Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

Before I became general manager of The Beverly Hills Hotel, I held the same position at another luxury hotel up the coast. Later, he privately told me he was thinking of leaving the hotel. And something was wrong. Our fine dining restaurant was on the brink of losing its hard-won Michelin rating. This has to be done as a group.

Operations 29

Operations Hotels Case Interview Finance 29

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Today GE has once again reinvented itself, as “the digital industrial company” — not bad for an organization founded in 1892. Westin, the hotel chain, awards its top innovators a five-day exotic trip each quarter. Develop Talent to Develop the Culture.

Culture 28

Culture Talent Industry Financial 28

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.

Hotels 28

Hotels Data Groups Culture 28

Henman Performance Executive

JANUARY 17, 2013

I don’t understand customer service, the service industry, or the hospitality industry. Unlike many hotels, Marriott doesn’t charge extra for internet. Last week I stayed in a nice hotel in Miami. Talent Management. Their names imply proactive and reactive response to what people might like. It’s what I do.

Hotels 28

Hotels Industry Talent Government 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Although directors in certain industries are more aware of the threat of disruption, the widespread lack of board-level engagement in innovation processes could be a major blind spot and a potential liability. Innovation ranks fifth, after more-conventional concerns such as attracting and retaining top talent and the regulatory environment.

Telecommunications 31

Telecommunications Survey Biotechnology Industry 31

Tsavo Neal

MARCH 30, 2017

You can Google any question related to your business or industry and find an answer in seconds. Rather than blogs focused on a particular consulting industry, I’m listing blogs that are focused on business development, marketing, and sales for consultants and independent professionals. 5 Online Tools I Use to Grow My Firm.

Consulting 120

Consulting Journal Marketing Resources 120

Harvard Business

JUNE 22, 2016

Different industries and different business models have always maintained different percentages of these asset types. Digital native upstarts are gutting traditional industries one at a time, leveraging scalable technology and participative networks.

How To 31

How To Metrics Pharmaceuticals Hotels 31

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

These policy differences fostered the emergence of a less loyal, more footloose talent pool in Silicon Valley. First, digital transformation is rapidly engulfing almost all industries. sensors, search, social media, and artificial intelligence) cut across all of these industries. We propose three mutually reinforcing hypotheses.

Biotechnology 28

Biotechnology Software Transportation Hotels 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

.” When directors evaluated the factors that could limit their company’s ability to achieve its strategic objectives, cybersecurity issues were overshadowed by more salient concerns like attracting and retaining top talent, the regulatory environment, and global competitive threats.

Telecommunications 28

Telecommunications Biotechnology Real Estate Survey 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2017

” nodding towards a modern glass tower next to the Mandarin Oriental hotel. The movement of urban high-tech startup companies and talent into urban centers is a real sea change. Their industrial and warehouse buildings provide flexible and reconfigurable work spaces. Cities also help new companies attract talent.

Real Estate 30

Real Estate Talent Fashion Hotels 30

Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2018

Employee brand engagement differs from “employer branding” or “employment branding,” terms that refer to an organization’s efforts to enhance its image to attract and retain talented employees. MGM wanted to reposition itself from merely a casino company to a worldwide resort and entertainment company.

Company 42

Company Training Training Culture 42

freshminds

MARCH 22, 2016

If anyone is anyone in retail, the annual coming together of industry bosses at Retail Week Live is a big date in your calendar. Well known as the 'Oscars' of retail, these awards congratulate the excellence of leading retail companies and their talented staff.

Retail 41

Retail Trends Sales Productivity 41

Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

The Order of United Commercial Travelers , for instance, was founded to “ improve character and instill temperate habits,” and Gideon bibles were originally put in hotel rooms to help “ eliminate gambling , drinking, dirty jokes, Sunday trading and other forms of temptation peculiar to traveling (sales) men.”

Sales 28

Sales Education Training Training 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2017

In a contentious moment, she recommends that the C-suite move toward a new talent strategy. While away at an industry event in NYC, she returns to her hotel to find her manager in the hotel lobby. Situation #1: Someone takes credit for your idea. Katie is the COO of a hospitality company. She has a keen strategic mind.

How To 28

How To Hotels Pharmaceuticals Groups 28

Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2017

Building a successful platform business is hard enough when you have an original idea, ample capital, no core business to cannibalize, and a team of top talent. Think of platforms and networks in our digital age as the equivalent of electricity and motors in the industrial age. So what’s a legacy company to do?

Intellectual Property 28

Intellectual Property Strategy Strategy Strategy& 28

Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Got a real foray into that industry over there and was able to apply my marketing skills. Very talented people I worked alongside, a lot of mutual respect. You shared like stepping out of the office, going for a walk, booking a hotel room to change the environment. I’m working on site at Lord’s. How do you do that?

Retail 100

Retail Fashion Consulting Hotels 100

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

India has been increasing its spending on infrastructure such as airports, new cities, hotels, ports, roads, bridges, hospitals, and power plants. Industrial companies like JCB, Cummins, AECOM, General Electric and investors like Brookfield have successfully capitalized on India’s infrastructure investments.

Engineering 28

Engineering Wireless Education Marketing 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2016

If we give talented people the best opportunities, they’ll stay with us forever, and we’ll keep growing at the rate we want to.” Decentralization is the norm in this industry. But I still believe that self-governance is the way forward. “Or until you finally get on board, my friend,” Rogier replied.

Case Study 28

Case Study Case Studies Study Construction 28

Confessions of a Consultant

MAY 28, 2017

The industrial relations consultant Dr. Liam Doherty (he’s great fun) argues that the only reason for going on radio is to keep someone else off air. Don’t hide your talent under a bushel! In the War for Talent – getting good people can really give you an edge. Could I do a ‘slot’ on the following Saturday morning?

Exercises 40

Exercises System Banking Talent 40

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Eight years later Marwick, Mitchell & Company launched a banking practice, for the first time focusing its efforts on one industry in an effort that proved to be very successful. This boom was caused by increasingly complex tax laws, securities laws, and industry regulations. Talent & Human Capital. Talent Management.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Tom Spencer

APRIL 14, 2018

UBER and Air-BNB are the companies who have perfected this model and have radically democratized the taxi and hotel industries, tapping into un-utilized excess capacities and ultimately making the economic system more efficient. More and more companies are looking for ways to leverage diversity both within and outside the organization.

Consulting 84

Consulting Talent Enterprise Industry 84

Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2016

We also found that industry matters. Boards of companies operating in the consumer discretionary industry have a disproportionately high representation of Democrats, while boards operating in the industrials and energy and utilities industries skew more Republican.

Telecommunications 28

Telecommunications Biotechnology Survey Healthcare 28