Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Addressing the AGM as the President for the second term, Kaushal said: “confronting the ‘New Abnormal’ is about creating a better tomorrow. Management and sustainability Health and safety has been considered important for businesses for a long time, but it is highly technical and not central to the dialogue around sustainability – until now.

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Crisis Management Committee Hotels Webinar 52

Strategy Driven

JULY 30, 2020

Many of the large corporations have been hit hard, with British Airways announcing they will be cutting up to 12,000 jobs , EasyJet around 4,500 and Virgin Atlantic 3,000, these businesses will need to put plans in place as a matter of urgency to ensure the continuation of their operations. A major impact faced by all.

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Travel Tourism Industry Chief Executive Officer 65

Chart Your Course

JANUARY 20, 2015

Riverside Auto Group, a second-generation company owned equally by three brothers, operates seven dealerships employing 190 people throughout Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (Marquette, Escanaba, and Iron Mountain) and Wisconsin (Marinette). Customer complaints are down from one a week to one a quarter. And read on… there are even more!

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White Paper Case Study Human Resources Hotels 100

Deming Institute

AUGUST 17, 2017

Deming, what do you think about the recent trend toward reducing the waste in our operations?”, Deming, what do you think about the recent trend toward standardizing our operations?”. He would also remind us that what appears to be waste (hotel expenses) to one observer may not appear as such to another (the traveler).

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Cost Deming Management Travel 41

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 15, 2016

Marriott (founder of Marriott Hotels) is famous for saying “You’ve got to make your employees happy. And because customer spend tends to increase over time, it may well be cheaper to serve long-term customers than keep attracting new ones. Are you building your business strategy on received wisdom or real data? It makes sense.

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Customer Loyalty Supply Chain Loyalty Analysis 50

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

Dust off that copy of Good to Great on your bookshelf and remember that not long ago Jim Collin’s very credibly lionized them. One of the things we preach in the book is for leaders to be more “long-term greedy.” There’s nothing wrong with operating out of self-interest. Again, very costly in the long run.

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Competitive Advantage Leadership Analysis Tips 92

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Good performance measurement can help overcome the short- term bias of financial measures by explicitly monitoring how well a company or business unit is positioned to sustain and improve its financial performance. Short-term value drivers are the immediate levers of ROIC and growth.

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ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Deming Institute

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Deming, what do you think about the recent trend towards reducing the waste in our operations?”, Deming, what do you think about the recent trend towards standardizing our operations?”. He would also remind us that what appears to be waste (hotel expenses) to one observer may not appear as such to another (the traveler).

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Deming System Travel Trends 50

Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

  He was deployed to a forward operating base near Kandahar and told me that while he was there you were pretty much guaranteed of being shot at with AK-47’s or rocket propelled grenades whenever you left the base. .  Honestly, I was worried that I was keeping her standing for too long but she really wanted to talk.) 

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Blog Executive Coaching Open-book Hotels 146

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 16, 2020

While it is promising in terms of success, nothing can be certain. An industrial laundry is different from a traditional laundromat in terms of its customer base. Rather, you will be serving business clients, including hospitals, hotels, salons, and restaurants, among others. Thinking of starting an industrial laundry business?

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Industry Strategy Price Marketing Strategy 13

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

Talk about some of the ideas that kind of led you both to wanting to write this book, and then we’ll get into what this term big bang disruption means. If you’ve been waiting for them to enter the market and start to establish their customers before you do anything, you’ve now waited too long. I’ve really enjoyed that for this book.

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Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

This isn’t all that surprising given the level of innovation activity in these sectors, but directors operating in similarly disrupted sectors should take note. We also found that a focus on innovation tends to go hand in hand with longer-term time horizons. These firms also had higher-rated processes for innovation.

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Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

Entrepreneurship for the Long Term. In other words, how founders built their companies on the inside, from the start, influenced their companies’ success on the outside, for a long time. Oberoi, founder of Oberoi Hotels, role modeled this for the next generation of leaders. Insight Center.

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Company Venture Capitalist Long-term Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

While a vanilla version of a software application can be okay (and many corporations use standard versions of major vendors’ ERP software), any choice should be a business decision made by business managers for operational and strategic reasons. But what if you wish to stay at a boutique hotel that is not a partner?

Execution 8

Execution Hotels Software System 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2016

Much has been written about long-term expatriate assignments , but for many of us, a more common “assignment” is the short-term business trip — that four-day jaunt to Dubai or the there-and-back trip to Buenos Aires. In fact, short-term travel can often test people more than long-term assignments.

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Short-term Travel Long-term Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2011

On the phone recently, trying to extend a pre-existing reservation with a hotel and an online travel service in advance of the Coachella music festival: xxxxx.Com: "We don't show that room available. Hotel Agent: "We have the room, but I can't extend that reservation. Hotel Agent: "Oh. You'll have to call xxxxx.Com.".

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Hotels Groupthink Creativity Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

For example, TripAdvisor leverages Facebook’s social graph to ensure that, when you are looking for reviews of hotels, restaurants, and so forth, any reviews posted by people you know appear right at the top. Internet Operations management Supply chain' ” Wouldn’t that be a valuable space to map?

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Supply Chain Hotels Reputation Software 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Lotta Tindal, the chief marketing officer for the Dutch hospitality group Ervaring Hotels & Resorts, hadn’t wanted to come to the presentation, but Gerard Bakker, Ervaring’s CFO, had twisted her arm. hotel brands — and was looking for more. “Stop acting like a teenager,” he joked.

