The two fields don't quite sound related: tourism and learning how to become a better negotiator. But actually, they have more intersection than you'd think! First off, travel sites are coming up like weeds nowadays. There's stalwarts in the industry but now you also got all these smaller nicheourism companies out there. How are you going to negotiate competitive deals and loyalty when most travelers can look up the...
A lot of things may have changed about sales and managing a sales team in the 21st century. But there's one thing that definitely hasn't changed: negotiation skills are so crucial for your sales people because 70% of purchase decisions are now made well before any contact with a salesperson is made. People are doing their research online, asking friends and family on social media about your products and...
How a Millennial Speaker can help with your Multi Generational Workforce Millennials are often scapegoated for a lot of society's problems. While this generation genuinely faces major shortcomings in soft skills thanks to the over-emphasis on technical proficiency in their education, their hard work and new perspectives often go unnoticed. Intergenerational communication breakdowns between Boomers and Millennials are a daily problem for most people and the workplace is certainly...
What a Safety Speaker Wants You to Know: It's About the Names, Not the Numbers Let's be honest: safety regulations aren't exactly the most exciting topic. Whether your audience wears hard hats or only marginally comes into contact with dangerous substances working in an office, they don't want to have their work interrupted just to sit through a long presentation on statutes that got updated. A workplace safety speaker...
What a Tourism Speaker Can Tell You About Change It's just a fact of life that everything changes. Some of this change can be slow and happen over time to the point that you barely notice it, and other times it's sudden and right in your face. And no one knows change better than the tourism industry. Sure, you still see ads for the same types of cruises, resort...