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She Was the Boss. Nobody Followed. Here’s What Changed Everything.
She Was the Boss. Nobody Followed. Here’s What Changed Everything.
A title can give you authority on paper. It cannot make people trust you.
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The Best Way to Improve Frontline Retention
The Best Way to Improve Frontline Retention
You can’t fix a broken culture with a fifty-cent raise and a pizza party in the breakroom. If you think retention can…
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Stop Setting Your Best People Up to Fail
Stop Setting Your Best People Up to Fail
Hospitality has a hidden problem. It is not what most people think.
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The Authority Trap: Why the Best Leaders Don’t Need a Title
The Authority Trap: Why the Best Leaders Don’t Need a Title
We’ve been confusing authority with leadership. For decades, the corporate machine has told us that leadership is…
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The Truth Gap: Why Your Team is Lying to You (And How to Fix It)
The Truth Gap: Why Your Team is Lying to You (And How to Fix It)
"Everything is fine, Boss." In the hospitality world, those four words are usually the biggest lie told on property.
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The Manager Breakdown: Why 'Resilience' is Just Corporate Code for Overworked
The Manager Breakdown: Why 'Resilience' is Just Corporate Code for Overworked
Stop telling your managers to be "resilient." It’s a hollow word.
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Presence Under Pressure: The Execution Gap Is Where Leadership Gets Exposed
Presence Under Pressure: The Execution Gap Is Where Leadership Gets Exposed
Strategy is overrated. Execution is where it's at.
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Why Most Leaders Think They Have Alignment When They Don’t
Why Most Leaders Think They Have Alignment When They Don’t
Most leaders believe they have alignment because everyone agreed in the meeting. That is not alignment.
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AI in Your Workplace: 5 Ways to Use It Without Breaking Your Culture
AI in Your Workplace: 5 Ways to Use It Without Breaking Your Culture
Here's the thing nobody wants to say out loud: AI isn't breaking your culture. You are.
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Why 'Creative Staffing' is a Red Flag for Your Hospitality Culture
Why 'Creative Staffing' is a Red Flag for Your Hospitality Culture
If your leadership team brags about "creative staffing," you are not solving the problem. Most managers I meet are not…
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What’s going on good people! My TEDx Talk, Why Titles Make Work Worse, will be launching soon. I’m putting together a launch team of people who are…
What’s going on good people! My TEDx Talk, Why Titles Make Work Worse, will be launching soon. I’m putting together a launch team of people who are…
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I love having conversations that are Unscripted and Genuine!! With Victor Simmons #HospitalityUnplugged
I love having conversations that are Unscripted and Genuine!! With Victor Simmons #HospitalityUnplugged
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The strongest cultures I have ever been part of had one thing in common. Their bad days were just as honest as their good ones. When the property…
The strongest cultures I have ever been part of had one thing in common. Their bad days were just as honest as their good ones. When the property…
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Fowler Wainwright International
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Certified Personal Trainer
National Academy of Sports Medicine
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4 Ways Organizations Can Ensure Underrepresented Employees Can Bring Their Whole Selves To Work
Work IT Daily
See publicationThe business case has been made numerous times, and from different angles, that diversity, inclusion, and belonging can improve your organization's metrics in profitability, sales revenue, productivity, and engagement. So, how do you get there?
Here are four key ways organizations can ensure underrepresented people feel like they can bring their whole selves to work.
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Institute for Diversity Certification
Chairman on the Careers & Collaboration Community of Practice
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Tri-State Diversity Council
Advisory Board Member
-Co-Lead the Community Partnerships Board
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SHRM - Morris County Chapter Inc.
DEI Committee Co-Chair
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Even on the weekends I’m checking out #hotels! At the dual branded Courtyard & Residence Inn by Marriott Hotels #LALive #hotelsiteselection…
Even on the weekends I’m checking out #hotels! At the dual branded Courtyard & Residence Inn by Marriott Hotels #LALive #hotelsiteselection…
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My next “Highlight of the Week” was spending time with Glenn from Friends of The Mission Inn. He is part of a passionate group of individuals…
My next “Highlight of the Week” was spending time with Glenn from Friends of The Mission Inn. He is part of a passionate group of individuals…
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Tuesday note: I do not trust my own decisions when nobody in the room is pushing back. That silence is a feature of the room I built, not a sign…
Tuesday note: I do not trust my own decisions when nobody in the room is pushing back. That silence is a feature of the room I built, not a sign…
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Some leaders leave an impression long after you work with them. This Friday, I’m excited to welcome Leon Y. to Victorious Leadership Live. Leon and…
Some leaders leave an impression long after you work with them. This Friday, I’m excited to welcome Leon Y. to Victorious Leadership Live. Leon and…
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Anyone else missing the dynamic of these two on their feed? 🤣 We can't wait to get Anna Blue and Anthony Melchiorri back on stage at #HCS2027!
Anyone else missing the dynamic of these two on their feed? 🤣 We can't wait to get Anna Blue and Anthony Melchiorri back on stage at #HCS2027!
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Hospitality leadership has a feedback problem and it is not the one we usually talk about. Most conversations about feedback in this industry focus…
Hospitality leadership has a feedback problem and it is not the one we usually talk about. Most conversations about feedback in this industry focus…
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We decided to throw our hat in the ring for the Accommodation Australia NSW Awards for Excellence for the very first time…and we hit 100% strike…
We decided to throw our hat in the ring for the Accommodation Australia NSW Awards for Excellence for the very first time…and we hit 100% strike…
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Today, several of my colleagues and I had the privilege of leading a class at the Mercy Street Leadership Institute, helping high school students…
Today, several of my colleagues and I had the privilege of leading a class at the Mercy Street Leadership Institute, helping high school students…
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Quick share: If you read The Presence-Driven Leader and got value from it, the single most useful thing you can do is leave a short review on the…
Quick share: If you read The Presence-Driven Leader and got value from it, the single most useful thing you can do is leave a short review on the…
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Most leaders are over-investing in execution and under-investing in trust. It feels productive to focus on execution. Deadlines. Deliverables…
Most leaders are over-investing in execution and under-investing in trust. It feels productive to focus on execution. Deadlines. Deliverables…
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