The Key to Managing Young People

The Key to Managing Young People

With human capital being one of the most valuable — and costly — assets of any company, it is not always easy to know how to get the most out of your employees. And the challenge can be even greater when it comes to a younger workforce, as Mark Dickinson of DONE! Hospitality Training Solutions explains.

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The importance of service personalization

The importance of service personalization

Every front line team member knows what would make work go better and how to deliver better results. Listening to their ideas is key.

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Why Training Is Even More Important In Tough Times

Why Training Is Even More Important In Tough Times

While there may be a temptation to halt training in a difficult operating climate when budgets are limited, it is in precisely these uncertain conditions that employees with excellent skills can help to pull a business through. Mark Dickinson, of DONE! Hospitality Training Solutions tells us more

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Maximize HR with human capital technology

Maximize HR with human capital technology

In the 1970s, it was envisioned that by 2020, computers would be doing everything. Today, we have more computing power in our hands than was in the computer that sent the first rocket to the moon! Yet, technology is still failing to effectively disrupt HR. Mark Dickinson of DONE! Hospitality Training Solutions examines why and what we can do to right this wrong

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Ownership versus Employee a Battle of Two Mindsets

Ownership versus Employee a Battle of Two Mindsets

Owners and employees might have diametrically opposed ways of thinking, but they can be bridged through a few changes. Mark Dickinson of DONE! Hospitality Training Solutions tells us how.

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Smart goals: Out with the old, in with the new!

Smart goals: Out with the old, in with the new!

It may come as a surprise to some to hear that SMART goals were originally created in 1981, well before the emergence of the internet, laptops and smartphones, at a time when the vast resources that are today available at your fingertips were mostly only found in libraries. Mark Dickinson of DONE! Hospitality Training Solutions reinvents this well-known acronym

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7 cost-cutting solutions

7 cost-cutting solutions

Revenue is down, the market is challenged and we have to make something happen quickly. What should we do? Mark Dickinson of DONE! Hospitality Training Solutions says cut costs, but carefully

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Breaking through 5 things HR management must do in 2019

Breaking through 5 things HR management must do in 2019

There are many pillars of capital in a business, but the primary four in any successful business are Finance, Intellectual Property, Physical Assets and Human Capital. These can be equated to a table with four legs and similarly, if you remove any of them, the table will fall down. Businesses typically tend to focus on the first three, although Human Capital – the people who operate the business – is arguably the most important. Without it, there can be no company. Mark Dickinson of DONE! Hospitality Training Solutions tells us more

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Train your managers to manage

Train your managers to manage

The word manager has a wide variety of interpretations depending on context, whom you ask and the title in which it appears, although as a rule, the role usually includes a level of responsibility. This is why managers must be trained to manage, as Mark Dickinson of DONE! Hospitality Training Solutions explains

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Reassess your attitude toward mental health

Reassess your attitude toward mental health

Mark Dickinson of DONE! Hospitality Training Solutions tackles a touchy subject within the industry

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