Fast-Track Companies Need Focused Meetings What puts a growing company on the fast track? A CEO committed to strategic planning and regular, creative meetings, says Katherine Catlin, founding partner of the Catlin Group (www.ceoexchange.com), a...
A couple of weeks before this issue, our Annual Technology Issue, was scheduled to go to press, I attended the Incentive Travel & Meeting Executives Show in Chicago. It was a well-timed step away from sitting at my computer writing about dot...
Let's Play Ball! Know who won the World Series in 1929? If you're a Mutual of Omaha agent, you probably do. Every year, the company runs a three-month Baseball Contest to boost summer sales. The prize? A trip to two World Series games. So what...
Here's the thing about cruising: It's not what you expect. People who haven't cruised often think of the ship as a kind of prison of boredom from which there is no escape. But those who try it for the first time are nearly always won over by an...
BELL OAKS, an Atlanta-based executive search company, has its own form of currency: Bell Bucks. The company still rewards sales consultants with real money for closing a deal, but from October to December, employees can earn chances at gifts just...
For the 10th year, Anne Erickson, director of insurance sales for Boca Resorts, Inc., hosted her All Girls Meeting Planner Weekend at one of the Boca properties: the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, Fla. Anne and the group set sail for...
Just Think "It's important to view all employees as valued assets, and treat them with the personal dignity and respect that they're entitled to as human beings. If you do that, it's a smart business decision." ...
IACVB'S MAJOR WEB INITIATIVE Members of the International Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus turned out in large numbers at its annual meeting this summer, where CVB execs learned about the umbrella organization's new, for-profit Web...
While it's true that a gold watch at retirement is more than a little passe, it still could be the perfect form of recognition--if that's what an employee has his or her heart set on. Even stock options, popular as they are, are not as effective...
First-Ever Weekend Meeting Wins Raves from ICPA Canadian Chapter The ICPA Canadian Chapter met in Montreal this summer for a first-time event that built a strong foundation for future programs...
