About this podcast
This podcast provides practical training for convenience store assistant managers. Each episode focuses on the real challenges of running a shift, supporting store managers, handling employees, and keeping operations on track in a fast-paced environment.
Assistant managers are often expected to lead without formal training. Survive helps bridge that gap by breaking down shift management, team accountability, inventory control, and problem-solving in a way that can be applied immediately on the job.
If you are stepping into leadership or currently managing shifts, this podcast will help you build confidence, make better decisions, and handle the daily pressure of store operations.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 122 episodes
- THE "LEGEND" STATUS (THE ASSISTANT MANAGER’S SYSTEMIC LEGACY) · 6 min · Episode 122SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION) Episode Title: The "Legend" Status: The Assistant Manager’s Systemic Legacy (Episode 122) Episode Description: "You are a manager who is confusing…
- GOAL SETTING (THE ASSISTANT MANAGER’S OPERATIONAL BUDGETING SYSTEM) · 5 min · Episode 121SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION) Episode Title: Goal Setting: The Assistant Manager’s Operational Budgeting System (Episode 121) Episode Description: "You are an Assistant Manager…
- THE YEAR IN REVIEW (THE ASSISTANT MANAGER’S OPERATIONAL POST-MORTEM) · 5 min · Episode 120SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION) Episode Title: The Year in Review: The Assistant Manager’s Operational Post-Mortem (Episode 120) Episode Description: "You are a manager who is…
- THE EXIT STRATEGY (THE ASSISTANT MANAGER’S OPERATIONAL REPLICATION SYSTEM) · 5 min · Episode 119SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION) Episode Title: The Exit Strategy: The Assistant Manager’s Operational Replication System (Episode 119) Episode Description: "You are an Assistant…
- THE TECHNOLOGY CURVE (THE ASSISTANT MANAGER’S AUTOMATION-INTEGRATION SYSTEM) · 5 min · Episode 118SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION) Episode Title: The Technology Curve: The Assistant Manager’s Automation-Integration System (Episode 118) Episode Description: "You are an Assistant…
- MARKETING YOUR BRAND (THE ASSISTANT MANAGER’S LOCAL EVENT ARCHITECTURE) · 5 min · Episode 117SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION) Episode Title: Marketing Your Brand: The Assistant Manager’s Local Event Architecture (Episode 117) Episode Description: "You are a leader who is…
- MONTHLY INVENTORY PREP (THE ASSISTANT MANAGER’S AUDIT-RESILIENCE SYSTEM) · 5 min · Episode 116SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION) Episode Title: Year-End Inventory Prep: The Assistant Manager’s Audit-Resilience System (Episode 116) Episode Description: "You are an Assistant…
- HOLIDAY MERCHANDISING (THE ASSISTANT MANAGER’S IMPULSE ARCHITECTURE) · 5 min · Episode 115SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION) Episode Title: Holiday Merchandising: The Assistant Manager’s Impulse Architecture (Episode 115) Episode Description: "You are a leader who is…
- THE "ARRIVE" MINDSET (THE ASSISTANT MANAGER’S RISK-VS-REWARD DECISION MATRIX) · 5 min · Episode 114SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION) Episode Title: The "Arrive" Mindset: The Assistant Manager’s Risk-vs-Reward Decision Matrix (Episode 114) Episode Description: "You are a leader who…
- LABOR COST KILLERS (THE ASSISTANT MANAGER’S SCHEDULING DISCIPLINE) · 5 min · Episode 113SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION) Episode Title: Labor Cost Killers: The Assistant Manager’s Scheduling Discipline (Episode 113) Episode Description: "You are a leader who is bleeding…
- THE REBATE GAME (THE ASSISTANT MANAGER’S COMPLIANCE AUDIT) · 5 min · Episode 112SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION) Episode Title: The Rebate Game: The Assistant Manager’s Compliance Audit (Episode 112) Episode Description: "You are a leader who is leaving tens of…
- SHRINK IS THE ENEMY (THE ASSISTANT MANAGER’S LOSS PREVENTION PROTOCOL) · 5 min · Episode 111SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION) Episode Title: Shrink is the Enemy: The Assistant Manager’s Loss Prevention Protocol (Episode 111) Episode Description: "You are a leader who is…
- THE P&L AUTOPSY (THE ASSISTANT MANAGER’S PROFITABILITY AUDIT) · 5 min · Episode 110SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION) Episode Title: The P&L Autopsy: The Assistant Manager’s Profitability Audit (Episode 110) Episode Description: "You are a leader who is failing to…
- Q3 RECAP & THE "DRIVE" PREVIEW (THE OPERATIONAL RECALIBRATION) · 5 min · Episode 109SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION) Episode Title: Q3 Recap & The "Drive" Preview: The Operational Recalibration (Episode 109) Episode Description: "You are a leader who is waiting for…
- BUILDING THE BENCH (THE ART OF SYSTEMATIZING TALENT DEVELOPMENT) · 5 min · Episode 108SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION) Episode Title: Building the Bench: The Art of Systematizing Talent Development (Episode 108) Episode Description: "You are a victim of your own…
- THE COMPETITOR SCOUT (SYSTEMATIZING MARKET INTELLIGENCE) · 5 min · Episode 107SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION) Episode Title: The Competitor Scout: Systematizing Market Intelligence (Episode 107) Episode Description: "You are a leader with blinders on…
- DISTRICT MANAGER THINKING (VIEWING THE STORE AS A P&L, NOT JUST A BUILDING) · 4 min · Episode 106SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION) Episode Title: District Manager Thinking: Viewing the Store as a P&L (Episode 106) Episode Description: "You are treating the store like a police…
- MANAGERIAL ROLE EVOLUTION (TRANSITIONING FROM TECHNICAL EXECUTION TO STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP) · 6 min · Episode 105SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION) Episode Title: Managerial Role Evolution: Transitioning from Technical Execution to Strategic Leadership (Episode 105) Episode Description: "You…
- STRATEGIC TASK DELEGATION (EXECUTING STRUCTURED ASSIGNMENT VERSUS OPERATIONAL ABANDONMENT) · 7 min · Episode 104SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION) Episode Title: Strategic Task Delegation: Executing Structured Assignment versus Operational Abandonment (Episode 104) Episode Description: "You…
- OPERATIONAL SHIFT ALIGNMENT (EXECUTING HIGH-IMPACT PRE-SHIFT BRIEFINGS) · 7 min · Episode 103SHOW NOTES (SURVIVE VERSION) Episode Title: Operational Shift Alignment: Executing High-Impact Pre-Shift Briefings (Episode 103) Episode Description: "You caused this operational…







