Tom Spencer

JULY 14, 2023

By understanding the jobs that customers need done, entrepreneurs can develop products that meet the needs of their target customers. For example, a shoe company might develop a new shoe that is both comfortable and stylish, meeting both functional and social needs. Markets are maintained and disrupted based on product-market fit.

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Alan Weiss

OCTOBER 5, 2020

I spoke on (my) Saturday morning via Zoom for the virtual meeting of the Professional Speakers Association of South Africa. I’ve found that corporate clients find it far easier to meet virtually than haul themselves through airports, suffer the bad food and distractions of hotels and conference centers, and endure all the wasted time.

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Claris Consulting

JUNE 8, 2020

I had never been to this part of the Inland Empire before and was delighted to book The Mission Inn Hotel and Spa for my stay. The building and the hotel grounds are an oasis in what is a nondescript and commercial part of town. The hotel has significant parking constraints. Parking was my first impression of the hotel.

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IMC USA

MARCH 15, 2017

The conference dates are October 20-22 in Atlanta, Georgia, at the JW Marriott Atlanta Buckhead Hotel. IMC USA’s Conference team has been working hard to plan the best programs and networking so that you can learn new approaches and methodologies, meet other consultants, and grow your practice. Learn more at our conference web pages.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 22, 2015

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.

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Consulting Success

JUNE 26, 2017

I was meeting one of my first business mentors. After checking into my hotel in the city center, I took the elevator down 13 floors to the street. I had a few hours before meeting my friend so took some time to stroll the streets. The flight was short. Only 30 minutes to reach my island destination. Instantly Got My Attention.

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People Business Psychology

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Jan de Jonge is guest speaker at the LinkedIn Local event in Bristol, on Monday 4 February 2019 at the Harbour Hotel. The idea is very simply to put the social back into social media, to meet the person behind the LinkedIn profile. It’s a great way to meet with existing and new connections in an informal business context.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Given this widely held view, the remote consulting that is currently going on is probably being used by firms to pinpoint specific areas where in-person meetings are preferable. Despite the benefits of in-person meetings, client travel faces two key challenges. Office habits of the client.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants

MARCH 24, 2014

I stay at big chain hotels too often. Here’s what they said: Women like bed and breakfast accommodation because it removes them from the predatory world of business hotels. But hotels are also well-staffed, have on-site security, and lack the dark back porch and garden of your typical bed and breakfast. I get this.

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Seth Godin Blog

APRIL 23, 2020

Here’s what you had to do to go to a conference in Toronto: Get a passport • Register for the event • Pack • Figure out how to get to the airport on time • Navigate the TSA • Find a hotel • Get to the event • (I left out about a hundred steps).

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Every now and then, firms make mistakes that leave their customers unsatisfied: a restaurant misplaces an order, a hotel’s air conditioning breaks down, or a dry cleaner damages a garment. On TripAdvisor, management responses are common: Roughly one-third of reviews receive a response, and nearly half of all hotels respond to reviews.

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Gina Abudi

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The First Team Meeting Read Part I for background information. After the agenda went out for the team meeting, we asked team members to begin to make travel arrangements to ensure arrival prior to the dinner (during the cocktail hour.) We realized some members would be flying in rather early so we ensured the hotel [.].

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1 to 1

JUNE 21, 2021

The report scored 219 brands across 13 industries in areas such as how effective was the brand at meeting customer needs, how easy was it to work with the brand, and how likely is the customer to stay with the brand. Airlines and retailers saw no significant change in their industry averages.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Or, invite us to come present a 2-hour Bootcamp Lite (60 attendees minimum, lecture) or 8-hour Consulting Bootcamp (8-30 participants/day, interactive w/breakouts) – we would be honored to meet with you. A quick subway ride later, and we were not only at the hotel – but Jenny Rae was asleep.

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Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In a shop at the hotel in which she stayed, she found card decks published by The School of Life — a British organization committed to promoting fulfilling lives for people. What a funny place to find wisdom — a hotel lobby shop! Sharyl sent me a photo before she purchased one of the decks. References De Botton, A. The School of Life.

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Consultant Ninja

MARCH 17, 2009

Yesterday upon arrival at her hotel she received a fruit basket, a warm welcome from the staff who greeted her by first name, and the below card. One of our partners spends a fair amount of time in one city (not his home) and always stays at the sane hotel. Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Reasons not to stay in Consulting. How depressing.

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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

It’s always a pleasure to meet smart, proactive people who are pushing envelopes and using technology to make their world a better and more open and connected place. I had to dip my toes in the Persian Gulf – and take a picture with the only 7 star hotel in the world, The Burj Al Arab. I’ll keep you posted!

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 1, 2020

The reason this occurs is that these two things happen in a recession: First, some opportunities get destroyed (think: airlines, hotels, restaurants). Think Zoom video conferencing; they grew from 10 million to 300 million meeting participants in five months. economic history. That’s 30X growth in less than two quarters!).

