-: So, my name is Maurice Bridge,
and what I do for a living, I'm a branch manager
at Regions Bank in the Winter Park market.
So, the role is, I mean, I got a quite a lotta duties,
but, overall, I manage, in my particular office,
a $40 million portfolio of customers.
So, obviously, we are trying to grow that particular
book of business, and that's the financial marks,
and then, also, I'm tasked to coach and develop my team,
and also, to be out in the community making sure
we're making our lives better for them, as well.
At our institution, we actually do take an assessment
of where they are, where their skills sets,
where their strengths and where their challenges are,
and then we put together a comprehensive coaching plan
to help guide them along that process
to get them to wherever they want to go.
So, as an example, if a team member is just, maybe,
a banker, and he wants to become a manager,
we actually have a training guideline that we follow
and we put together just for him and his skill sets.
My task, as a branch manager, is to partner with him,
side by side, to say what is your challenges,
what is, what is one of the barriers
that's keeping you from being successful?
Lotta times, it's just me bein' there to remove the fear,
and then they can jump in, and then they can be successful,
and then we celebrate success, so,
my role, as a branch manager, is, obviously,
to make sure to get the best out of people, and remove
those barriers so we can get the desired outcomes.
Everything we do is measured, so there are financial
metrics that we must hit to grow,
'cause we do have our overhead to pay for,
so, I don't wanna get too much into that,
but, also, in terms of engagement, I am measured on that.
So, how engaged is my team, do they like to come to work?
Do they like how I manage, do they feel valued,
as an individual, are they being challenged,
are they being recognized, are they being praised?
So, that's a part of my overall measurement of how well
I'm doing, as a branch manager, for my institution,
and all of it goes into account
when I have my yearly reviews.
So, obviously, financial performance means a lot,
and that's a lot of what we do,
but, also, taking care of the people,
and taking care of our community and our customers.
Those are kind of the three prongs,
if you were gonna look at how I am judged upon in my role.