Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2019

I’m sure you’ve heard of the terms Emotional Quotient (EQ) and Intelligence Quotient (IQ); but few people have heard of Adaptability Quotient (AQ), especially as it relates to leadership. These companies have failed to innovate and stay ahead of the rapid changes in technology, and so have fallen by the wayside.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

I had a mid-afternoon keynote in Alexandria, VA and strolled down the street from my hotel to find lunch at a local restaurant. The consultant inside me demanded I learn a bit more about the restaurant manager whose leadership no doubt contributed to her ingenuity and warmth. I melted on the spot!! Creating a Customer-Focused Culture.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Enabling Innovation. Where: Millinnium Hotel 2400 Walden Ave Cheektowaga NY 14225 Register and Learn More… [link]. Where: Millinnium Hotel 2400 Walden Ave Cheektowaga NY 14225 Register and Learn More… [link]. Competitive demands require quicker, more effective and innovative problem solving. Event Information.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2015

My wife Karalee and I were in Santa Cruz for a conference with my long-time technology friends where we spent the weekend collaborating and discussing the future of technology and innovation. I tried calling 911 on my cell phone, which didn’t go through, then Karalee suggested that I use the hotel phone. We were all scared together.

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Kevin Eikenberry

MAY 16, 2012

I put this slide on the screen yesterday, while giving a talk on hiring strategies for Choice Hotels International Convention. If you want to hire rock stars, you can’t wait until you have an opening to start thinking about hiring. Here’s an exercise to do today to help you implement this idea. [.].

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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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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Traveling for work I usually take the stairs in the hotel, airport, office buildings…wherever I go the stairs is my choice of getting up and down. Is this a metaphor for organization development, team building and managerial-leadership? I see less people on the stairs, plus any extra bit of exercise I can get, makes me happy.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

He organizes the book in terms of the changing nature of his leadership responsibilities as he moved up the ranks. First, he learned face-to-face or direct leadership. Finally, he covers the challenges and techniques relevant to strategic leadership from a senior military officer’s perspective.

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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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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 19, 2016

Creativity is essential for innovation. Unfortunately, we don’t drift toward creativity and innovation. First, we must recognize the need to foster a team approach to creativity and innovation. Third, creativity and innovation increase when certain processes and practices are in place. Definition of Creativity.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 2, 2013

At the Millennium Hotel – Buffalo NY. Thinking Differently – Enabling Innovation :: 1:30-2:30pm. Competitive demands require quicker, more effective and innovative problem solving. Outcomes from Thinking Differently – Enabling Innovation. At the Millennium Hotel. October 16 Quality Seminars. Registration [link].

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 17, 2016

And, my wife and I were looking forward to a romantic nightcap in our La Quinta Inn hotel room within walking distance of the restaurant. After all, this was a limited service hotel, not a fancy full-service Ritz-Carlton. My wife quickly chided, “She was also taking care of this hotel. We were stunned!

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Innovation Excellence

JULY 27, 2016

Can you innovate and improve business performance by copying another company from an entirely different industry? The hospital borrowed some of the practices of a five star hotel and hired a new.

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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.   Still, it’s really easy for leaders with titles to underestimate the impact of their leadership footprint. Different people chose different options.

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Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 25, 2021

It’s impossible for a title or an organizational chart to reflect all the many people who act as leaders, or exert leadership throughout the organization. Leadership Large and Small. Yes, those history-making events certainly marked extraordinary acts of leadership and courage. Such people are “non-titled leaders.” Probably not.

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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. Leadership Tip: great service cultures give employees leeway and power. Support for customer-focused innovation. Copyright © 2020 by Micah Solomon.

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Leading with Trust

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Imagine, if you will, you are in a large hotel ballroom with nearly 3,000 leaders from 115 countries representing 38 different industry sectors. Building and sustaining trust is part of your leadership and organizational ethos. Photo by Gerd Altmann on Pexels.com. Building trust starts with your most important stakeholders: employees.

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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

In Hong Kong, I lived at the Helena May, a historical woman’s hotel dating back to 1916. For more than two months I became a proud member of Hong Kong’s colorful, cultured, and ambitious community. My journey began with a conversation with a kind older woman.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Just a few hours later, I found myself staring at a McDonald's from my hotel room. Barker believed that excellence, innovation and anticipation are the triad of the future. The first time I read Paradigms almost 25 years ago, it led me to disrupt and then change my career. By now, paradigm has become a buzzword.

