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

Harmonious Workplaces

This group of Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology practitioners took turns sharing how they found their way toward our aligned passions of how people think and behave in the workplace. I started working at the age of 16 in 1992 as an industrial cleaner on nights and weekends with my friend Mark.

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Servant Leadership: Principles, Popularity, and Payoff

Rick Conlow

The Container Store offers its employees competitive pay and benefits, as well as a strong focus on training and development. Marriott International: Marriott International is a global hotel chain recognized for its commitment to servant leadership. Study the literature, get training and coaching, and do your homework.

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IMC USA 2017 Conference Open for Registration!

IMC USA

The conference dates are October 20-22 in Atlanta, Georgia, at the JW Marriott Atlanta Buckhead Hotel. The JW Marriott Atlanta Buckhead is just blocks away from great shopping at Lenox Mall, Phipps Plaza and the Lenox MARTA train station. Connect, Learn, Grow at IMC USA Conference 2017! Our 2017 Conference Venue. Atlanta Attractions.

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I Joined Airbnb at 52, and Here’s What I Learned About Age, Wisdom, and the Tech Industry

Harvard Business

Especially in the tech industry. I started a boutique hotel company when I was 26 and, after 24 years as CEO, sold it at the bottom of the Great Recession, not knowing what was next. But I was an “old-school” hotel guy and had never used Airbnb. That’s when Airbnb came calling. Sounded good.

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Use your best judgment

Seth Godin Blog

” It’s a big hotel. It’s reasonable to assume that the hotel decided to save some money by consolidating all of their front desk work into one central location. It’s reasonable to assume that the hotel decided to save some money by consolidating all of their front desk work into one central location.

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How RPA, NLP and ML will create the virtual workforce of tomorrow

Tom Spencer

Once RPA software has been trained to capture and interpret the actions of specific processes in existing software applications, it can then manipulate data, trigger responses, initiate new actions and communicate with other systems autonomously. NLP is the ability to train computers to understand written text and human speech.

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Using an Algorithm to Figure Out What Luxury Customers Really Want

Harvard Business

Her mother, Kyle Richey, and her co-founder, David Richey, are known for helping luxury service businesses — including hotel, retail, fashion, and professional sports — develop brand-defining service standards. Luxury customers, whether they’re buying automobiles, or jewelry, or hotel suites, want to feel special.

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