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Building Trust Through Behavioral Integrity

Great Leadership By Dan

In that piece, he described his team’s efforts to examine a specific hypothesis (“Employee commitment drives customer service”) in the US operations of a major hotel chain. which translated into $250K for each hotel! Tony Simons’ powerful article, “ The High Cost of Lost Trust ,” appeared in the Harvard Business Review in 2002.

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The Factors That Influence Acceptance Of AI In Hospitality

The Horizons Tracker

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has made significant strides in enhancing hotel operations and streamlining efficiency. However, the extent to which hotel guests embrace AI technology has remained an elusive query, until now. “And the most important factors were perceived ethics, followed by benefits.

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John Wooden: What the Obituaries Missed

Michael Lee Stallard

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. Coach Wooden operated a meritocracy that treated every player fairly. Once again the coach declined.

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Regulators Are Always A Step Behind The Tech Giants

The Horizons Tracker

Airbnb is an example of this, as they compete with hotels but not under the same constraints as hotels. Regulatory response Regulators have reacted in various ways to new technologies: No response : Some innovators operate with little to no regulation. Both Uber and 23andMe later resumed operations with revised business models.

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How To Spin A Huge Mistake Into Leadership Gold

Terry Starbucker

I’d always appreciated the Code of the West ( from Jim Owen’s book, “Cowboy Ethics” ) – I saw it often on posters in the offices of many of my staff in Wyoming: Live each day with courage. That evening, I dined with 3 of our Wyoming managers at a local hotel. You’ll find a LOT more cowboy hats and boleros as than suits and ties.

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5 Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Advantage

Skip Prichard

On that score, the company’s Code of Ethics claimed that “gaming” (the manipulation and / or misrepresentation of sales or referrals) was against the rules and grounds for dismissal. There’s nothing wrong with operating out of self-interest. But that’s not the only thing rotten about that culture.

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Experiment with Organizational Change Before Going All In

Harvard Business Review

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. When such simple randomization is not feasible due to logistics, ethics, cost, or sample size, more sophisticated analytical techniques can be employed.