Self-Directed Learning
There is a difference between training and development, training is functional and essential to do your job well. Development is future-focused and lifts leaders to that next level of performance through ongoing learning.
Investing in yourself is one of the BEST actions you can take right now, this is why we are making our courses more accessible than ever. Here’s how to buy one course or an annual membership and access all courses. If you are an individual that wants to up-level your leadership skills, or a company that is looking for a leadership program to succession plan your top talent, you are in the right place.
“People build brands, we build people” April Sabral – Founder retail
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All Access
Unlimited Access for 12 Months- Get unlimited access over 20 courses
- Test your knowledge
- Live Learning calls
- Discount pricing on coaching
- Course completion certificate
How It Works
Choose between the annual membership or lifetime access to a specific course. Best value – Annual membership, get access to all retailu courses, even new ones when they launch and all French versions of each course. Set up your account when you buy the plan that is right for you. Keep your login info, we are a membership site just like Netflix.
Follow our top tips for self-directed learning:
- Discuss your development plan with your leader (of if you are in between leaders, jump on our community page).
- Identify which competencies you want to develop.
- Select a course by competency with the dropdown on the courses page.
Do you have a development plan? if so clearly document which competency and course you will be focused on. If not we have a template for this. CLICK HERE for a guide on how to write a development plan. - Watch one video per week, complete quiz and activity during your work shift. Videos are four minutes, activities are designed to complete on the job. Each course has between four to ten video lessons.
- Print workbook – this is optional all workbooks are printable and open up on your tech.
- Discuss your learnings and completed activities with your leader or a peer on a touch base.
- Make notes and complete all activities in your workbook.
Our students love retailu.
As a Regional Director leading a team of 15 DM’s across Canada, I can assure you that there is nothing out the that comes even close to retailu in terms of efficiency, expertise of content and relevance, delivering an instant big return on a small investment. I’ve been looking for years for such quality content and the feedback from my team is unanimous, these courses are so on point for anyone wanting to expand their retail leadership skills.
Paul LeBlanc, Senior Regional Director, Ardene
I highly recommend RetailU, it is an amazing leadership training program. Whether you are looking for self development or seeking resources to support your teams development, this is the platform for you.
Miriam Rodriquez, Regional Manager, LuLu lemon
Anyone that works in retail needs to take these courses. It’s very easy to use with great information. Whether it’s for your own personal growth or to help your team grow, it’s a perfect tool to use. Great job RetailU!
Michael Paul, National Operations Manager, Ardene
RetailU is the best education program online and also offers an inclusive community of support.
Elise Tremblay, National Events Manager, MAC Cosmetics
It is a very clear and helpful training tool. I wish I had a resource like this when I began my career as District Manager. The videos are clear, concise and debunk some theories of how we think we should handle a situation as well as give excellent tips on time management and executing effective and efficient.
Claudie Turcotte, District Manager, Ardene, QC
RetailU has been very interesting. I have enjoyed the courses I’ve been able to complete since it’s launch. Although some has been practices I already do in store a lot of it has made me adapt my store visits and overall interactions with my teams. Very enlightening. This would be super beneficial to give to high volume managers as well as our trained backups so they can continue their development.
Kaliegh Tower DM MB
These courses are so helpful, even as a store manager for over twenty years I learned something new. Very practical, highly recommend.
Vincenza Appa, Store Manager, Pandora
“RetailU is the best learning and development platform for busy high demand retail environments because it has quick, informative course models and focuses on what’s important. RetailU has extensive program content which has allowed me to build professional development into our weekly schedule and goals. I assigned one course a week. We would complete the course and I would host a half-hour zoom meeting to discuss the lesson. Then review the questions in the guide and then suggest how we would use or have used the lesson in real life”.
Adrienne Thompson, Regional Director, Ardene, BC