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[lang_en]We are back from a wonderful vacation – full of new ideas and by the looks of the ‘ in-tray’ lots of exciting projects to get our teeth into.

On August 10th we launch our most ambitious and exciting project yet. The DKBS Service Academy – 21 managers from almost as many hotels will start on a 3 year learning journey with the goal to obtain a Diploma in Service Management.

This initiative has come about in collaboration with Value Projects UK and the University of Chester U.K. and is sponsored by Danish Conference Centres.DKBS [/lang_en]

[lang_da]Vi er alle tilbage fra en dejlig ferie – fulde af nye ideer – og ved at kaste et hurtigt blik på inboxen, kan vi også få øje på masser af spændende projekter at give os i kast med. 10. August lancerer vi vores hidtil mest ambitiøse projekt: DKBS Service Academy.
21 ledere fra næsten ligeså mange hoteller begynder en 3-årig rejse med det mål at opnå en diplomlederuddannelse i Service Management.

Dette initiativ er sat i værk i samarbejde med Value Projects UK and University of Chester U.K. Og det er sponsoreret af Danske Konference Centre . DKBS [/lang_da]

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We shall be back in August – see you then!

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Vi er tilbage i august!

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Not only did the participants listen intensively on the final workshop when coach Lotte Pedersen talked about the significance of our emotions in our daily actions and the way it influences the way we lead ourselves and others. Our thoughts, emotions body and behaviour are inextriably linked, and the body was also used in a concrete exercise to illustrate that it shouldn’t be ignored in the development of personal managemment skills. The complex interaction between thoughts, emotions, body and behaviour require the will to look inwards and get to know oneself. The participants are now ready to meet their daily challenges with more power and the courage to turn their goals into reality.[/lang_en]

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Der blev ikke kun lyttet intenst på den afsluttende workshop, da coach Lotte Pedersen fortalte om følelsernes betydning for vores daglige handlinger og dermed for, hvordan vi leder os selv og andre. Følelser, tanker, krop og adfærd hænger uløseligt sammen, og netop kroppen blev da også brugt for at illustrere, at den ikke bør ignoreres i udviklingen af personlige lederegenskaber. Det komplekse samspil af tanker, følelser og adfærd kræver vilje til at se indad og blive klogere på sig selv. Kursisterne er nu flyvefærdige og klar til at angribe deres daglige udfordringer med fornyet styrke og mod til at bruge sig selv konstruktivt, når de skal føre visionerne ud i livet.[/lang_da]

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Once again we went to Provence for a 4 day total immersion tour of French food. With us where 12 Danish Hotel GM’s
If you would like to see the itinerary and detail of the trip here is the pdf brochure and headlines of our trip.

This was the hotel we stayed in the first night – need I say more…

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Endnu engang tog vi til Provence i fire dages total fordybelse i fransk mad. Med os var 12 danske hoteldirektører. Hvis du vil se en detaljeret rejsebeskrivelse, så er her brochuren og turens hovedoverskrifter.

Dette er hotellet, vi boede på den første nat – behøver jeg sige mere…

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Seth Godin writes:

…at the great Bolshoi Ballet, auditions for the troupe were conducted among 8 year old girls. That’s because it took ten years to become great. How did the auditions work? The teachers weren’t looking for the best dancers. They were looking for the dancers who took coaching the best. The rest would come with time.

How coachable are your new recruits

Original post from Seth Godin here…

I picked a few interesting quotes on the subject of generating loyalty from an article in the Boston Globe – you will find the full article here

“Organizations are not a source of security but they are a source of identity,” says Bill Taylor, cofounder of the magazine Fast Company and coauthor of the book, “Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win.”

One of the most common ways of finding meaning at work is through personal development. “Loyalty as a function of time is a dated idea,” says Jaerid Rossi, process engineer at Specialty Minerals of Canaan, Conn. “Work is only appealing if there’s constant learning.”

There’s nothing as exhilarating as a genuinely new idea. So where do great ideas come from? The traditional answer is that big ideas come from big brains: The eccentric genius (think Sir Richard Branson), or the visionary CEO (think Apple’s Steve Jobs). In this model, the boss does the thinking and the employees do the work. If you are in charge, you are, by definition, “the smartest person in the room”.

Read the full article in The Guardian here