Casino Top Boardrooms
Aethos Consulting Group™ has been expounding on corporate governing practices for more than a decade. Our goal has been consistent; rate gaming companies on how well they are organized, managed and communicate with shareholders. This year’s study included 27 companies that have significant business concerns in the gaming industry.
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Aethos Consulting Group™ has been expounding on corporate governing practices for more than a decade. Our goal has been consistent; rate gaming companies on how well they are organized, managed and communicate with shareholders. This year’s study included 27 companies that have significant business concerns in the gaming industry.
Read moreAnd Some Think The Telegraph Is Dead…
In your role as a leader, you transmit messages every day. Take corporate values, for instance. Typically, hours of effort are poured into off-sites and months of talking with employees and executives to gather and synthesize input that results in a clear statement of the company’s values. This is so important that it not only justifies the cost and time invested, but now the values are nicely framed and displayed in strategic locations throughout the organization, emphasized on the website and part of employee orientation.
Read moreHasn’t the “Great Man or Woman” Leader Profile Been Debunked as a Myth?
The concept of servant leadership has long been rooted in philosophy and religion, the grad student correctly noted that older, formal leadership theories did not explicitly support or address the concept. However, the same can be said of many currently held scientific theories, including continental drift or human evolution.
Read moreHasn’t the “Great Man or Woman” Leader Profile Been Debunked as a Myth?
The concept of servant leadership has long been rooted in philosophy and religion, the grad student correctly noted that older, formal leadership theories did not explicitly support or address the concept. However, the same can be said of many currently held scientific theories, including continental drift or human evolution.
Read moreThe Sad Side of Valentine’s Day – What the Hospitality Industry Should Know
To the service-hospitality industry, holidays like Valentine’s Day often make a positive contribution to a company’s bottom line. For example, Americans spent an estimated $13 billion for Valentine’s merchandise in 2004, and in the process, purchased approximately one billion greeting cards, 36 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate, and 156 million roses. And we have not even touched on the significant revenue from romantic get-a-ways, cruises or dinners...
Read moreSimplify and Organize Your “Workspace”: Q&A with Coach Debbie Stinson
Today’s careers tend to be “boundaryless” and unfold outside traditional organizational structures, not to mention the fact that personal values have evolved such that people increasingly change work settings for greater autonomy, life balance and meaning in work. The result is that modern workspaces are becoming as much mental as they are physical domains.
Read moreA 21st Century Quandary: Pause To Assimilate But Never Stop Running
Wherever I go, I see signs of people wanting to hit the pause button, to take a moment to assimilate what is happening around them. [...] Wearing my hat as an organisational advisor in talent management and human resources, I have been asking myself, ‘Is hitting the pause button the right thing to do? What is needed for leadership talent in the hotel industry to adjust to and not be overwhelmed by the continuous catching up to keep up-to-date with progress?’
Read moreA 21st Century Quandary: Pause To Assimilate But Never Stop Running
Wherever I go, I see signs of people wanting to hit the pause button, to take a moment to assimilate what is happening around them. [...] Wearing my hat as an organisational advisor in talent management and human resources, I have been asking myself, ‘Is hitting the pause button the right thing to do? What is needed for leadership talent in the hotel industry to adjust to and not be overwhelmed by the continuous catching up to keep up-to-date with progress?’
Read moreALIS Recap Through The Eyes Of Digital
At the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) Conference in Los Angeles, much of the focus, not surprisingly, was on technology and connectivity with employees and guests. I sat down with Michael Bennett, SVP Global Marketing and Business Development for CENDYN, to discuss some of the latest trends and what is emerging in the technology space. Michael has been in the digital arena for more than 20 years and was most recently VP Marketing at White Lodging, overseeing both existing urban assets and their forthcoming lifestyle/independent properties.
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