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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

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. In this episode, you'll hear: How Lee evolved as a leader by shedding defensiveness and operating in trust. Why you need to create a system to be a person of your word.

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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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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. As we were talking, we started thinking that we could really improve the hotel experience, That sort of hit us on the head and we just couldn’t stop thinking about it.

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

Harmonious Workplaces

In 1999, rock-and-roll legend Rikk promoted me within six months from sales associate and drum department head at Sam Ash Music to Operations Manager, where I not only led a warehouse crew, but I became the regional trainer on an Oracle-based POS system at the age of 23. What a funny place to find wisdom — a hotel lobby shop!

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I'm a Rock Star.or just Insane. And this hotel doesn't have wireless.

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

Interviews started at 9am sharp. So I did 8 interviews. Now I’m back at the hotel. I’m sitting in the hotel bar, and they don’t have wireless. I expect at least four in a hotel salad. Playing it “safe,” the alarm went off at 4:00am this morning. I had to catch my 6:00am flight for Chicago. I showed up EARLY. (oh…and

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Charting your consulting career direction

Tom Spencer

This article identifies what lies ahead for graduates considering a future in consulting, and highlights key insights that I gained by interviewing junior and senior consultants. For those who have an interest in specific industries as well as how they operate, consulting can offer you unique access to key decision makers and real time data.

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Currency Lessons: Think a Sinking Currency is Always Good For Manufacturers?

MishTalk

How can a business operate when the currency is on a free-fall?" Bhatia, head of the enterprise business at television maker Videocon Industries, said in an August 21 interview. How Can Businesses Operate in A currency Freefall? There''s theory and then there''s practice. Brazil and India have both noticed the distinction.

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