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More to Success than Money and Metrics

Lead Change Blog

Her moonshot goal is achieving what the Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan Hotel in Japan has done. The hotel opened in 705 AD and is still operating. Professor Makoto Kanda from Meiji Gakuin University studied the Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan Hotel and other long-term operating businesses to understand their longevity.

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How to Hold onto Your Customers in a Crisis

Leading Blog

I’ve observed companies panicking and doing anything they can to manage short-term cash—and destroying hard-earned relationships at lightning speed. They are letting short-term financial objectives become the North Star in an effort to keep the lights on. If you don’t have a forever promise, you’re sunk.

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8 Ways to Foster a Positive Employee Experience in a Hybrid Workplace

leaderCommunicator

Yet while more collaboration space, better videoconference technology and “hotel” desk space may be useful when employees are on site, that’s only part of the picture. To be successful with a hybrid work environment long term, it’s important to be conscientious about the employee experience all day, every day.

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Today’s Organizations Are Outward Bound

Leading Blog

T HE TERM “outward bound” was originally used to describe ships departing their home port for foreign destinations. Some outsourcing has been around for a long time. And contractors in the construction industry have long used an extensive form of outsourcing. Now it needs a third use, for organizations.

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5 Steps to Build a Disruption Proof Business Model

Great Leadership By Dan

Hotels by AirBnB. You need a cushion of cash to allow you to focus on the long term. But if you’re going for long-term engagement and loyalty, whether you use subscription pricing or not, you need to think about PMF beyond the headline benefit that drives customer acquisition. Banks, by Paypal, Venmo, and ApplePay.

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Building Your Legacy: What metrics are important?

Lead Change Blog

Training for years to shave seconds off of miles makes no sense to me in terms of what one could be contributing to society. In Dubai, which is Disneyland for adults with a lot of disposable income, locals tout the only six-star hotel (Burj Al Arab), the tallest building (Burj Khalifa), highest restaurant (At.mosphere), and so on, ad nauseum.

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HP Headed to Hotel California?

Women on Business

The HP Board of Directors has to be focused on prevention and good business practices to build a long term strategy. Having a reactive board is not good enough for a company as recognizable as HP. that focuses on customers and innovation. HP Has Decreasing Product Quality.

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