CEOWORLD magazine elected Deepak Ohri and Dr. Amit Kailashchandra Lath to their Board of Directors.
CEO Insider
APRIL 29, 2023
CEOWORLD Magazine has announced the appointment of new members to its board of directors and executive council.
HP Headed to Hotel California?
Women on Business
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
that focuses on customers and innovation. Having a reactive board is not good enough for a company as recognizable as HP. The HP Board of Directors has to be focused on prevention and good business practices to build a long term strategy. HP Has Decreasing Product Quality.
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BIF-6: Stunning Sights, Interesting People, Innovative Ideas
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?
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LDRLB
DECEMBER 22, 2014
Max McKeown is the author of The Innovation Book. He teaches at Warwick Business School and consults with companies such as Phillips, Langham Hotels, Oracle, PWC, Microsoft, and Virgin. In this interview, we discuss how to manage ideas and execution for outstanding results. Innovation Podcast creativity innovation mcKeown'
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0526 | Max McKeown
LDRLB
DECEMBER 22, 2014
Max McKeown is the author of The Innovation Book. He teaches at Warwick Business School and consults with companies such as Phillips, Langham Hotels, Oracle, PWC, Microsoft, and Virgin. In this interview, we discuss how to manage ideas and execution for outstanding results. Innovation creativity innovation mcKeown Podcast'
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Brand Integrity in Business Cycles: Navigating the Trade-Off Between Quality and Convenience
CO2
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
As a seasoned professional with a rich background in executive coaching and a personal passion for skiing and quality experiences, I’ve observed a concerning trend in the business world – a trend that threatens the very essence of brand integrity. The intention was to consolidate resources, presumably to manage costs better.
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The Emerging Strategy of Innovative Service
Strategy Driven
AUGUST 14, 2013
As soon as what was once a surprise became managed by the computer (like hotel or flight upgrades) and not left to the ingenuity of the front line, it became yet another basic assumption in the expectations of customers. And, in the words on one executive: “Culture will eat strategy for lunch every day.”
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What if the Miracle Question Worked with Corporate Teams?
Mike Cardus
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013
The engineers had statistics, charts, specifications for all sorts of things…and I was there to facilitate the team through Innovation Models to develop a solution to this vibrating screw. Things are rough and I am not sure what innovation and problem-solving methods + models I can throw at you. michael cardus is create-learning.
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Leading the Charge for Inclusive and Sustainable Hospitality
HR Digest
JANUARY 19, 2023
The hospitality industry is resilient and offers dynamic opportunities for growth and innovation, but what sets Hyatt apart is our colleagues and our purpose – to care for people so they can be their best. What was the most challenging yet rewarding decision you had to take in your career?
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10 Elements of an Outstanding Customer Service Culture
Skip Prichard
JANUARY 14, 2020
An employee in great service culture such as predominates at Nordstrom or Zappos or the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company is expected to take positive, creative action on behalf of others. Support for customer-focused innovation. And all great customer service cultures do give employees such power and leeway.
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Leading Blog
NOVEMBER 20, 2019
Next, he discusses executive leadership , where commanding a force of 7,000 to 42,000 troops, it was impossible to know them all individually, so communications and leadership styles must adapt. Leaders must shelter those challenging nonconformists and mavericks who make institutions uncomfortable; otherwise, you wash out innovation.
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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions
Marshall Goldsmith
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Teaches leadership to executives and emerging leaders around the world. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) Board of Directors.
Lifestyle Brands Are Building Hotels Now. Here’s Why That Actually Makes Sense.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
So allow me to suggest one radical idea: If you want to build a lifestyle brand, no matter the industry you’re in, consider building a hotel. I didn’t get a room (the hotel was sold out), but I got an interesting lesson in marketing. I asked a colleague to recommend a place to stay, and he suggested the Casa Camper Berlin.
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Meet My Next Group of Coaches!
Marshall Goldsmith
JUNE 28, 2017
Whitney Johnson – Thinkers 50 award-winning Management Thinker 2015-17, Disruptive Innovation expert, author Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work. Pawel Motyl – Formerly CEO Harvard Business Review Poland, noted speaker, consultant and executive coach, author Labirynt Sztuka podejmowania decyzji.
How to Lead Like a Pig
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. The Next Level Find out what insiders know about executive success in Scott Eblin’s new and expanded book, The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success.
