February 3rd, 2012
Unless you have a USP or some point of differentiation, what will make your hotel stand out above all the rest in your area, or competing for the same market? Some can rely on their location, or the building, or history. But what if your hotel has none of that? One way of capturing [...]
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Tags: Business management, increasing hotel sales, Marketing, Repeat business, upselling, USP
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January 26th, 2012
Getting them on board for a staff one to one. One to ones should be a two way discussion. Ask open questions to get their ideas on performance and how to move forward. When giving feedback on their performance use the AID model: A Action what they did – i.e. what you have seen or [...]
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Tags: constructive feedback, Employee leadership, Giving feedback, Leadership & Management, performance reviews
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January 25th, 2012
What’s on the agenda for your staff one to ones. The agenda doesn’t need to be written in tablets of stone, but it’s good to follow a basic structure so you both know what to expect and can plan accordingly. Linking back to your objectives there are some key elements to include, all of which [...]
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Tags: constructive feedback, Employee leadership, Giving feedback, Leadership & Management, performance reviews
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January 24th, 2012
What’s the point of staff one to ones? Today you will find out why ‘One to Ones’ are so valuable for you, your staff, and your business….. The starting point has to be identifying what you want to achieve from the meetings. Sadly some see it just as a chore. Never under estimate the impact [...]
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Tags: constructive feedback, Employee leadership, Giving feedback, Leadership & Management, performance reviews
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January 20th, 2012
Here’s the last in the series of posts on getting hospitality staff engaged in training. Involve the group There’s nothing worse than a chalk and talk ‘lecture’. Get everyone’s involvement as much as possible. Start with an ice breakers to get everyone relaxed, but also ask what they want to get out of the training. [...]
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Tags: employee engagement, hotel staff training
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January 19th, 2012
Yesterday I talked about planning your training to ensure you deliver something that is engaging for your team. Today we focus on the format, and what to consider to ensure they stay awake the whole session! Any training needs a format to make it easy to follow. We are all familiar with the structure of [...]
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Tags: employee engagement, hospitality training, hotel staff training
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January 18th, 2012
There’s nothing more frustrating for a trainer to see a sea of glum faces in front of them, and know that the minute the delegates walk out of the meeting room it will be back to business as normal, acting on nothing they’ve heard in the training. And when staff training is so important to [...]
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Tags: employee engagement, hospitality training, hotel staff training
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January 6th, 2012
Your Best Year Ever ~ Goal Setting for 2012 Step 6 ~ KEEPING ON TRACK Congratulations you have finished your best year ever process. Just for a moment consider how much time you have just spent creating the coming year the way you absolutely want it. My guess is about 1 -2 hours and [...]
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Tags: business planning, goal setting
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January 5th, 2012
Step 5 ~ MAKING IT HAPPEN Now think about what you need to do to reach these goals? For each goal outline resources you need, action you need to take and the support you’ll need. Now make a list of everything you are going to have to do to achieve your goal No. 1. [...]
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Tags: business planning, goal setting, SMART goals
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January 4th, 2012
Step 4 ~ WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT Now the next part of the process is probably the most exciting because this is were you start building your blueprint for the next 12 months. What do you really want in 2012? What goals really matter? Lots of people come up with lengthy laundry lists [...]
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