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indled. Flexibility, il a manager wishes to
tain a young person's career interest in
ihibition,
is vital, and it ought to become a
.hi with which a manager is familiar.
Once a pei son goes on your payroll, it is
irise business move to chat with that perm
on a regular hasis. How is the job goig?
Can it be improved as far as manage-
,eiit application is concerned? Are there
n good ideas to make the job more prolicide?
What has a patron said lately that
i. ,\ contribute to more business-building
>r the theatre? Making an individual feel
e or she is part of a team can be reflected
i a more spirited and enthusiastic staff OUtiok.
Attentive
Managing
On a busy weekend night, the attentive
leatre manager takes time to get behind
le counter at
the refreshment stand to help
ut at peak customer moments, asking the
ashier .i
if there is enough money—small
ange and bills—with which to handle
jade. This should be done, it ought to be
mphasized, without the attendant having to
..•quest it. The manager also should stroll
(own the aisles, making mental notes of
ow well customers are being treated. In
ssence, he or she should be maintaining a
igh profile, should be making the manaerial
presence known. In so doing, there
/ill
be created a much appreciated image of
jteam" effort.
,
Objectivity is the name of the game.
jJever talk down to staffers, regardless of
many pressing problems are at hand.
..isten and observe, responding when somehing
is out of line. Treating your employees
s a team is not a sometimes thing— it is
nandatory for successful and progressive
heatre management.
Alert,
Person Is
Adaptable
Good
Manager Stock
IVlaintain. as defined by the
American College Dictionary," means to
teep in existence, preserve, retain, et al,
ind alludes to capability in terms of the
quality of being capable of a quality that
an be developed or used, competent, able.
Nobody becomes an overnight expert in
;mything—despite what has been said,
writen
or demonstrated through recorded time.
Nobody can rightfully claim expertise in
component of a given field, industry,
profession or craft. It follows, certainly.
hat the novice, the aspirant, can be all too
easily overwhelmed by what has to be ab-
'•orbed. what has to be remembered. The
pne-step-at-a-time concept has proved work-
'ble in the past; it can work indeed today!
It goes without saying, moreover, that
;very working cinema manager in the U.S.,
Canada and elsewhere had to break into
nis or her niche in some way—as doormen.
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