Ricardo Belmar and Casey Golden welcome back bestselling author and leadership coach April Sabral for the manager to coach reset. Poor performance conversations are the silent leak in culture. Run them badly and people leave. Run them as coaching and they turn into the reason people stay.
April's rule of thumb: ops consistency comes from systems, growth comes from questions. She gives the huddle questions, the replacement for "you missed target," and the three KPIs that make positive leadership measurable. Retail leadership coaching is not fluff in her read of it. It is profitable, and the manager to coach shift shows up in turnover and in customer reviews.
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📘 *Guest Info*
*April Sabral* — Leadership coach, author of Positive Accountability for Teams, and founder of April Sabral Leadership, Ripple Leadership, Ripple OS, and Ask April AI. https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprilsabral/
Positive Accountability for Teams: Building a Culture of Success https://a.co/d/0ceEWeLd
April Sabral is a leadership and mindset expert, bestselling author, and founder of April Sabral Leadership, Ripple Leadership, Ripple OS, and Ask April AI, an AI-powered coaching and training platform designed to support retail, hospitality, and service-based business owners. With over 30 years of experience leading teams at iconic global brands such as Starbucks, Gap, Banana Republic, and DAVIDsTEA, April has trained thousands of managers to become confident, people-focused leaders. Her proven leadership system, The Positive Effect, has been embraced by top brands including Jimmy Choo, Tory Burch, Sunglass Hut, Victoria’s Secret, and Psycho Bunny. Her bestselling book by the same name was named a Top Global Retail Book by the National Retail Federation in 2025 and is featured in the Forbes Leadership Library.
April has the only coaching certification in the retail industry that certifies leaders and coaches to train and license her proven methods.
April is also the Executive Director of the Miami Business Council, where she combines her passion for retail with community leadership. She has been named a Rethink Retail Top Global Retail Expert for four consecutive years (2022–2026) and is on a mission to positively impact one million leaders worldwide through practical business tools and mindset transformation.
Learn more at www.aprilsabral.com
*Chapters*
00:00 Preview
01:05 Show Intro
03:39 Welcome Back, April Sabral!
04:31 Coach Mindset Basics
06:30 Daily Coaching Habits
08:47 Positivity Produces ROI
10:05 Measure Energy Impact
11:53 Blame to Curiosity
14:34 Show Close
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