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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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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. What a funny place to find wisdom — a hotel lobby shop!

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Why your company is not innovative - 4 ways to fix it

Asamby Consulting

Innovative businesses are able to keep their operations and products relevant to the rapid changing market conditions. Product Innovation Product innovation is the development and launch of a new product or improved versions of existing products. Ricky Maurer developed three levels of resistance in 2010.

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An Ex-Consultant’s Jump into the Start Up World

Management Consulted

He co-founded MobileSuites, an app that puts travel concierge services and hotel information at your fingertips, and which you can (and should) find and sign-up for here. Altman Vilandrie is a smaller firm, and so I was also able to meet a lot of the people that work there and got a great vibe from the directors and the other analysts.

Hotels 100
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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

Figure 1 : Innovations from NASA will help the US meet its sustainable aviation goals. If the aviation industry continues down the path of high CO 2 emissions, what will happen when new aerospace markets open: sub-orbital travel, supersonic flight, and space hotels? The test showed no observable operational difference between the two.

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Salespeople Need a Strategy for Selling to CEOs

Harvard Business

“Sell higher and call on the C-Suite” is probably the most common refrain in business development, and you can see why. According to a study , executives consider less than one-fifth of the meetings they have with salespeople to be valuable. ” Despite the advantages, however, selling to executives can be challenging.

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Maintaining Your Focus on the Front Lines as Your Company Grows

Harvard Business

Maintaining an obsession with the front line—where the company meets the customer—is fundamental to achieving sustainable growth. Most started out as their company’s first salesperson, its first product developer, or both. Oberoi, founder of the Oberoi Group, a leading luxury-hotel company.

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