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The Solution Is™ Addresses the Challenge of How to deliver consistent service excellence in changing markets May 22, 2013: What's The Problem™?

How to deliver consistent service excellence in changing markets

20 Ideas for Improving Your Hotel May 20, 2013: viHotelBlog
These 20 hints for hoteliers are a selection from Terence Ronson’s Dos and Don’ts for people in the industry. Even if they don’t all apply to your business, I hope they should highlight the benefits of reviewing established practices (“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” is not a recommended approach), keeping up to date with technology, and making sure you think about the little details that will make your hotel stick in the minds of your guests.

Checklist: Conducting a Hotel Site Inspection May 15, 2013: What to look for and smart questions to ask

5 Reasons People Fail (& What to Do Instead) May 14, 2013

Why do some people achieve their goals while others fail? Writer Geoffrey James believes it's because successful people manage to overcome five barriers that, in many cases, guarantee failure.

Here are those barriers and how to overcome them:

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Hotel Franchisees Save Together May 8, 2013: Hotel Franchisees Save Together

Seven Simple Steps to Get More Out of Your Day May 7, 2013

Let’s face it – time is probably our greatest resource. We never seem to have enough of it and it seems to pass so quickly. Well we won’t get any more of it and we can’t slow it down.

What we can do is make the most of the time we have. Here are some simple steps you can take to get the most out of your day.

Tip of the week: Doing Well by Doing Good May 3, 2013: A Brief History of Doing Well by Doing Good

Recommended Reading: A solid planning resource for Succession May 2, 2013: In my work as an educator and consultant, I work with both family businesses of various sizes and with traditional corporate structures.

Each of them have a common need - planning for the future by either growing their own talent or by identifying and addressing their weaknesses them by finding the right professionals to strengthen their businesses.This means active succession planning, which sounds muck easier than it actually is.

I am not fond of the series titled "for Dummies" but some of these books do a credible job at simplifying the approaches needed to address the topic. This is one of them.