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CO2

JUNE 28, 2010

Sometimes that is the company meeting room but often times it is at their desk, home office, hotel room, or even a coffee shop! His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). Check it out at Soltrite ask for Scott Colesworthy to give you a demo.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

I would appreciate it if my leave request is approved at the earliest to move forward with my flight and hotel bookings. Whether you want to stay up-to-date on HR news , read in-depth HR articles, or find new ideas on strategy, innovation, and leadership, The HR Digest Magazine is here to suit your needs and help you stay more informed. .

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CO2

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

A Dining Experience: Struggling to Balance Two Worlds Another incident that highlights this struggle involved an upscale hotel restaurant trying to merge high-end dining with a more casual grill experience. Innovate Wisely : Innovation should not come at the cost of your brand’s integrity.

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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. Analytic or intuitive —what approach do you use to make decisions for the betterment of the company?

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Intertwined visions and values are the core of personal, team, and organizational leadership. ” Many months and many trips later, I called home from my hotel room. Both reflect and create each other in a synergistic — often unconscious — interrelationship. To see it, we need to be it.

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Kate Nasser

JANUARY 13, 2019

As we explore customer experience leadership, it’s amazing how much we learn from asking the simple question, What do customers wish we would do? The answers to this question ensure that our customer experience leadership focuses on what truly matters to customers. So let’s look at those answers! Image by Michael W.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. Jonathan’s network was more about innovation. We started writing weekly stories about emerging entrepreneurs for our innovation hub, SmartUp.life. The Guardian : Turns empathy into a lens to better serve customers.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 25, 2021

The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. Jonathan’s network was more about innovation. We started writing weekly stories about emerging entrepreneurs for our innovation hub, SmartUp.life. The Guardian : Turns empathy into a lens to better serve customers.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. Jonathan’s network was more about innovation. We started writing weekly stories about emerging entrepreneurs for our innovation hub, SmartUp.life. The Guardian : Turns empathy into a lens to better serve customers.

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Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 12, 2022

The short answer is intentional leadership. Always open to new challenges, he seized the opportunity to lead a university with facilities that were a bit long in the tooth and that lacked any signs of innovating in the future. . When Qubein took the leadership role, the university ’ s culture wasn ’ t defined.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

A community of travelers help us select hotels that meet our personal preferences thanks to Trip Advisor. Essentially, these statistics tell us that companies need to embrace and capture the voices of their employees and customers if they want to innovate and thrive. Rule 6: Rely on Others for Growth and Innovation.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

For example, a hotel or restaurant chain might measure the average time between remodeling projects as an important driver of health. Pharmaceutical companies have long needed deep scientific-innovation leadership capabilities but relatively few general managers. As with the other measures, what is important varies by industry.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Example : Hotel Housekeeping Staff Managers are approaching employees on their lunch break to assign tasks, discuss changes and give directions. Laura teaches conflict resolution, problem solving and listening skills using an innovative method that addresses the human interactive challenges.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2012

Virtually every corporate and academic leadership development program is founded on the same model — we call it the formulaic model. It tries to collect all the various approaches to leadership, shaves off the weird outliers, and packages the rest into a formula. A best-practice model exists. But is that possible?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2012

Virtually every corporate and academic leadership development program is founded on the same model — we call it the formulaic model. It tries to collect all the various approaches to leadership, shaves off the weird outliers, and packages the rest into a formula. A best-practice model exists. But is that possible?

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2016

Separate the transformation or innovation team from the traditional part of the organization. Our job was to come up with innovative ideas to move our country forward and for that we needed the space to think and be creative. For the Prime Minister, it also meant that he had to empower his team to make autonomous decisions.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

In early 2016 some numbers surfaced at a few of the Dorchester Collection’s luxury hotels that caught leadership’s attention: Complaints about our laundry service were on the rise, as was the cost of compensating guests for damage to their clothes. One hotel had to replace a fabulously expensive Givenchy evening gown.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

As I wandered the theme parks and hotels in the days following, I noticed that same attention to detail everywhere. Even the hotel room we stayed in was thoughtfully laid out — one of the best I've ever seen and enough to cause me to attend a pitch for the Disney Vacation Club. Have you ever looked up in a Disney ride?

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