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Case Study Travel Hotels NPV 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Start-ups are now facilitating short-term borrowing of such expensive but often under-utilized possessions as apartments and homes, cars (or just a ride), power tools, and even, on sites such as TaskRabbit, personal expertise. million in hotel taxes or registered as businesses.

Hotels 8

Hotels Disruptive Innovation Licensing Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2014

The National Labor Relations Board ruling on Tuesday that McDonald’s could be held responsible for labor conditions in its franchisees’ operations has business groups and lawyers crying foul. McDonald’s says it will appeal, contesting the determination that it exercises “significant control” over the practices of its franchisees.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Compliance Franchising How To 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2017

People often have an exaggerated fear of the consequences of speaking up, and so we tend to prefer the short-term security of staying silent. Then don’t forget to reflect on the counter-argument: what are the long-term consequences to you and others of staying silent? This brings us onto the third key question: 3.

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Power Chief Operating Officer Politics COO 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

That process incorporates operations, customer service, R&D, clinical specialists, sales, supply chain operators, and service teams. When properly formulated, the plan not only tracks progress on near- and medium-term goals but also tracks long-term corporate health. Connect the CEO to the customer.

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CEO Marketing Hotels Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

For example, airline passengers should not be expected to read an entire “contract of carriage” ( United’s is 46 pages long ) to understand precisely under what conditions the company can take away their ticketed seat. Good marketing is not just about making promises; it’s also about keeping them.

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Company Airlines Meyer Hotels 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2016

In a bit of understatement, Simon Dietz of the London School of Economics, the lead author of the report, told The Guardian , “long-term investors…would be better off in a low-carbon world.” Some longer-term investors, mainly pension and sovereign funds, are already very concerned and taking action.

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Cost Real Estate Depreciation Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2016

Taking a clear look at your starting point will enable you to understand your strengths and weakness, and identify the long-term habits that you will need to shift and eventually transform your business. Second, make a complete inventory of all your organization’s assets.

Intangible Assets 10

Intangible Assets Business Model How To Intellectual Capital 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

I experienced a similar asymmetry when a credit-card company informed me that the terms and conditions for claiming hotel rewards had changed. For example, the number of miles needed for a free night in a top-category hotel room had gone from 125,000 to 160,000. "If So that''s how I spent the next 31 minutes.

Airlines 8

Airlines Hotels Loyalty Call Center 8

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 20, 2020

Many businesses have shut down, with many more having to drastically alter their operations to support social distancing or new patterns of consumer behavior. The study focused specifically on the impact the Great Depression had on innovation in the United States, both in the short and long-term.

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Innovation Govindarajan Short-term Banking 97

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Before the pandemic, there were also clear gender divides in terms of remote work, with women typically more enthusiastic about remote working than men. operating at around 30-40% of normal levels. They have been joined by companies like Ford, REI and JPMorgan Chase, all of whom have announced long-term plans for remote working.

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Reis Transportation Real Estate Tourism 68

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Health spas, stone fireplaces, and five-star restaurant chefs are amenities typically associated with luxury hotel brands such as The Ritz-Carlton and Four Seasons. The bottom line: Hospitals have long ways to go in their journey to improve the patient experience. They are increasingly found in U.S. Was the hospital clean and quiet?

Survey 8

Survey Health Care Process Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

This was the era of the company man, where employees exchanged long-term loyalty for a livable wage and a pension plan. Outside funds bring with them a pressure to achieve short-term results that trade-off with value creation. Their owners often think in generational terms – in decades rather than quarters or years.

Long-term 8

Long-term Short-term Reputation Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2015

We invited presentations from designers of major hotels and airline lounges, who taught us about functional waiting areas and sustainable furniture and materials. Because the technology specs and operational logistics were finalized collaboratively early on, change orders were about half the typical number for a project of this size.

Health Care 8

Health Care Construction Planning Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2014

In one project , the group looked for ways to encourage hotel guests to reuse their towels, an environmentally friendly practice that could also save Disney money. In a test given at the end of the month-long training program, employees in the first and second groups respectively performed 22.8%

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Flextime Call Center Human Resources CRM 11

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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Charisma Leadership Conference Influence 272

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2014

That term was made up by Carlin, in a bit of wordplay that put a twist on the familiar concept of déjà vu , that sensation of being in a strange circumstance yet feeling as if you’ve been there before. As Sutton puts it, if you want to open yourself up to vuja de insights, stop operating “on automatic pilot.”

Innovation 9

Innovation Hotels Open-book Objective 9

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Although none are perfect, they operate in a way that generates engagement and fulfillment for their employees, delight and loyalty for their customers, positive contributions to their communities and to the environment, and excellent returns for their owners and investors. Would you share an example of a company or two leading the way?

How To 82

How To Simon Learning-by-Doing Organization 82

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Term loans , SBA loans , lines of credit and invoice financing are just a few of the options available to small business owners. Janitorial and Cleaning Services Operating a business from your home and staying on top of cleaning can be tough. Having solid references will go a long way.

Tips 95

Tips Franchising Cost Travel 95

ExactHire - Leadership

DECEMBER 1, 2016

While we do meet as a team on a monthly basis, the annual meeting enables us to retreat off site and do a deep dive into the state of the organization, our long-term product road map and our business strategy. Hotel Tango was a great, unconventional space – don’t mind Christa’s angelic illumination!

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Tips Hotels Short-term Long-term 52