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Keys To Success | How to keep the PASSION in your career | 101 of the Greatest Ideas in Management - Apr 13, 2023: I first wrote on this topic for the Birmingham Alabama, BUSINESS FIRST weekly business newspaper. I recently found an old comic strip story, in Sally Forth, where the 11-year-old daughter is asking her working mother for help in completing a school assignment. The question is on careers and the mother is asked if her job is “fun.” The mother responds that “fun” is not quite the right word for it. “Are you sure that is what it says?” she asks. The daughter spells F-U-N and the mother continues, “If work were fun, people would say ‘I’m going to fun’, rather than ‘I’m going to work.’ ” The daughter answers she is confused; the mother puts everything into perspective by telling the daughter to “just put down that I usually like my job.”

Hospitality Conversations™ - Keys To Success | "Working with Recruiters " by John Hogan Aug 14, 2021

	How To Find The Right Manager To Effectively Lead Your Hotel

Hospitality Keynote & Workshop Offerings KEYS TO SUCCESS™ Aug 9, 2021: The Keys to Success™ are results-driven programs aimed at building competitive advantage.

Most of these programs can be offered as either a keynote address or an interactive workshop.

"A Bakers Dozen" of Strategies for Effective Team Work Aug 7, 2021

With staff that often has to share projects in today's downsized hotel management teams, it is especially important to have to have some agreed upon guidelines in order for these projects to be successful. These projects can range from safety committees to preparing for a major upcoming event to dealing with a crisis. These 13 ideas are all important considerations for effective teams:

Hospitality Conversations™ – Appreciating the Values of International Hospitality by John Hogan Aug 7, 2021

	The hospitality education of international students has continued to evolve and many programs have growing ratios of international to domestic students. This Hospitality Conversations is with Stephen Barth, JD, CHE , Professor of Hospitality Law and Leadership at the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Houston.

“A Bakers Dozen” of Strategies for More Productive Meetings Aug 2, 2021

Ineffective meetings are frustrating, time wasters and often demoralizing. The following is "A Bakers Dozen” of Strategies for using organized team or staff meetings with more dynamic and successful results

"A Bakers Dozen" of Strategies for Successful Hotel Breakfast Service by John Hogan Aug 2, 2021

Breakfast can make the difference between a hotel and restaurant being viewed as a commodity or as an exceptional experience. This article offers 13 specific steps to success.

A Baker’s Dozen of Strategies for Hotel Human Resource Managers & Directors by John Hogan Jul 31, 2021

This column addresses the very core of all hotels. Without the proper planning and implementation of staffing and service, a hospitality business that interacts with guests 24 hours a day for 365 days a year has little chance for ongoing success.

Pilgrims to New Pioneers of Hospitality - Converting the Lessons of the Past to the Successes of the NOW Jul 28, 2021

The hospitality and tourism industry is collectively considered the single largest employer in the world today. It is unique from many other industries in that it requires a substantial measure of both tangible and intangible asset care. It is an industry that requires large amounts of capital, yet is one that requires and intense commitment to the "people"side of service. This workshop shares lessons from 18 people who have dramatically influenced the Hotel Industry.

Keys to Success Agenda and Learning Results

Original Pioneers as A Catalyst of Change
Hospitality Managers and Leaders
Visionaries and Hospitality Educators

45 Proven Ways to Succeed in Hospitality in Any Economy Jul 25, 2021

Keys to Success
Agenda Points and Learning Results

Defining your niche hospitality
Interaction with Vendors and Bankers
Maximizing the Value of Your Brands
Improving Your Profitability Ratios

A Baker's Dozen Approach to Success in Today's Hospitality Operations Jul 24, 2021: Workshop Focus: Hotel Profitability Ratios, Hotel Sales and Marketing Ideas, Hotel Operations

This workshop highlights the problems facing individual departments within every hotel and offers specific solutions on how to link efforts between departments for a cohesive team approach.

It's the Size of Your Idea, Not the Size of Your Budget Jan 5, 2021: People often create hotel operating budgets to spend the amount of money available or to capture the amount hoped for, rather than to accomplish the desired outcome or goal. This seminar will consider several ways to encourage hotel staff to think "inside and outside of the box" to improve both financial results and delivery of quality service.