnose issues with newly gained recognition skills.

Case Setup: Quiet Sales Floor
Behavioral Observations
Root-Cause Mapping
Customer Impact Projection
Debrief & Lessons
Essay Assessment: Diagnosing Quiet Disengagement and Its Impact
Quiz: Quiet Disengagement on the Sales Floor
Sales Floor Disengagement Case Analysis Project

6. Strategic Interventions that Work

Presents evidence-based actions—feedback loops, recognition, inclusive practices—that leaders can deploy immediately to boost engagement.

Evidence-Based Feedback
Recognition that Resonates
Inclusive Decision Practices
Micro-Rest & Recovery
Rapid-Cycle Experimentation
Essay Assessment: Applying Strategic Interventions for Engagement and Well-Being
Quiz: Strategic Interventions that Work
Course Project: Designing and Implementing Strategic Interventions for Your Team

7. Designing Customer-Centric Experiences

Links engagement strategies to Wilcon’s service standards, showing how engaged teams deliver consistent, high-quality customer interactions.

Service DNA & Engagement
Emotion Transfer Chain
Designing Peak Moments
Consistency Through Rituals
Measuring Experience Quality
Essay Assessment: Integrating Engagement and Service Excellence at Wilcon
Quiz: Designing Customer-Centric Experiences
Designing and Evaluating Customer-Centric Engagement at Wilcon Depot

8. Embedding Well-Being into the Culture

Explains how policies, rituals, and systems can sustain employee well-being over time, preventing relapse into disengagement.

Policy as Culture Carrier
Ritualizing Well-Being
Leadership Role Modeling
Systems & Metrics Alignment
Guardrails Against Relapse
Essay Assessment: Embedding Well-Being into the Culture
Quiz: Embedding Well-Being into the Culture
Course Project: Designing a Sustainable Well-Being Culture at Wilcon Depot

9. From Insight to Personal Action Plan

Guides learners in crafting a practical playbook that aligns strategic interventions with their team’s realities and Wilcon’s values.

Personal SWOT on Engagement
Goal Setting with OKRs
Action Prioritization Matrix
Stakeholder Alignment
Accountability Checkpoints
Essay Assessment: Turning Insight into an Action Plan for Engagement and Well-Being
Quiz: From Insight to Personal Action Plan
Designing Your Personal Engagement and Well-Being Action Plan

10. Key Takeaways and Forward Path

Summarizes major insights, reinforces the link between well-being and customer excellence, and outlines next steps for ongoing learning and application.

Retrospective Highlights
Integrated Impact Map
Personal Wins Showcase
Forward-Path Resources
Commitment Pledge
Essay Assessment: Synthesizing Engagement and Well-Being for Customer Excellence
Quiz: Key Takeaways and Forward Path
Course Project: Mapping and Committing to Engagement and Well-Being at Wilcon
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