Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

Workplace Culture. You can think about workplace culture in terms of propensity for team-based activity. Of course, every consulting firm requires collaborative excellence, but how they operationalize it in terms of workplace culture can differ greatly.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 12, 2021

Instead, I offered them a deal—I would estimate the airfare and hotel and not charge them a cent more. What culture do you want? I've worked with clients who wanted me to itemize every penny I spent so that they could reimburse me. No charge for meals, rental car or taxi, or anything else. One client said they couldn't do that.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 16, 2020

However, the novelty of weekly business trips and lonely hotel rooms is likely to wear off quickly unless you stay organised and make the most of the wonderful experience this offers. Lastly, before you join a consulting firm, be sure to find out about its workplace culture. Exit opportunities.

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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

I have to say that, because of the middle eastern culture, I didn’t expect the level of engagement that I received, especially from the women, but I was wrong. I had to dip my toes in the Persian Gulf – and take a picture with the only 7 star hotel in the world, The Burj Al Arab. Talk about welcoming communication!

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MAY 30, 2022

Create a culture of inclusion in the organizational unit under my leadership: an environment in which every employee feels valued and has opportunities to contribute and grow. The effect of self-sacrifice leadership on social capital and job performance in hotels. The Leadership quarterly (1048-9843), 23 (5), p. Shin, J., &

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Tom Spencer

MAY 29, 2015

Seven senior FIFA officials were arrested on Wednesday at a high end Swiss Hotel as part of a larger two decades long investigation by the FBI into corruption at FIFA. Football is an international game and universally loved by millions of people from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds. (Source: Flickr ).

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Martinka Consulting

JULY 24, 2019

The above is part of a larger issue and that’s the overall culture. Industrial office bathroom cleanliness is different than luxury hotel cleanliness. Given the owners are thinking of selling the business one would think they would spiff it up to make a good first impression. It’s all a matter of perspective.

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 8, 2014

Hotel Fines Newlyweds $500 For Negative Reviews – What Were They Thinking? Feel free to share your roundup with us by using the hashtag #CrisisRoundup! From The Crisis Intelligence Blog. Determining Influence: Don’t Rely Solely on Number of Followers. Every Marketing and PR Campaign Needs a Risk Assessment. Listen here!

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Martinka Consulting

MARCH 12, 2020

The headlines tell us the airline industry, cruise industry, and therefore related businesses like hotels and suppliers are having problems. And, we’ll find out if having certain people work from home improves or damages culture. But what about small businesses, that I really feel for?

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Interestingly, last Thursday I attended a seminar on culture and one of the things the speaker said was that you can’t change your (bad) culture if you keep the same people. I’m so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.” Muhammad Ali.

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 25, 2014

Interestingly, last Thursday I attended a seminar on culture and one of the things the speaker said was that you can’t change your (bad) culture if you keep the same people. ” “I’m so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.”

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

In pre-Big Data days, for example, a hotel chain used some pretty sophisticated mathematics, data mining, and time series analysis to coordinate its yield management pricing and promotion efforts. The projections worked fine for about a third of the hotels but were wildly, destructively off for another third.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

None of the renters pay hotel or tourist taxes. Every Airbnb rental is a lost night of revenue for the hotels that hate it. The company has more rooms available than any hotel chain. Hotel chains burdened with even a greater capital investment in their physical buildings are doing the same thing.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 26, 2017

The DC office management pushes training programs and the culture is all about grooming employees into McKinsey-bred consultants; they do everything they can to stay on top. The BAH office culture is a happy one marked by flexibility and managers who are very supportive and collaborate with the team. Cool, or not?

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Seth Godin Blog

MAY 19, 2016

Are you more likely to stay at a hotel that you've heard of as opposed to an unknown one, even if 'heard of' refers to the fact that they've run ads? There are more ways than ever to spread the word about your work, but we live in a culture where paid ads still have clout. "As

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Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2017

The tech sector, which has become as famous for toxic company cultures as for innovation, and as well-known for human resource headaches as for hoodie-wearing CEOs, could use a little of the mellowness and wisdom that comes with age. But I was an “old-school” hotel guy and had never used Airbnb. Sounded good.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Oberoi, founder of the Oberoi Group, a leading luxury-hotel company. At any Oberoi hotel, employees on the front line are individually responsible for directly creating value for the customer—and are empowered to do so both administratively and financially. One of the great front-line obsessives of all time was M.S.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2018

It wanted to be known for entertainment venues and hotels that were not gaming-centric — such as the Bellagio and MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Author’s note: I’ve created an assessment to help you determine how well your employees are engaged with your brand and how well-aligned and integrated your brand and culture are today.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2016

