personal development
Hospitality Financial Leadership: Moving Part 1
David Lund | November 23, 2020
By David Lund In the hotel business if you want to get ahead you better be ready to move. It’s the way in which you can multiply your opportunities and increase your chance for greater personal prosperity. That’s the way it was explained to me many years ago and it has certainly been my experience. On the flip side, moving is not easy and it can take its toll on you and the people in your relationships. One aspect of moving is the accumulated experience it allows you to gain. The work exposure as well as life itself. Learning how to survive and excel in different work environments and locations is seducing and intoxicating. Once you...
Gaming The System: A Story on Entrepreneurship, Personal Development & Risk
James Houran, Ph.D. | November 17, 2015
By James Houran, Ph.D. and Keith Kefgen As a global advisory firm, we constantly meet new and interesting professionals. Occasionally some individuals offer innovative perspectives or hold such unique positions that we are keen to hear their insights and profile their experiences in human interest stories – that is, case studies that speak to broad issues of development, leadership or culture-building. To this end, we are eager to introduce Christina Lindley as one of the most interesting people we met this year. Google her name and a story unfolds about this young, successful business woman who has apparently learned the secret f...