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Back to the Basics in Leadership and Life with former EVP of Operations for the Walt Disney World Resort Lee Cockerell

Consulting Matters

Want a common sense, down-to-earth approach for developing leaders, growing organizations, and creating a profitable consulting or coaching business? Today I'm talking with Lee Cockerell, the former Executive Vice President of Operations for Walt Disney resort and currently a consultant, author, and speaker. Lee Cockerell [link].

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Consultant, Contractor, Freelancer - Labels Matter!

Successful Independent Consulting

If you were a hotel chain, would you be a Motel 6, Courtyard by Marriott, or a Ritz-Carlton? Positioning yourself the wrong way can limit your income, cost you thousands of dollars a year in taxes, stunt your professional development, and tie you unnecessarily to the traditional 9-to-5 routine. Friends don’t let friends W-2!

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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

Rita High School, where I learned to develop group and individualized training toward specific goals — namely, competing in band competitions or performing in concerts. I also handled recruitment, payroll, inventory management, and other store operations. I gained my first consulting client, a small mental health counseling service.

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Getting an Intricate Operation Back in Sync

Harvard Business

Before I became general manager of The Beverly Hills Hotel, I held the same position at another luxury hotel up the coast. Facing interconnected operational issues, members of the eight-person senior leadership team were turning against one another. Later, he privately told me he was thinking of leaving the hotel.

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Building a successful platform business

Tom Spencer

It is cliché to talk of Airbnb as the hotel company with no properties, or Uber as the taxi company with no cars. Services can help a platform operator differentiate their marketplace from competitors, and also lock in users. Attract enough users to ‘pay off’ the cost of developing and launching the feature. One step at a time?

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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

Aerospace is one of the fastest growing markets. While both the size of the market and its growth rate are both large, so is its carbon footprint. The Aviation Market. Ever since the Wright Brother’s famous first flight in 1903, the aviation market has gone nowhere but up. per year over the same period.

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Should Consultants Offer Guarantees? The Answer May Surprise You…

Consulting Success

In a HBR article many years ago, Christopher Hart shared how BBBK was able to charge ten times more than its competitors and still maintain a disproportionally high market share in the areas where it was operating at the time. BBBK provides services to its clients that include restaurants, high-end hotels, and other businesses.