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Jerry Fletcher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

I’m used to that as these days so many organizations host events where they expect “Thought Leaders” to pay their own way to the event and pick up the cost of the hotel as well. You can set sales meetings with a lot of key players in a short time. People don’t buy on the first meeting. Easier to make buck there.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Or, invite us to come present a 2-hour Bootcamp Lite (60 attendees minimum, lecture) or 8-hour Consulting Bootcamp (8-30 participants/day, interactive w/breakouts) – we would be honored to meet with you. A quick subway ride later, and we were not only at the hotel – but Jenny Rae was asleep.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Or, invite us to come present a 2-hour Bootcamp Lite (60 attendees minimum, lecture) or 8-hour Consulting Bootcamp (8-30 participants/day, interactive w/breakouts) – we would be honored to meet with you. A quick subway ride later, and we were not only at the hotel – but Jenny Rae was asleep.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Do the associations your brand generate meet the expectations you want? I have seen some pretty heated settlement meetings though. Maybe this will catch on as a way to get people back into the cities, hotels, and other locations. You’ll be able to meet the Booking Protect team in person. For you: Do your research.

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Martinka Consulting

AUGUST 21, 2020

They owned London’s Ritz Hotel, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, an online retail business, a logistics and parcel-delivery company, and more. Fast forward to recently and it sounds like a bad reality TV show with secret meetings, bugging meeting rooms, etc. billion empire from nothing. They were a team, described as inseparable.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 30, 2015

There is the possibility of face time with people you might not normally get to meet. You can meet clients you may not have seen face to face. Plan to increase business, to initiate partnerships, work with vendors, or meet the competition. Try to be someone who’s meeting a lot of people, and doing it well.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

We could have kept going, but the evening wedding needed to take over our meeting room. So, when we finally made it to a 3-week-old hipster hotel on Lex and 48 th , Mr. Sandman was not far off. All for the best – we had another event that afternoon! As such, 1 T ride and a Megabus later, we were on our way back to the Big Apple.

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Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2018

Checking into a hotel for a conference several years ago, I asked the receptionist where I could get some dinner. There was no restaurant in the hotel, I was told; my only options were ordering delivery from a fast-casual chain or a pizza joint. Eric Raptosh Photography/Getty Images.

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IMC USA

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The Conference for Successful Management Consultants and has been selected to host the Annual Meeting and 25th Anniversary Celebration of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI). Both groups will meet together for this event in Orlando Florida October 4 – 6, 2012.

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Consultants' Consultant

JANUARY 1, 2017

The hotel calls to ask what room layout you want. Consultants Consultant: These room layout tips can mean the difference between a functional and dysfunctional seminar. These tips are part of the Presentation Mastery manual So you’re running a training program, an offsite or a seminar. Room […].

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Asamby Consulting

MARCH 17, 2022

The purpose of product innovation is to make the product much more useful in which it meets the demands or creates the needs of consumers. They were able to disrupt age-old markets (hotel, taxi, movie) by changing their industry’s traditional business model. Is there any space for personal thoughts and ideas during the weekly meeting?

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Martinka Consulting

JULY 24, 2019

After a recent meeting with the managing member of an absentee ownership group I realized there are (potential) pitfalls, both ongoing and when it’s time to sell. Industrial office bathroom cleanliness is different than luxury hotel cleanliness. It’s all a matter of perspective.

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Martinka Consulting

MARCH 12, 2020

The headlines tell us the airline industry, cruise industry, and therefore related businesses like hotels and suppliers are having problems. My Rotary club, like many others, has canceled at least three meetings. But what about small businesses, that I really feel for? KIRO7 did a segment on how devastating it is for caterers.

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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.

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Consultants' Consultant

JANUARY 1, 2017

The hotel calls to ask what room layout you want. Consultants Consultant: These room layout tips can mean the difference between a functional and dysfunctional seminar. These tips are part of the Presentation Mastery manual So you’re running a training program, an offsite or a seminar. Room […].

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 13, 2016

According to a study , executives consider less than one-fifth of the meetings they have with salespeople to be valuable. In one study , sellers gave themselves an aggregate grade of B for their meeting preparation, while executive buyers at their accounts provided sellers with a grade of F. Most reps miss the mark. Manage each minute.

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NeoAcademic

MARCH 11, 2020

I think it’s around one to two dozen people, but that’s a rough guess from sitting in the room during the EB meeting at SIOP last year. Conference hotel contracts typically require the organization booking them to guarantee 75% of rooms.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Maintaining an obsession with the front line—where the company meets the customer—is fundamental to achieving sustainable growth. Our management meetings became long report-outs of all these 10-step programs, and we stopped talking about the customer or what we were trying to do to change our industry.

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1 to 1

JULY 20, 2020

The report said they were exceptionally suited to the ‘new normal’ brought on by the pandemic because of their ability to: Consistently meet customer’s needs. Hotels: Hampton by Hilton (77.5) Leading this year’s list are USAA and Navy Federal Credit Union, which scored 83.9 Understand and react to emotions. Banks (direct): USAA (78.6)

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