DEBI'S WAY: A Profile in Management

Produced

• 1995

Key Features

VHS or DVD video: 18 minutes in duration.

Here is a real-life manager you would love to have in your organization. Debi knows how - and shows how - to select people with good attitudes and to inspire them to achieve top productivity. Observe Debi's management style and techniques as she organizes projects, sets goals, focuses on the "big picture," and builds a loyal, highly motivated team.

Why does one team of front-line employees out-perform all industry averages? How do they achieve lower turnover, less job abandonment, less absenteeism... plus a high level of commitment to the job?

Meet Debi Mazurek, manager of the Counter Office Restaurant inside one of Chicago's largest department stores. Debi has created team loyalty, commitment and a high level of performance among her diverse team of employees.

This documentary film follows Debi into the workplace to reveal the give and take of her successful management style. Here are the keys to wise hiring, the behaviors that build team loyalty, and the behind-the-scenes story on getting top performance.

Program Objectives:

• Develop the skills a new supervisor needs
• Learn to show employees the big picture
• Learn to create a community of employees who stay for years
• Recognize how much you get back in return for good management practices.