Sat.Jan 22, 2011 - Fri.Jan 28, 2011

Eric Jacobson

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The Power Of Mentoring: Formal And Informal

Eric Jacobson

Sports heroes mention their mentors at award ceremonies. Successful business people thank their mentors at career milestone celebrations. Young adults who later become accomplished acknowledge their mentors when asked who was influential in their success. Mentoring is indeed powerful. Most leaders have been both a mentor and a mentee at some point in their careers.

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Are You Leading Like Marriott?

Eric Jacobson

Stay at any Marriott hotel and look in the nightstand drawer in your guest room and you’ll find a Marriott booklet that highlights its milestones and recaps the Marriott story. In the booklet, you’ll also find the following 12 ways that Marriott practices good leadership and customer service : 1. Continually challenge your team to do better. 2. Take good care of your employees, and they’ll take good care of your customers, and the customers will come back. 3.

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10 Ways To Involve Your Employees

Eric Jacobson

Here are 10 tips for how to maximize employee involvement: Have active ways to listen to your employees. Check often with employees to see if the information you are sharing with them is what they need and what they want. Share information about customer satisfaction with employees. Discuss financial performance with your employees and be sure everyone understands the importance of profitability and how they can contribute to profitability.