<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Bruce Herscovici Management and Leadership Performance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Closing the Leadership Performance Gap]]></description><link>https://www.bruceherscovici.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:25:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.bruceherscovici.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Consistency Doesn't Come From Rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every organization wants consistency. Very few achieve it. I've led five retail organizations, and one lesson has stayed with me: consistency doesn't come from rules. It comes from standards. The distinction matters because standards aren't just about defining what people should do. They're about making expectations clear, explaining why they matter, and giving managers the tools to help people meet them. That's where the real work begins. Where I learned it We were growing quickly. Thirty...]]></description><link>https://www.bruceherscovici.com/post/consistency-doesn-t-come-from-rules</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ab2b6e009ec856a564ccf10</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:33:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d75667_371e5421338b4572b17d38de66b083e3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bruce Herscovici</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I built the same thing three times without noticing]]></title><description><![CDATA[I found the same sentence in my own résumé twice, written eighteen years apart. I was going through old files and stopped on a line from 2004, describing what I had done as VP of Corporate Stores at TELUS: introduced a store management performance model built on target setting and coaching performance. Then I found it again. 2018. Rogers Branded Retail. Almost word for word. I had not planned that, and I had never noticed it. I thought of them as separate jobs — different companies, eighteen...]]></description><link>https://www.bruceherscovici.com/post/i-built-the-same-thing-three-times-without-noticing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa47642d83f50a13adaf2d1</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:52:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d75667_e06ac63edd2147cf9a30d9a9ff67cd39~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bruce Herscovici</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>