Persistence
Hospitality Financial Leadership – The First Fifty
As I write this piece, I am proud to say I am 58 years young. So far, my life has been great. Many challenges to overcome like anyone and many bumps in the road for sure.
Hospitality Financial Leadership – I Could Do Their Job – An Article for Financial Leaders
When I was an assistant controller, my boss at the time was fond of saying the following about our general manager, “I could do his job, probably not as good as he can, but I could still do his job.
Hospitality Financial Leadership – We’re Getting You a Bigger Plane – A Tribute to JP
I was scheduled to speak at a conference in Wisconsin in late April of 2016. While I was preparing for my speech, I learned of my father-in-law’s hospitalization due to pneumonia.
Johanne was working that week in San Francisco. JP was 82 and had been struggling a bit of late.…
Hospitality Financial Leadership – Only 2% Better
When we think about solving a problem or fixing a situation and especially when it is a complex issue, we tend to put our head in the sand, throw up our hands and say, “This is not working. It’s so screwed up it will never get better.”
Time to wake up! There…
Hospitality Financial Leadership – Journey “Don’t Stop Believin”
What does your hospitality career and the band Journey have in common? Lots. How I met the band and how you can get what you want in life if you’re willing to work hard, never give up and most importantly “repeat” never give up and work hard.
Journey first got together…
Hospitality Financial Leadership – Going Down The Road – Part 1
This title belongs to a classic 1970 Canadian movie about two guys from Nova Scotia, Joey and Peter. They moved to Toronto to seek their fame and fortune. As luck and the writers pen would have it, they found little of either. My story is about my trip from New Brunswick to Alberta, my version of trying to make a go…