Live in Orlando with Hugh Linn from Office Depot
05/16/22 • 32 min
Hugh Linn is a Florida native, and as many people do, he started in retail just to get through college. He was initially studying to be a math teacher and went on to get an MBA in HR from Nova Southeastern University.
Today, he says, " I still get to be a teacher and choose my students for the most part. I have also always been fascinated by leadership and what goes into being a great leader. I have failed more times than I have succeeded, but the learnings from that failure have fueled my success."
He is currently with Office Depot as a General Manager in Orlando and initially spent 13 years growing his career at Lane Bryant.
He says that his secret superpower is empathy, and he has found that leaders can solve most problems with compassion and patience. You will hear that loud in clear when you hear him describe his career journey.
Enjoy the episode with Hugh!
But before we get started, I want to thank you to the three essential title sponsors fueling the RETAIL IN AMERICA tour AND this podcast.
Spotify Advertising Spotify is the #1 podcast platform in the US. It has grown to over 420M monthly unique registered users around the globe, over half of which are supported on the ad platform.
Spotify advertising will help you reach and target your audience across devices, locations, and formats.
Over 300 companies in 80 countries trust YOOBIC to drive their retail performance at scale, get real-time visibility into multi-location business execution, digitized task management, and more.
KWI is the industry's only true turnkey omnichannel platform for specialty retailers.
Please subscribe, review, and then share this podcast with everyone you know in retail - and there are many of us!
Go to RETAIL PRIDE and follow me on IG @retailpride to see all the details about the RETAIL IN AMERICA tour, the cities we will visit, upcoming events, media links, and more.
Contact me directly here to nominate a retail hero for this podcast, host a retail networking or book signing event in your city, or just say hello.
Keep your retail pride strong, and I will see you on the road!
Audio engineer Dean Albak
Cover image shot by Duke Winn
Hugh Linn is a Florida native, and as many people do, he started in retail just to get through college. He was initially studying to be a math teacher and went on to get an MBA in HR from Nova Southeastern University.
Today, he says, " I still get to be a teacher and choose my students for the most part. I have also always been fascinated by leadership and what goes into being a great leader. I have failed more times than I have succeeded, but the learnings from that failure have fueled my success."
He is currently with Office Depot as a General Manager in Orlando and initially spent 13 years growing his career at Lane Bryant.
He says that his secret superpower is empathy, and he has found that leaders can solve most problems with compassion and patience. You will hear that loud in clear when you hear him describe his career journey.
Enjoy the episode with Hugh!
But before we get started, I want to thank you to the three essential title sponsors fueling the RETAIL IN AMERICA tour AND this podcast.
Spotify Advertising Spotify is the #1 podcast platform in the US. It has grown to over 420M monthly unique registered users around the globe, over half of which are supported on the ad platform.
Spotify advertising will help you reach and target your audience across devices, locations, and formats.
Over 300 companies in 80 countries trust YOOBIC to drive their retail performance at scale, get real-time visibility into multi-location business execution, digitized task management, and more.
KWI is the industry's only true turnkey omnichannel platform for specialty retailers.
Please subscribe, review, and then share this podcast with everyone you know in retail - and there are many of us!
Go to RETAIL PRIDE and follow me on IG @retailpride to see all the details about the RETAIL IN AMERICA tour, the cities we will visit, upcoming events, media links, and more.
Contact me directly here to nominate a retail hero for this podcast, host a retail networking or book signing event in your city, or just say hello.
Keep your retail pride strong, and I will see you on the road!
Audio engineer Dean Albak
Cover image shot by Duke Winn
Previous Episode
Live in Miami with Phil Denny from Reiss
Like many people we all know, Phil Denny found his way into retail by chance.
From starting in the stockrooms of a home décor store to managing teams across North America for Reiss, he finds his inspiration from the fantastic people working throughout the field.
Phil loves retail and can talk endlessly about commercial reports, but those that have been a part of his team know his true focus is always on people. He helps every individual realize their role in the bigger picture and shares his journey as an example to show how everyone can become a success.
Phil is also a classical musician who studied piano and voice and is an active member of the master choral of South Florida.
This is a fun conversation filled with great lessons of leadership and the joy of retail!
As always, thank you to the three essential title sponsors fueling the RETAIL IN AMERICA tour AND this podcast.
Spotify Advertising Spotify is the #1 podcast platform in the US, with over 380 million monthly active users around the globe, over half of which are supported on the ad platform.
Over 300 companies in 80 countries trust YOOBIC to drive their retail performance at scale, get real-time visibility into multi-location business execution, digitized task management, and more.
KWI is the industry's only true turnkey omni-channel platform for specialty retailers.
Please subscribe, review, and then share this podcast with everyone you know in retail - and there are many of us!
Go to RETAIL PRIDE and follow me on IG @retailpride to see all the details about the RETAIL IN AMERICA tour, the cities we will visit, media links, and more.
Contact me directly here to nominate a retail hero for this podcast, host a retail networking or book signing event in your city, or just say hello.
Keep your retail pride strong, and I will see you on the road!
Audio engineer Dean Albak
Cover image shot by Duke Winn
Next Episode
An intimate conversation with Sarah Jessica Parker
As one of the title sponsors of my RETAIL IN AMERICA tour, KWI, the industry's only true turnkey omnichannel platform for specialty retailers, has allowed me to engage with their fantastic customers. And one of them is SJP by Sarah Jessica Parker, her namesake footwear, handbags, and accessories brand.
This conversation is entirely due to KWI's strong relationship with its customers, and I am very grateful for our partnership and this opportunity.
I would say that Sarah Jessica Parker needs no introduction, but let me share just a few highlights...
She is most known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO television series Sex and the City, for which she won two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
The character was widely popular during the airing of the series and was later recognized as one of the most notable female characters in American television.
She later reprised the role in the films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010), and the most recent television show And Just Like That....(2022)
Sarah Jessica and her husband, Matthew Broderick, are currently starring on Broadway in Neil Simon's Plaza Suite revival.
In February 2014, she started SJP by Sarah Jessica Parker, a footwear line initially launched exclusively at Nordstrom that has grown into a global business sold in every major department store and a small fleet of her own brick-and-mortar locations around the world.
This conversation was recorded in front of a small live audience at the end of April 2022, at her 54th street location in NYC, one that is very special to her as you will hear.
I hope you enjoy this as much as I did!
Ron
A huge thank you to the three essential title sponsors fueling the RETAIL IN AMERICA tour AND this podcast.
Spotify Advertising Spotify is the #1 podcast platform in the US and has grown to over 420M monthly unique registered users around the globe, over half of which are supported on the ad platform. Spotify advertising will help you reach and target your audience across devices, locations, and formats.
YOOBIC Over 300 companies in 80 countries trust YOOBIC to drive their retail performance at scale, get real-time visibility into multi-location business execution, digitized task management, and more.
KWI is the industry's only true turnkey omni...
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