by Doug Baarman | Jan 14, 2023 | Career Transition Tips, Hospitality
We are sharing ten questions to ask when considering the best path to being an entrepreneur/independent event planner to ensure that this coming year is YOUR year! When I made the career change to being an independent business owner, I quickly realized there was not a...
by Doug Baarman | Dec 20, 2022 | Career Transition Tips, Hospitality, Independent Business Owner Tips
As organizations move back to having their associates work in their offices either full or part-time, some in our industry would like to continue working remotely and maintain their freedom in the hospitality industry. For me, working remotely was only part of the...
by Doug Baarman | Jul 11, 2022 | Career Transition Tips, Hospitality
As we come out of a challenging time and still face headwinds, let’s embrace that change happens. However, we all need to understand that change does not happen to us, but for us. Once you accept the belief that from chaos can come opportunity, you can be bold...
by Doug Baarman | Jun 29, 2022 | Hospitality, Self-Improvement Tips
A friend of mine shared a conversation he had with one of his younger colleagues discussing how to achieve success while riding the rollercoaster of your career. He explained the clickety clack noise she hears is her making the big climb up the first steep hill as she...
by Doug Baarman | Apr 11, 2021 | Business Development Tips, Hospitality
The hospitality industry has many valuable roles with a key one being bringing people together. As we begin our comeback after a one-year pause, it has reminded all of us about the importance of people being together so we can collaborate and solve challenges (i.e.,...
by Doug Baarman | May 11, 2020 | Hospitality
There is one thing this health and economic crisis cannot take away from all of us in the hospitality industry, our attitude. There are so many emotions going through all of us as we go through these unchartered waters, but we must realize that our attitude will...
