staff development
Now in bookstores and Online! Hospitality Duo Carver and Weber: The People Effect
May 16, 2019
THE PEOPLE EFFECT: Find, Grow and Retain The Best of The Best ATLANTA, GA and MINNEAPOLIS, MN –May 15, 2019– Hospitality and Human Resources Guru's Joel Carver and Mary Weber have teamed up to produce the new book THE PEOPLE EFFECT: Find, Grow and Retain the Best of the Best. The two first crossed paths in 2008 when they both worked in senior leadership roles with a hospitality management and real estate company. Carver led the sales and marketing functions and Weber was the senior HR leader for the organization. The journey they went on - along with a team of great leaders - was first to keep the hotels profitable and staf...
ALICE Named to Inc.’s Best Workplaces of 2019
ALICE | May 15, 2019
Recognized for Exceptional Growth, Benefits, and Employee Feedback NEW YORK – May 16, 2019 – ALICE, the hotel operations platform that empowers operational excellence and meaningful guest experiences, today announced its recognition as one of Inc. Magazine's Best Workplaces of 2019. The Best Workplace recognition is awarded to organizations on the basis of an anonymous employee survey, the number of employees who complete the survey, and an audit of the organization's benefits. This award demonstrates ALICE's commitment to creating a workplace that allows employees to achieve their ideal work and life balance – grantin...
Hospitality Duo Carver and Weber Release New Book: The People Effect
March 28, 2019
THE PEOPLE EFFECT: Find, Grow and Retain The Best of The Best ATLANTA, GA and MINNEAPOLIS, MN –March 28, 2019 – Hospitality and human resources gurus Joel Carver and Mary Weber have teamed up to write a new book, and launch a speakers series, THE PEOPLE EFFECT: Find, Grow and Retain the Best of the Best, a collaboration addressing human capital challenges they have both faced throughout their careers. The authors first crossed paths in 2008 when they both held senior leadership roles with a hospitality management and real estate company. The journey they went on was first to keep the hotels profitable and staffed during the...
Continuing Professional Development for Housekeepers
Larry Mogelonsky | January 2, 2019
By Larry Mogelonsky, MBA, P. Eng. (www.hotelmogel.com) While new legislation is emerging from all corners of the world to better safeguard workers, and more specifically housekeepers, from harm and thereby generate new applicants for these roles. Two prominent examples are the widespread mandate for employee safety devices, often called the panic button, as well as the new musculoskeletal injury prevention regulations in California. I see these trends as part of a bigger issue, though. Namely, we aren't doing enough to make this particular line of work rewarding over a long stretch of time. Housekeeping can be grueling, monotonous and o...