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Remembering 9/11 | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
SEPTEMBER 9, 2010
I had decided to go over and stay at a hotel on 9/10 in order to make the early morning meeting and beat the commute. When I walked out of the hotel the first plane had just hit and smoke was coming from the tower. What followed the remainder of the day on 9/11 was a combination of heroic and eerie. I Think Not.
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Reflecting Upon the Team Building and Leadership Experience
Mike Cardus
JANUARY 18, 2013
Sitting in a hotel lobby in Baltimore Maryland in month two of a three month partner program with Project Ascent , coaching and facilitating a team building and leadership process for managers and supervisors at McCormick Spice …. I took some time to reflect upon the day.
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Lead on Purpose
MAY 26, 2009
We had the flights, the hotels (yes, plural…I’ll come back to that) and six days of fun planned at Universal Studios and several other theme parks. Next I called the Marriott hotel. When I called today to rebook our trip, which hotel do you think I called? They have simply made me a happy customer. It was so easy!
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Video Conferencing HD Quality to your PC or MAC on public Internet
CO2
JUNE 28, 2010
RSS Feed Schedule a Call Free E-Book Assessment Test Coffee Schedule Coaching Lunch About Us CO2 Story Our Approach Our Successes Our Executive Coaches Gary B. Sometimes that is the company meeting room but often times it is at their desk, home office, hotel room, or even a coffee shop! John Sullivan FORA.tv
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Three Innovation Trends in Asia
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 14, 2011
I recently participated in a panel discussion hosted by the Economist Corporate Network in Singapore about innovation in Asia. But what I really wanted to discuss were the three biggest trends I see affecting innovation in the region. Tuck Professor Vijay Govindarajan calls this reverse innovation. The race for the middle.
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John Wooden: What the Obituaries Missed
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. At this point I tell the story of Howell Raines, executive editor of The New York Times as a contrast to Wooden.
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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support innovation, as they should? We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards.
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7 Strategies for Building an Industrial Laundry Business
Strategy Driven
JANUARY 16, 2020
If you need help executing successful digital marketing strategies for industrial and commercial laundry businesses, Continental Girbau has the best solutions. Rather, you will be serving business clients, including hospitals, hotels, salons, and restaurants, among others. Provide Innovative Service. Build Your Network.
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Zipcar Doesn’t Just Ask Employees to Innovate — It Shows Them How
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 1, 2017
Innovative companies have innovative cultures. Think of Google, or of how GE has sustained an innovation culture that goes back to its founding father, Thomas Edison. As mysterious as it can sound, creating a culture of innovation isn’t rocket science. Provide “Worthless” Rewards.
When You’re Innovating, Resist Looking for Solutions
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
What does all this mean about your own efforts to solve problems and execute on innovation? A lot of companies do offsites in hotel conference rooms, but those can be mind-numbing. Executing on Innovation. Research: Middle Managers Have an Outsized Impact on Innovation. Five Ways to Innovate Faster.
The Taxi Industry Can Innovate, Too
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 13, 2015
While Uber deserves kudos for being innovative, let’s be truthful: Its success has come from creatively exploiting a regulatory loophole. When Sprint and MCI entered the market with innovative offerings, the need for regulation vanished – competition ensured good service and fair prices. Here’s how.
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8 Why You Can’t Just Tell a Company “Be More Like a Startup”
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 19, 2017
As more and more companies face disruption from globalization, new technology, and startups that have more capital than the incumbents, the continuing cry from Wall Street investors is, “Why can’t companies be as innovative as startups?” Yet those very weaknesses give startups an overwhelming advantage in innovation.
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Using an Algorithm to Figure Out What Luxury Customers Really Want
Harvard Business Review
JULY 18, 2016
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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8 Performance Measurement
Strategy Driven
JULY 13, 2011
Since the unit’s reported financial results were so good, the executives at the corporate headquarters didn’t ask many questions about the drivers of the unit’s profits – until it was too late. For example, a hotel or restaurant chain might measure the average time between remodeling projects as an important driver of health.
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3 Steps to Break Out in a Tired Industry
Harvard Business Review
MAY 1, 2015
Michael Levie, a seasoned hotel executive, and Rattan Chadha, a successful retail entrepreneur, were having dinner. The topic of conversation was the hotel industry. The industry had largely been unaltered since the onset of hotel chains over half a century ago. ” They two men were plotting to change that.
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8 Buy-In – The Imperative Strategy
Strategy Driven
NOVEMBER 7, 2011
Top executives have the vision, but often fail to get buy-in from managers who have to carry out the change initiative. The problem is that when leaders (top executives) don’t communicate why they are making a change, mangers just create more systems and then manage the systems. Business Improv ! Contact Sarah: info@mjlearning.com.
