Teaching Financial Leadership Skills

Hospitality Financial Leadership – Pay to Play

I have learned a few things since starting my own business nearly seven years ago. Here is a short list of accomplishments:

  • I have managed to survive as my own systems manager which also means looking after Johanne’s stuff which is no small feat for an older guy like me.
  • I…
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Hospitality Financial Leadership – The Consultants


“That’s enough detail. I already have a good understanding of the requirements.” – Jeff Haden, New York Times

Inside of the hotel company I worked for there has always been a constant movement to increase efficiency, especially inside the financial function. Not surprising, right? That’s what all businesses have done and continue to do, to evolve…

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Hospitality Financial Leadership – Pivot, Adapt and Implement Video


An Inside Look at Creating Financial Engagement in Your Hotel – Post Covid-19

Learn more about what David teaches by watching this feature rich video, including:

  • Flying By the Seat of Your Pants
  • Investing in Financial Leadership
  • Failure Leads to…
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Announcing New On-line Workshops

Would you like to have a leadership team in your hotel who has their financial muscles in shape?

My on-line workshop series is what you have been looking for.

Investing in your team’s skills and abilities with your hotel’s operational finances is simply good business.

In today’s competitive world leaders want to work for owners and brands that invest in…

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Hospitality Financial Leadership – Shift Your Thinking

We all have predisposed ways that we look at our world and the things, people and circumstances inside of it. It’s what makes us human and we either have an open mind or one that’s closed. Another way to express this is we either have a fixed mindset or a growth mindset.

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Hospitality Financial Leadership – What Do You Do When the Reservation Phone Stops Ringing in Your Hotel?

An old GM of mine was fond of this statement. He usually came at it from the other end of this by saying, “Any monkey could fill this place when the phones are ringing.” And I think he is right.

As the famous saying by JFK goes, “A rising tide floats…

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