Having spent many years as a business consultant, Stephanie Thomas says she has “a long history with risk.” But although many people view risk as a negative thing, Thomas says that risk is more like the flip side of opportunity.
Now …
Women may have more professional opportunities today than ever before in history but the unfortunate reality is that they still earn less than men on the whole, thanks to a persistent gender wage gap. The most commonly cited statistic in …
The Art of Listening for Impactful Leadership
When you think of the traits that define a good leader, does your list include listening? If it doesn’t, it should. If you learn to develop and improve your ability to listen, you’ll likely …
Learn from Cornell Hotel Experts how to determine what customers really want and how to deliver it to them in ways that build trust and exceeds expectations.
Here’s What Most Companies Get Wrong About Service
As we enter an age of experiential …
Learn ten tips for how to power up your personal presence in the workplace and increase your awareness of the image you project.
Are you projecting your best self at work?
As anyone with even a rudimentary understanding of communication knows, our …
As a follow-up to his recent presentation on what makes a great startup idea, Cornell entrepreneurship expert Bradley Treat has returned to eCornell to discuss some of the common pitfalls that often keep great business ideas from succeeding. Below is …
If you’re starting your own business, you need to know your competition. But rather than viewing your competitors solely as enemies, why not think about what you can learn from them? What are they doing right that you can emulate? …
Bradley Treat is the type of guy that carries several business cards. He teaches entrepreneurship at the Johnson School at Cornell and at Ithaca College. He’s involved in the startup incubator Rev: Ithaca Startup Works. And he was also the …
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus said that “the only thing that is constant is change”. This is true both in life and in business. Organizational changes are inevitable. It’s how we handle them that matters.
As part of eCornell’s Women in Leadership …
At Cornell University’s Center for Hospitality Research, one of the main aims is to make research available in a digestible format for those in the hospitality and service industries. A large part of that work involves helping the industry not …
The world is in the grips of an obesity epidemic. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization warned last year that “adult obesity is rising everywhere at an accelerated pace.” Some 640 million adults worldwide are now considered obese, or roughly …
What Gender Stereotypes Really Mean in the Workplace and How to Overcome Them
Susan Fleming is a senior lecturer at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration, specializing in entrepreneurship and women in leadership. She’s a veteran of Wall Street and no …
Global studies have found that words traditionally defined as feminine in nature, such as expressive, reasonable and loyal, are the words that people most commonly list as the competencies they want to see in their leaders. But if people favor …
With more Americans eating out than ever before, today’s food service operations rely on food and beverage managers for sales growth, profitability and cost control in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
The School of Hotel Administration has launched a new Food and …
There’s a wealth of information on innovation out there, but how can you turn all the theories into action?
Professor Neil Tarallo, a senior lecturer at Cornell’s Hotel School, focuses on how to foster innovation within the workplace in his most …
How to Improve Healthy Eating and Active Living in Rural Communities
America is in the grips of an obesity epidemic. While it may be tempting to lay the blame on personal choices, the reality is much more complicated. It’s hard to …
Exploring social perceptions in the workplace
Imagine that your phone has just died but you have a very important call to make. Would you be comfortable approaching a stranger and asking to use their phone? How many people do you think …
Here’s How Today’s Hottest New Companies Actually Disrupt
Micah Rosenbloom, managing partner at Founder Collective in San Francisco, knows a thing or two about bringing digital ideas to the analog world. The Cornell grad started the 3D scanning company Brontes, which …
In today’s age of instant social media amplification, there has been no shortage of examples of crises and crisis communication in popular culture.
To walk us through what organizations should do to prepare for a crisis and how to best react, …
Building collaborative work relationships with colleagues and avoiding threats to project collaboration are issues that every employee today must deal with.
To address the real-life challenges that people face in today’s diverse and often global – or even virtual – workplaces, …
