employee management
Advantage Reserve Announces Partnership With The Predictive Index to Optimize Talent Strategies and Employee Engagement
Advantage Reserve | May 18, 2022
Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 18, 2022 — Advantage Reserve, a leading provider of high-quality central reservations services to the hospitality industry, has announced the launch of a partnership with The Predictive Index (PI) in order to strengthen its position as an employer of choice for guest services talent. To attract and retain top talent, and to enhance its employer brand as a competitive differentiator, Advantage Reserve is leveraging a partnership with The Predictive Index, an award-winning talent optimization platform that aligns business strategy with people strategy. Advantage Reserve is a company that provides high-quality, 24...
UniFocus Releases Latest Innovative Features to Level Up Workforce Management
UniFocus | October 14, 2021
Leading workforce management system provider UniFocus announces advanced product updates and enhancements to unparalleled system. DALLAS, TX—October 14, 2021—UniFocus, the leading provider of Workforce Management Systems, today announced the features in its latest release for the platform. The 10.4 release continues the enhancement efforts offered by the version 10 platform, which are focused on giving businesses the tools needed to meet the demands of today’s labor market and make managers’ lives easier. Release highlights include: ShiftGenius, an innovative shift filling and flexible scheduling tool Enhanced a...
UniFocus Partners With Rain to Deliver No-Cost Financial Benefits to Frontline Employees
UniFocus | August 5, 2021
Industry leaders in workforce optimization solutions and on-demand payment team up to equip employers with solution to help attract and retain frontline workers with meaningful benefits. DALLAS, TX— August 5, 2021—UniFocus, the leading provider of Workforce Management Systems, today announced a partnership with Rain, a global leader in financial wellness, to deliver employers a solution that equips employees, both hourly and salaried, with more control over their pay and finances. Addressing rising concerns about costs of accessing wages, unbanked staff, and high turnover rates, UniFocus will integrate Rain’s on-demand, automated pay...
How to Manage Your Employees and Clients Through the Pandemic
GBTA | September 2, 2020
This week, GBTA Interim-Executive Director Dave Hilfman hosted well-respected travel industry human resources leader Patti Huska to share how to best get your organization and employees through this turbulent time. Huska is American Express Global Business Travel’s (GBT) Chief People Officer and also serves on GBTA’s WINiT Strategic Advisory Board. Attendees of the webinar received actionable tips and ideas from Huska and Hilfman including: Break situations down into manageable pieces. “We separated our pandemic response into three segments: ‘Respond,’ which was working through the immediate needs; ‘Reset,’ where we addres...
Hospitality Financial Leadership: What Everyone Needs to Know About Hotel Financial Skills 11-20
David Lund | August 31, 2020
By David Lund On the eve of starting my financial leadership course for the third year with Royal Roads University, I realized that most people have it somewhat wrong when it comes to how they think about the financials inside the hotel business. It occurred to me that most people think that a mechanic is the only person who can drive a car. However, many great drivers possess great knowledge about how the car works but they’re not mechanics – it’s not a requirement to be a great driver. You would never take your Ferrari to the driver for a repair, but man can they drive it. The exact same goes for financial skills and understanding....
Bending Without Breaking: How Labor Flexibility Can Help Hotels Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic
Mark Heymann | July 14, 2020
By Mark Heymann The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t going away anytime soon, and the widespread resurgence of cases across the U.S. throughout June and July is a prime example of that. From a hospitality perspective, the unfortunate reality is clear: hotels will continue to face an uphill battle until a vaccine or effective treatment becomes available. There’s no way around it -- point blank, period. The only way forward is by adapting to the circumstances in front of us. How? Well, a good way to start is by implementing flexibility within labor management processes. Unforeseen obstacles are arising every day amid the pandemic, which furthe...
5 Questions a Good Manager Should Ask Him/Herself While Managing a Team Remotely
Lucile Muller | April 16, 2020
By Lucile Muller As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, companies and universities around the world have suddenly been forced to adopt home office measures for their employees wherever possible. It is true that over the last decades, the digitalization of our economies has made virtual work environment possible but realistically-speaking, only a few companies have been actively promoting it among their employees. Indeed, for most companies the road toward digitalization was perceived as a long and difficult journey demanding time and preparation. Only the most pessimistic ones would have imagined such a brutal transition. Today, even the...
