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Riverside Auto Group: A Roadmap to Improved Customer Service, Employee Engagement and Increased Profits

Chart Your Course

In 2013 we figured we reached the point where about 85% of our people where the type of people we could count on to take our company to the next level,” Dagenais says. 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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Resilience and the PanAm Flight 73 Hijacking - by Nathan Magnuson

Nathan Magnuson

Human Resources (4). © 2013 Thoughts for the Everyday Leader — Standard by 8BIT. As enthralled as I was with the presentations, one poignant leadership lesson stood out which I knew I’d have to eventually share. Leadership Profile: Zig Ziglar. Categories. Communication (5). Core Values (2). Courage (1). Culture (1).

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Meet My Next Group of Coaches!

Marshall Goldsmith

Herminia Ibarra – Thinkers 50 #8 Management Thinker 2015-17, #1 Leadership Thinker 2013-15, Professor at London Business School, former professor Harvard, best-selling author of Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career. Human Resources & Leadership Development Professionals—Cohort 1.

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Make This the Year of Boosting Coaching Skills

The Practical Leader

Scott Schweyer, Ed Haltrecht, and I are delighted to kick off 2013 this week at a Zenger Folkman’s international partners conference at the beautiful Swiss Zermatt Resort in Utah’s scenic Rocky Mountains. We’ve been networking, exchanging best practices, and learning about ZF’s leadership research and development.

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

Harvard Business Review

The tech sector, which has become as famous for toxic company cultures as for innovation, and as well-known for human resource headaches as for hoodie-wearing CEOs, could use a little of the mellowness and wisdom that comes with age. But I was an “old-school” hotel guy and had never used Airbnb. Sounded good.

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The Obnoxious Job Candidate Who Looked So Good on Paper

Harvard Business Review

I can't believe I paid for two nights for that idiot, in the fanciest hotel in town.". "Be I said, "That hotel bill and the limo bill are reminders, like a stubbed toe, not to do the same thing again. Blow up the old job spec and write a paragraph in human English about what's going on in your shop and what you're after in 2013.

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