Keys To Success | "It's the Size of Your Idea, Not the Size of Your Budget"

(I took some hotel classes under John at MSU.)

Each year, I focus on creating new and updated learning experiences, whether it is in my columns, an academic or business classroom setting, an online seminar or a consulting assignment. The title of this column also represents a new 2010 workshop as well, and it addresses a fundamental approach to achieving success.


I have discovered in my career that too many people often create hotel-operating budgets to spend the amount of money available. Rather than focusing attention on ways to accomplish the desired outcome or goal, they create a document and a plan they hope or expect will win the approval of the owner or Management Company.