managementMENTOR

                The resource for all things management.

 

 

To help you...

  • improve your leadership skills and management skills

  • solve supervisory problems

  • advance your career success

 

"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it."
~ Dwight Eisenhower

The Management Mentor Mission

Management Mentor provides tools for professional development and career success. Management Mentor provides quality management advice and resources to help you manage people and be a strong, effective leader. Our sources include successful managers and reputable resources such as business publications and organizations.

 

 

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So are we!!

This site is currently being developed, so explore a bit now and please check back soon! We'll be posting up-to-the-minute information you can use to be a better manager. Bookmark us as "Your Favorites" so you can check the site often.

 

In a management position, you experience the joys and (dare we say) pains of leading and supervising people. Your skill in that endeavor can ensure your career success. We're here to help.

 

Take our survey to have your opinion matter and direct the content of this site.

Management Survey

 

Or write us to ask for specific advice

mailto:info@management-mentor.com

 

Wishing you success!

 

 

 

 

 

natalie brecherManagement Mentor is produced by Natalie Brecher of Brecher & Associates Inc. A 26-year experienced executive, Natalie knows firsthand how to help managers lead and employees improve performance. Responsible for a real estate company with $45 million in revenues and assets valued over $300 million, Natalie has supervised a staff of over 800 to achieve company goals.

          To learn more about Natalie Brecher and her leadership / management keynotes and professional development training, go to:

http://www.BrecherAssociates.com

 

Natalie doesn't just "speak"

on management and leadership...

she's lived it!

News, Trends & Statistics

for Management and Workplace Performance Improvement

Volume VIII-X-I

 

Celebrity Smiles = Higher Pay

In simulated job interviews of 80 individuals, 58% were more likely to be hired and 53% percent received higher salary offers after their teeth had been whitened. ~ Source: Kelton Research

 

Q: What prejudices (yes, prejudices!) influence you when you are interviewing job candidates that prevent you from looking at competence?

 

Stress and Tears

In a survey of 506 adult employees, 22 percent report they have been driven to tears as a result of workplace stress. ~ Source: RJC Associates

 

Q: What do you do to monitor employees' stress levels and help them cope?

 

Friends Make the Workplace

A survey by Accountemps reports that 57 percent of 150 senior U.S. Executives say office productivity improves when coworkers are friends outside the office.

 

Q: Do you encourage or discourage friendships at work? Do you provide social settings for coworkers to become friends?

 

Why Fire New Hires?

The top six reasons for firing a new hire, according to a Collegiate Employment Research Institute survey of 750 employers proves of interest.

- 28% Unethical behavior

- 18% Lack of motivation/work ethic

- 14% Inappropriate use of technology

-   9% Failure to follow instructions

-   7% Missing assignment deadlines

 

Q: How do these reasons compare to your firm? How do the compare to reasons for terminating the employment of employees who have been with you for a while? And the big question, what can you do to ensure a better hire?

 

What are you doing to help your employees feel valued?

Write and let me know.

mailto:info@management-mentor.com

 

 

©2006 Natalie Brecher             E-mail: info@management-mentor.com