As we move from one hotel chain to another and order the same Starbucks drink in London that we do in Shanghai or Tokyo, it can feel like just another business trip as opposed to a personally meaningful cross-cultural adventure. Managing Across Cultures. What Leadership Looks Like in Different Cultures. Pamela Hinds.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Innovative companies have innovative cultures. Think of Google, or of how GE has sustained an innovation culture that goes back to its founding father, Thomas Edison. As mysterious as it can sound, creating a culture of innovation isn’t rocket science. Develop Talent to Develop the Culture.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Brussels faces an imminent threat of a Paris-style Islamic State terrorist attack, authorities warned, as the city shut down its metro system and shopping malls, canceled sporting and cultural events and told people to avoid gathering in large groups. “ Authorities canceled sporting events and cultural activities around the Belgian capital.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 26, 2018

One woman described crying in her hotel bed after reading about a police officer killing a person of color. She said, “I remember watching [a shooting] and crying in my hotel bed. It’s a direct example of how working with people you can relate to can positively influence your career. And then having to go to work.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2018

Judson Manor is a gracious former 1920s luxury hotel near The Cleveland Clinic, Case Western University, and many of the museums and arts institutions in Cleveland, Ohio. The partnership has been a triumph of efficiency — a win-win for the cultural climate of Judson and often-stretched student bank accounts.

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Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2017

Long before becoming CEO, in 2016, he was searching for new growth in the hypercompetitive travel reservations market, coming across a pair of small European startups with a business model opposite to Priceline’s in two key ways: Instead of taking an up-front 25% commission on a hotel reservation, the startups charged only 15% after check-out.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 7, 2017

The Chief Operating Officer of one of the world’s biggest banks described the environment that fostered the culture that enabled the Libor and related scandals: “It all begins with the organization’s biggest lie.” How will what you have to say affect the political games being played in the organization? “Budgets.”

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 30, 2019

The first factor is the culture related to your geography (both country and city). Sure, it was a very nice hotel, and it's really, really cool for the first four weeks. The third factor that drives work life balance is the culture of the client. If you want a more balanced life, pick clients that have a 9-5 culture.

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Women in Consulting

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

For example, communicating in Spanish not only reaches those who do not speak English, but also ingratiates your company culturally. For example, a prestigious hotel “on Jones St. With 40 million+ Latinos in the US and 500 million in Latin America, savvy companies would be remiss not to focus on these huge nearby markets.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Traditionally, this research has focused on the contextual or external drivers of engagement, such as the characteristics of the job, the culture of the organization, or the quality of its leaders. Why is it that some people are more engaged — excited, moved, energized by their jobs — than others?

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

The culture is really crisp with very intelligent people around; in fact, some of the “best” longest-standing McKinseyites in the world are in NYC and McKinsey has significant support staff in the office as well.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 4, 2011

AECOM provides economic analysis and strategic planning services, which generally fall into four areas of practice: Economic Planning and Real Estate, Entertainment and Leisure, Hotels and Resorts, and Capital Facilities Planning. Website: www.arup.com. Address: Arup. Level 5 Festival Walk. 80 Tat Chee Avenue. Kowloon Tong.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 7, 2022

Innovation doesn't just happen in the workplace without a supportive culture. Company culture is the one thing that influences everything in the workplace. Leaders that focus on cultivating an innovation culture and developing innovative leaders outperform their competition. Organizational culture and leadership (5th ed).

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In her pioneering research on Silicon Valley’s advantage over Route 128 circa 1990, AnnaLee Saxenian identified some of the major differentiators, from cultural factors to state-level policies. Silicon Valley benefited from a more free-wheeling, less hierarchical, and more risk-taking culture than New England.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Why Great Employees Leave “Great Cultures” Melissa Daimler. C-DOT had two floors of a five-star hotel as their workspace. How to Lose Your Best Employees. Whitney Johnson. To Retain New Hires, Make Sure You Meet with Them in Their First Week. Dawn Klinghoffer et al.

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Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2016

Given Iran’s top 10 ranking in the number of UNESCO world heritage cultural sites in the world, this is poised to change. Luxury hotel brand Melia is joining Accor and Rotana to open the country’s first international five-star hotel, the Gran Melia Ghoo.

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Harvard Business

JULY 31, 2017

Culture, technology, and poor personal habits encourage us to stay plugged in. Maybe you don’t need — or don’t want — your device taken from you, but a similar result might be achieved if you find a designated space, like a hotel safe, to store it. ” 3.

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Harvard Business

MAY 21, 2018

Stories like this one about Nike’s toxic workplace culture remind us that speaking up about injustice and being heard in an organization can create positive change. Research helps us understand why it is that people speak up in some situations and not in others.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2017

” nodding towards a modern glass tower next to the Mandarin Oriental hotel. Urban areas provide the diversity, creative energy, cultural richness, vibrant street-life, and openness to new ideas that the talent who launch and work for startups is looking for. “Some of the apartments cost £50 million or more.

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