Leading Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

Chip Conley, founder of Joie de Vivre Hotels, explains, "Being a giver is not good for a 100-yard dash, but it''s valuable in a marathon." Developing Others. As leaders, givers don''t look for talent first, they focus on motivation. But most of life isn''t zero-sum.". The Strength of Weak Ties.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 17, 2016

And, my wife and I were looking forward to a romantic nightcap in our La Quinta Inn hotel room within walking distance of the restaurant. After all, this was a limited service hotel, not a fancy full-service Ritz-Carlton. My wife quickly chided, “She was also taking care of this hotel. We were stunned!

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Chart Your Course

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Training & Staff Development: See how the training team integrates culture into new hire training and talent development. Three nights’ hotel accommodations, transportation during the boot camp, breakfast and lunch for each day, and one dinner with the Insights team. What’s included? Learning and fun is included.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Traveling for work I usually take the stairs in the hotel, airport, office buildings…wherever I go the stairs is my choice of getting up and down. Is this a metaphor for organization development, team building and managerial-leadership? Would it be better to develop stairs for organizational health and longevity?

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 7, 2016

120 years worth of research done by Edward Deci and Judy Cameron show that Intrinsic Motivation increases engagement by 300%. How can you achieve intrinsic motivation? Understanding what is important to them, what inspires them, what is their why, and what their emotional triggers are is crucial in motivating people intrinsically.

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Chart Your Course

JANUARY 20, 2015

But we developed and designed a formal strategy on how to achieve a culture that proves treating people better generates better financial results – and Riverside signed on.”. Dagenais had high expectations, some of which included: Train employees to provide “guest” service similar to service in high-end hotels.

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Leading with Trust

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Imagine, if you will, you are in a large hotel ballroom with nearly 3,000 leaders from 115 countries representing 38 different industry sectors. Building and sustaining trust is part of your leadership and organizational ethos. Photo by Gerd Altmann on Pexels.com. It’s a way of being, not just doing. Do you walk the talk?

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

One of our clients developed twenty customer service commandments outlining the actions and behaviors he wanted his service people to provide to customers. For example, the Ritz-Carlton hotels provide a thorough customer service training program for all of its employees during their orientation. Set performance standards.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit BIF-6: Stunning Sights, Interesting People, Innovative Ideas Published by Michael Lee Stallard on September 15, 2010 06:16 pm under connection culture Life is good! why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Jason Womack

OCTOBER 5, 2014

I can work on an American Airlines flight over the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, set up a “temporary office” at a Starwood hotel, or review client notes at a locally-owned, community-focused coffee shop. When I’m not motivated is the worst time to try to pump myself up. How do I clear the roadblocks ? So, I have milestones in place.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

AUGUST 15, 2010

And, I experienced a variety of attitudes from hotel staff as well. On one particular trip to Toronto, I stayed in a hotel that was, and is, a rather posh place to hang your hat so I was quite looking forward to the experience. The hotel staff was upbeat, positive and friendly. Here, we were warmly welcomed.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

It wasn’t long after Michaels arrival that he was impressing his co-workers by offering $100 to a waitress at the nearby InterContinental Hotel to expose herself.   Still, it’s really easy for leaders with titles to underestimate the impact of their leadership footprint. Different people chose different options.

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Building Personal Strength

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

She loved staying at this hotel. This is my kind of hotel, she thought. I’ve been in the learning and development business for over 35 years, and CEO of Performance Support Systems, Inc., Thats what ProStar Coach provides for developing personal strength - 24/7 virtual coaching in an online virtual gym. since 1987.

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Building Personal Strength

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

I watched in horror when we arrived at the first hotel and saw that he hadn’t reserved any presentation rooms. But he made no reservations, and he didn’t make the call for the buses until the participants were standing outside the hotel. He never did though, program after program, hotel after hotel.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. Co-founder Partners in Health.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

  From there, I caught a taxi to the train station, hopped on TrenItalia to Florence and was at my hotel maybe an hour later than originally planned.   Makes me wonder what the leadership opportunities are there. .    Makes me wonder what the leadership opportunities are there. Click Here.

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Next Level Blog

JULY 14, 2010

In the interest of developing a comprehensive resource, feel free to add your own in the Comments. Immediately find the first Departures board, scan the list of cities for our destination, confirm the flight number and develop your plan for getting to the gate. But, hey, maybe you’re more committed to your craft than I am. Click Here.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2010

The following season NAIB officials invited Indiana State again, and this time decided they would allow Clarence to play, provided he didn’t stay at the hotel with his teammates and wouldn’t be seen publicly with them. Once again the coach declined. He always said, “You’re as good as anybody, but you’re no better than anybody.”

