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About Alex Brooks

A recent MBA grad from a top 15 school, Alex is in his second management role. Alex believes the key to good management is having motivated and happy employees.

6 Ways You Can Mentor Your Employees

April 23, 2011

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As a manager, you are often called upon to be in a mentoring role for your employees, but how do you identify your mentor role and fulfill it properly? As you mentor an employee, you will find yourself fulfilling one of 6 types of mentoring: 1. Relationship Mentoring Managing interpersonal relationships is a challenge for [...]

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4 Tips to Make Goals Attainable

April 21, 2011

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Employees thrive on achieving goals as long as you create goals which they can attain. Attainable goals can be stretch goals – they can be designed to get an employee to work outside of their comfort zone, to try new things, learn new skills, and work hard than they have ever worked before, but they [...]

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3 Ways to Help an Employee Reach a Goal

April 13, 2011

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People respond to things which they believe will lead to a reward which holds value. As a manager, one of your early struggles may be figuring out what motivates your employees so you can help them reach goals and begin the building blocks towards performance management. Learn 3 ways to motivate your employees.

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