Industry Insights

Recently, I spoke to an organization that spent an ungodly amount of time, energy and money on social media to create lead generation. I asked, “Now what? How’s your closing ratio?” They looked at me like I had three heads. Just because we believe that we’ve found a new way to generate business, it doesn’t

In recent years, cryptocurrencies have gained traction worldwide as an increasingly common form of investment or electronic payment.  Because cryptocurrency operates in the cyber world, many of the best practices for protecting other online information also apply to cryptocurrency. You should not click on links you don’t recognize, be cognizant of any phishing schemes and

I recently spent time at a corporation where the CEO had spent millions of dollars on a project, and some of the senior managers believed from the start that it was destined to fail. Why, I had to ask, didn’t they speak up and voice their concerns? Because they believed that the CEO’s reaction to

LIGHTS. CAMERAS. CANNES. The 69th annual Cannes Film Festival (Festival De Cannes) takes place every May on the French Riviera. Crowded and crazy with fans and super stars, this French vacation destination satisfies the movie cravings for sure. Fans gather from around the world annually, motivated by one common love: film. Fly to Nice and

As a high school student in Paris, Kentucky, Paul Leone helped out at his family’s 17-room Starlight Motor Court, sharing a room with his two brothers. These days, he’s still in the hotel business—as CEO of The Breakers in Palm Beach, one of the nation’s grandest hotels since it opened in 1926. The Breakers and