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Even More Leadership Lessons from the Washington Redskins | Main | The Power of Courtesy » November 05, 2010 The Heroes of Walter Reed Yesterday, on a rainy afternoon in Washington, DC, I had the privilege of doing something that I wish every American had the opportunity to experience.  Click Here.

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Anese Cavanaugh

APRIL 17, 2009

It’s often in the realms of business development and leadership, creating their business and life visions, co-designing their relationships with each other, and even creating their signature or key note speeches. She’s motivated, mission focused, and definitely someone to check out. It’s great space.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

In providing research and developing training programs for various large corporations about managing change, we find that the biggest stumbling block for employees from top-down is lack of buy-in. This means gaining buy-in from stakeholders by developing a sense of urgency that will spark the initial motivation and get things moving.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 7, 2024

The spectrum of booths featured suppliers from every conceivable corner of the talent development industry and the diversity of designs ranged from “simple and straightforward” to “extravagant and comprehensive.” We have in fact arrived at a juncture where we can leverage AI to personalize meaningful development. The place was packed.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Durkin brings servant leadership to all that he does. He has been motivating others with his Word of the Week (WOW) since 2011 and has now compiled them in a single book, The WOW Book. His WOW chapter titled Leadership and People is on–target. He writes: I love studying great coaches. In any sport. regardless of your title!

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 22, 2014

Given how the focus of my speech was examining the role of charisma in leadership and how we can develop this trait to inspire and engage our employees, it would seem almost natural that the locale for this keynote was this elegant, almost regal ballroom located in one of the illustrious hotels found along Chicago’s “Magnificent Mile”.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

Instead of a monolithic one-way interaction, business is now being conducted through constant and meaningful two-way conversations between organizations and constituents – at every stage of organizational development. A community of travelers help us select hotels that meet our personal preferences thanks to Trip Advisor.

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Building Personal Strength

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Monday, February 14, 2011 1969 - "Hotel California" Conjures Up a Miracle Year The Grammy Awards were last night. Real music like this 1977 Grammy Record of the Year award-winner: "Hotel California," performed by the Eagles, written by Don Felder, Don Henley and Glenn Frey. Hotel California is one of my all-time favorite songs.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2018

Perfectionists are motivated to make the absolute best choice — even when doing so isn’t strictly necessary. Since perfectionists tend to ruminate over even tiny mistakes, they’re strongly motivated to attempt to recover situations involving sunk costs. Struggling to make decisions or take action.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Employees were invited to a meeting where leadership discussed its mobile business imperative. Creating customer sightlines gives people visibility into the all-too-often-missed line of sight between the fruits of innovation, which can be highly motivating, and the day-to-day behavior required for it. NBCUniversal is doing just that.

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2012

"It's very rare people don't want to know the news even if it's bad," says Michael Useem, the William and Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management at the Wharton School and author of " Four Lessons in Adaptive Leadership." Question your motives. You should also question whether or not your motives are manipulative.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Each morning at my hotel I received the China Daily , the countrys main English-language newspaper. The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. I wrote a couple of months ago about Chinas leadership in the clean tech race , but at the macro level.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 31, 2010

value airfare and three nights at Hotel 71 – up to $1105 in hotel and airfare A total package value worth as much as $2000 – nontransferable, nonrefundable. In in that they have provided my life true meaning and motivation. Many of them big names on this social web roller coaster. Thank you you two!

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 17, 2015

And hundreds of employees poured into the giant hotel ballroom. This left the concept of “leadership” less related to obvious authority and more with subtle influence. It was the highest compliment I could have bestowed on a leader fond of saying, “Never add any more leadership than is needed.” the sound tech’s voice boomed.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2018

It wanted to be known for entertainment venues and hotels that were not gaming-centric — such as the Bellagio and MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Leaders were given brand engagement tool kits containing a leadership playbook and an “engagement calendar” to help them plan the content and timing of training sessions.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Growing up on a Missouri farm, Walt Disney developed a love for drawing after his neighbor, a retired doctor known as “Doc” Sherwood, paid him to draw pictures of his horse. Disney later became a newspaper cartoonist and commercial artist, where he learned how to make commercials from cutout animations.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

He got the top job because of that, and then as CEO he accelerated cloud-business development to make it the company’s primary strategy. Instead of focusing on major hotel brands, they pursued the long tail, engaging with more than 1 million inns, B&Bs, and apartment buildings in 200 countries.

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