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3 Ways Big Companies Are Connecting with Younger Consumers
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 26, 2015
As innovation consultant Pete Maulik told me, “It’s time to switch from here they come to this is how we’re going to win.” ” Here are three big companies using innovative approaches to make this crucial connection. That’s an enormous mistake. MassMutual Walks the Talk by Talking.
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8 The Future of Business Is Social: Seven Principles That Lead to.
Strategy Driven
JANUARY 26, 2011
StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. A community of travelers help us select hotels that meet our personal preferences thanks to Trip Advisor. Rule 6: Rely on Others for Growth and Innovation. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.
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Everyday Business Travelers Are Easy Targets for Espionage
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
Consider the thousands of executives, scientists, consultants, and lawyers passing through airports around the world each day. Thanks to programs like Delta’s “Innovation Class” and KLM’s “ Meet and Seat Program ,” your competitors can begin to target you days in advance.
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8 How the Meaning of Digital Transformation Has Evolved
Harvard Business Review
MAY 29, 2017
It wasn’t long ago and, yet, in technology terms, it’s almost an eternity — ride- or hotel-sharing companies didn’t exist yet and the first generation of social media platforms were just hitting the mainstream. Just 52% of executives rated their Digital IQ as strong, down 15% from the year before.
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11 On Your Next Business Trip, Break Out of the Bubble
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 31, 2013
There’s an important lesson in this for innovators seeking to create new growth among customer segments that don’t constitute the core of today’s markets: If you don’t go, you can’t know. I remember one memorable project review between a client team and a top executive in a global health care company. Innovation Leadership'
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The New Pressures Facing CMOs and How to Overcome Them
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
I served as CMO for Deloitte Consulting and then Starwood Hotels & Resorts, and when I have coached executive teams through transformations, I’ve seen many teams at an impasse with their CMO. But she is incompetent at co-creating innovative product solutions and strategies. Oh, and of course the CEO themself.
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Founder-Led Companies Outperform the Rest — Here’s Why
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 24, 2016
Specifically, the study found that S&P 500 companies where the founder is still CEO are more innovative, generate 31% more patents, create patents that are more valuable, and are more likely to make bold investments to renew and adapt the business model — demonstrating a willingness to take risk to invent the future.
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8 Six Fundamentals Every Entrepreneur Needs to Succeed
Harvard Business Review
JULY 19, 2013
Getaroom stands out because it presents a new model for hotel room booking. It features an unpublished rate program which gives consumers typically 10 to 20% (but up to 70%) off standard rates at thousands of partner hotels who want to move room inventory. Competition Entrepreneurship Execution'
How Likely Is Your Industry to Be Disrupted? This 2×2 Matrix Will Tell You
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 29, 2018
For the latter, we measured incumbents’ operational efficiency, commitment to innovation, and defenses against attack. Our research showed that it is possible for business executives to assess how susceptible their industry is to disruption and why, and to do the same at a more granular level for their company.
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8 Marketers, Go Back to Basics
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
Instead, he says it often pays to focus on bread-and-butter marketing (like direct mail) or even on technical innovations of the past few years that are effective, but less novel (like mobile websites). A year ago, I traveled to Tissa's Inn , a small, charming hotel in that seaside community.
Bringing the Power of Platforms to Health Care
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
It turns out we have a pretty good sense of what’s to come because we know what AirBnB has done to hotels (and homes), Waze to GPS systems and fold-up maps, and Uber to taxis. AirBnB, now used by 50,000 renters each night, is considered to be directly responsible for an estimated $450 million of lost hotel revenue each year.
Praise Entrepreneurs, Not Cubicle Capitalists
Harvard Business Review
JULY 22, 2013
Last week, I observed six senior Fortune 100 executives discussing a desperately-needed digital strategy. Said one executive I spoke with: "I struggle to find any value in today''s start-ups, because I believe entrepreneurship is all about luck." You could almost smell the overhead. Said another: "I know I''m just pushing paper.
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How to Turn Anything from Adequate to Amazing
Harvard Business Review
MAY 5, 2011
We're not cutting-edge like Google or Facebook, our company is old-fashioned," some executives reply. That's right: Executives from some of the world's most exclusive brands were discussing the beauty and originality of a parking garage thousands of miles away. That's a cop-out. It's really a civic space.".
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