by Doug Baarman | Jul 25, 2012 | Hospitality
The eyes of the world will be on London for the 2012 Olympic Games over the dates of July 27 – August 12, 2012. The official slogan of these Summer Games is to ‘inspire a generation’ and I believe it should also inspire the hospitality industry as it will display all...
by Doug Baarman | Jul 11, 2012 | Career Transition Tips
Being an independent business owner and entrepreneur is an amazing career choice as it offers us the greatest privilege of all – freedom. People start their own business for freedom. Whether it is the freedom of working on their own, having more time to spend with...
by Doug Baarman | Jun 24, 2012 | Hospitality, Independent Business Owner Tips, Self-Improvement Tips
I spent over 20 years working for a few major brand name organizations and people interacted with me professionally because of these brand affiliations. I have since pursued my dream of being self employed and the first piece of advice I was given was to become good...
by Doug Baarman | May 19, 2012 | Independent Business Owner Tips
Whether you have decided to break away and work on your own or if your company allows you to work from a home office, it can be overwhelming coming from a structured office environment. I have worked from an office in my home for over five years and have led or...
by Doug Baarman | Apr 19, 2012 | Self-Improvement Tips
Email, texting, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, MySpace, Tumblr, blogs and virtual meetings- how did we ever conduct business before these tools were invented? All of these can be effective for communications, but are they effective in building and...
