Arcades for Restaurants and Hotels

Just about any hospitality business has a few coin-op machines lying around. These are not gambling devices I'm talking about (which is a whole other story), but electronic gaming devices, commonly known as video games. While their inclusion isn't the main feature of your venue, you'll notice a few of them lurking in some corner of nearly every kind of hospitality business.

Cream Does Not Rise: Above It All

Getting promoted to escape a boring job function which has become unbearable is not good for the person or the company. The promotion is risky and the situation needs to be remedied in order to prevent the same thing from happening to whoever fills the lower position.

Corporate Gift Programs that Reward Employees

This article highlights how employee morale and customer satisfaction can be improved through the use of experience rewards (kayaking trips, hang gliding, in-home wine tasting event) and incentives. By gifting employees and customers innovative and memorable experiences as a reward or incentive - rather than traditional and impersonal gift cards, plaques, etc. - companies can create positive buzz and satisfaction. In the article, gift expert Kim AuBuchon provides recommendations on how companies can implement an experience gift incentive program, and the benefits of doing so.

Four Steps to Accelerate International Business Growth

IBDP executive, Ena Garay, details four key steps for U.S. companies to penetrate and prosper in the international marketplace. Tapping into new markets provides the opportunity for increased revenue and profits. However, this initiative needs to be consistent with the company’s overall strategy.

Are Executives Worth the Effort?

Companies will spend more time and effort on defining the decision criteria and the evaluation process associated with spending +$1 million of bottom line profit on a capital acquisition than they will in the acquisition of an executive responsible for driving +$1 million in bottom line profit (let alone the corresponding top line revenue). This article discusses why this happens and the importance of investing in executive selection.

Effective Meetings Increase Productivity and Teamwork

When negativity, drama, and office politics get you down, the solution might be regular meetings. Most managers don't know how to engage their staff and develop the problem-solving skills of their staff. The weekly meeting if facilitated correctly can raise your people and performance to the next level.

Professional Life - Cycle - Different Phases of Your Professional Life

Broadly speaking, our life can be divided into two parts: 1) Personal, Private or Family Life and 2) Career or Professional Life

Employee Retention: When Is Your Next Key Employee Going To Leave And What Are you Doing About It?

When a key performer decides to leave, it shouldn't be a surprise to you. Here's How To Stop The Surprises: Use this simple Employee Retention Risk Analysis process to prompt your managers to regularly assess the 'retention risk' of key performers, and report back to you regularly.

Effective Problem Solving with Creativity

The traditional linear approach in solving problem has limited use, especially when you are under pressure to generate innovative solutions. Using creative thinking technique such SCAMPER, you will be able to adopt a new approach in managing your next problem solving session.

The 10 Most Difficult Clients You Meet on Earth

This article profiles ten executive archetypes whose worst business practices and behavioral patterns often put a strain on business relationships and create roadblocks for the unsuspecting consultant. The article also focuses on lessons learned and recommendations for minimizing and neutralizing the effects wrought by difficult clients.

MARS Model of Individual Behavior and Results

In order for organizations to reap the benefits of positive employee behavior, managers of all levels should implement a proven model of behavior analysis. The MARS model by McShane and Von Glinow identifies how a better understanding of Motivation, Ability, Role perception and Situational factors impact employee performance.

Just Live

Managing anyone beside your self can be challenging. First you have to be sure you are going into it for the right reasons. Don't do it to feel important, you're bound to be tripped up and shown how insignificant you really are in the general scheme of things. Don't do it to have control, nobody will let you control them if they have a choice, even if that choice is to quit. Do it because you want to serve. That's a great beginning.

Effective Time Management: 10 Tips

Given all of the challenges presented by modern technology, how can you effectively manage your time?