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Hospitality’s golden rule is not treating people as you want to be treated. It is treating them as they believe they want.
Four coat checkers tested personalized service by remembering each customer’s preferred combination of eight Chicago-style hotdog toppings.
In 2003, donating every profit to the Madison Square Park Conservancy turned the losing seasonal cart into a $7,500 earner.
Ask candidates, “What’s the greatest misperception other people have about you?” Self-awareness reveals itself without being requested.
Nice avoids problems. Kindness stays on someone’s side long enough to give honest feedback and hold up a mirror.
Optimize for tomorrow dollars, not today dollars. Long-term trust matters more than collecting payment for a mistake now.
Danny Meyer’s hiring formula gives technical ability 49% and hospitality quotient 51%. Character narrowly beats competence.
Shake Shack separated business ownership from property ownership: Madison Square Park owned the building, while rent and sales funded its upkeep and programming.
Curiosity turns sales conversations into opportunity maps, connecting people, businesses, and needs others overlook.
Putting people first sometimes means painful layoffs. Keeping the company alive creates a chance to rehire most of them.
Every hiring and promotion decision teaches the organization what its values actually mean.
Service is one size fits all. Hospitality is one size fits one.
A hotdog cart turned enlightened hospitality into summer jobs for coat checkers beyond fine dining.
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