Are you managing someone who’s underperforming? Have you been having open and honest conversations about their performance and not observing a change? If this is the case, it might be time to consider implementing a performance improvement plan. Performance improvement plans are an essential tool for any organization looking to…...
Hospitality Recruitment: 6 Ways to Improve Your Hotel
Hoteliers: it’s a tight labor market out there. And that means hiring for open positions can be incredibly difficult. Consider this fact: the U.S. added 220,000 jobs last month and wages are only growing by 2.5%. That means hospitality recruitment and filling open positions at your hotel is only going…...
Hotel Marketing Plan & Strategies | How to Market a Hotel
Today’s traveler’s journey is more fragmented than ever. With the recent proliferation of new travel super apps, distribution Goliaths such as Google and Expedia updating their ranking algorithms at a frantic pace, and the seemingly unstoppable growth of metasearch engine traffic, building and executing an effective hotel marketing strategy can seem intimidating.…...
10 Key Hospitality Management Leadership Qualities
For leaders in businesses whose lifeblood is immediate consumer satisfaction, success hinges on accurately assessing customer needs and motivations. Nowhere is that more evident than in the hospitality industry, where the essence of success is understanding and satisfying a diverse array of people whose ideas of satisfaction range from stereotypical…...
How will Leadership Enablement Change in the 2023 Workplace?
Employee burnout, employer productivity paranoia, and unusually low employee retention numbers are constantly making headlines. In order to tune out the noise and focus on impact in 2023, leaders need to: Read the full article at: www.worktango.com...
How to Approach Setting Realistic Sales Goals in 2023
Setting meaningful as well as realistic goals is a skill that all sales leaders know is crucial. When looking at sales goals, let us clarify that they need to be both meaningful, with a focus on hard, not vanity metrics. They also must be realistic to your industry, region, market,…...
20 Must Have New Year Resolutions for Business Professionals
Looking back at the previous year, it's time to look ahead. Refreshing and recharging are what you need to get the most out of the new year. What can you do differently this year? You can start with these 20 new year resolutions Read the full article at: blog.xoxoday.com...
5 Unexpected Ways to Boost Your Motivation At Work
Maybe you don’t like your job, maybe you are dealing with a lot of stress and are having problems at home, or maybe it is just one of those days where you just feel like death warmed over. The end result is you have a serious lack of motivation, and…...
DOE Finds Strong Opportunity For Job Growth In Energy Sector Post-Pandemic
An Opportunity to Recover and Build Back Better” to share the findings of the 2021 U.S. Energy Employment Report (USEER). The study began in 2016 to better track and understand employment within key energy sectors. Today’s release marks the return of the report management to the agency, after being produced externally since 2017. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the energy…...
Executive Order on Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability
The Federal Government faces broad exposure to the mounting risks and costs already posed by the climate crisis. In responding to this crisis, we have a once-in-a-generation economic opportunity to create and sustain jobs, including well-paying union jobs; support a just transition to a more sustainable economy for American workers; strengthen…...
Renewable Energy Job Boom Creates Economic Opportunity
Renewable energy jobs are booming across the U.S. and are forecast to keep growing - especially in the heart of coal country - creating new economic opportunities for communities and high-wage jobs for workers facing the coal-to-clean transition. Read the full article at: www.forbes.com...
Future of Semiconductors
2020 was a year like we have never seen before, but even so we continued to see innovation that will drive the future of semiconductors (and semiconductor design). Fabs are filled and companies are struggling to keep pace with the market needs for new technology. The remote working model of…...
2021 Semiconductor Transformation Study
State of the semiconductor industry In the past year, the semiconductor industry has received attention from manufacturers, governments, and even consumers, as many markets are citing shortages of semiconductors as their main growth and supply constraint. Yet transformations in the semiconductor industry were not triggered by the pandemic. Many semiconductor…...
Pandemic Supply Chain Issues Semiconductors
Automobiles and electronics have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent semiconductor shortage. A previous paper from AIR touched on the economic ramifications from the Covid-19 pandemic as a stark reminder of the importance in understanding complex vulnerabilities in today’s interconnected world. The beginning of the pandemic lockdown in…...
What Are The Top Background Screening Trends For 2021?
Back in the day, background screening was a relatively straightforward process, typically limited to drug testing and criminal background checks. Since that time, most companies around the world have implemented new screening tools and technologies to augment and optimize their background screening process to obtain a full dossier on potential…...
In A World Disrupted, Hiring The Right C-Suite Leaders Matters More Than Ever
C-suite roles are changing to help organizations overcome daunting challenges arising from severe disruption. How companies approach the executive-hiring process can spell the difference between success—and costly failure. Multiple disruptions are roiling business today–from the pandemic and social injustice to political polarization and climate change. Under these conditions, transformative leadership…...
